Legal Opinion
Owen v. Sands
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 28, 2009No. A121809PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BRUINIERS, J. *
A licensed contractor was cited for six violations of state contractor law and ordered to pay civil penalties and compensation to the injured homeowner. He challenged the citation, which was upheld by the Registrar of Contractors after an administrative hearing at which the violations were found true by a preponderance of the evidence. The contractor argues the standard of proof should have been clear and convincing evidence. We conclude the agency applied the correct standard of proof. We also reject the contractor’s contention that he was improperly convicted of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Saleeby v. State BarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
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