Business Law 4th Edition by David Twomey,Marianne Jennings

Exercise 4

Santa Monica adopted a rent control ordinance authorizing the Rent Control Board to set the amount of rents that could be charged. At a hearing before it, the board determined that McHugh was charging his tenants a rent higher than the maximum allowed. McHugh claimed that the action of the board was improper because there was no jury trial. Is McHugh correct? Why or why not? [ McHugh v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 777 P.2d 911 (Cal.)]