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Administrative Appeal Appellate Opinion

by Berardino, Emily

 

AC46493 - 1st Alliance Lending, LLC v. Dept. of Banking ("The plaintiff, 1st Alliance Lending, LLC, appeals from the judgment of the trial court dismissing the plaintiff's administrative appeal from the decision of the defendant Commissioner of Banking (commissioner) revoking the plaintiff's license to do business as a mortgage lender and ordering the plaintiff to pay a civil penalty. The plaintiff claims that (1) the commissioner did not have authority to revoke the plaintiff's license that already had been revoked in a separate administrative action, (2) the court improperly deferred to the incorrect interpretation of General Statutes § 36a-485 by the defendant Department of Banking (department), (3) the commissioner improperly applied General Statutes § 36a-498e (b) (1) retroactively, (4) substantial evidence does not support the commissioner's finding that the plaintiff failed to cooperate with the investigation, (5) the court and the department violated the plaintiff's due process rights, (6) the commissioner imposed penalties that are unconstitutionally excessive, and (7) if any of the commissioner's findings of violation were made in error, we must remand the matter for a new penalty hearing. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.")