s to procedure in court and administrative cases. Certain basic elements of fairness in those procedures and proceedings must be observed. These include notice of the charges against one or the topics to be decided at a forthcoming hearing, the right to attend and to be heard at such a proceeding, a court or other tribunal which is itself impartial and free of conflicts of interests, the right to present and cross-examine witnesses and, in some cases, the right to have counsel present.
In a series of decisions in the 1970s, such as Goldberg v. Kelly (1970) and Matthews v. Eldridge (1976), the Supreme Court held that procedural due process applied not only to court proceedings but also to administrative determinations which could place in jeopardy welfare benefits. In the latter cases, a balancing test involving the weighing of administrative conve
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