Fitzpatrick v. Pare

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case comes before us on a petition for writ of certiorari. The petitioner, Edward D. Pare, in his capacity as deputy director of the State Division of Motor Vehicles, seeks review of a District Court order permanently enjoining the State Department of Transportation from suspending the respondent’s license and registration and ruling that the department’s pre-hearing suspensions in this regard were unconstitutional.

A cursory review of the pertinent facts will suffice for the purposes of our decision. On May 12, 1984, respondent James J. Fitzpatrick, while traveling…