Legal Opinion
Curtin v. Department of Motor Vehicles
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 4, 1981No. Civ. 51654PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, Acting P. J.
The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (Department) appeals from a judgment of the superior court granting, in part, the “administrative mandamus” petition (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5) of Robert Emmett Curtin, whose automobile driver’s license had been suspended by the Department under the provisions of Vehicle Code section 13353.
Vehicle Code section 13353 provides that the Department shall suspend for six months, the driver’s license of any person “lawfully arrested for any offense allegedly committed while ... driving a motor vehicle under the influence of…
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