Legal Opinion
MacKey v. Montrym
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 1979No. 77-69PublishedCited by 712 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
The question presented by this appeal is whether a Massachusetts statute that mandates suspension of a driver’s license because of his refusal to take a breath-analysis test upon arrest for driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor is void on its face as violative of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Commonly known as the implied consent law, the Massachusetts statute provides:
“Whoever operates a motor vehicle upon any [public] way . . . shall be deemed to have consented to submit to a chemical test or analysis of his breath in the event that he is arrested for…
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