Brossette v. State ex rel. Department of Public Safety

SWIFT, Judge.

The plaintiffs driver’s license was suspended for one year in accordance with LSA-R.S. 32:415 following his conviction for driving with a suspended or revoked license. He then filed this action against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety, under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 32:415.1, praying for the issuance of a restricted driver’s license due to economic hardship. After a hearing judgment was rendered on June 9, 1981, granting the plaintiff an unrestricted driver’s license. The defendant has appealed.

The only issue before this court is whether the trial…