Legal Opinion
Whistler v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 9, 2005PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Senior Judge McCLOSKEY.
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of John T. Whistler Jr. (Licensee) from an eighteen-month suspension of his operating privileges. We reverse.
Licensee received a notice from DOT that his driving privileges had been suspended pursuant to 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547(b)(1)(h). Section 1547(b)(1)(h) provides that DOT is to suspend, for eighteen months, the license of any person who refuses to submit to chemical testing and who has been…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Com., Dept. of Transp. v. O'CONNELLSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Department of Transportation v. GrossCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. WilhelmCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Finney v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Bridges v. Commonwealth Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
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- R.M. Russella v. PennDOT, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015