Susan J. Warner v. Idaho Transportation Dept

This case is driven by a dispute about the duration of an administrative suspension of an Idaho driver’s license. Respondent Susan Jane Warner was convicted in Idaho of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). Two years later, she was convicted in Montana on another DUI charge. Upon receiving notice of the Montana conviction, the Idaho Department of Transportation (“Department”), the appellant here, administratively suspended Warner’s driver’s license for a period of one year. Warner challenged the duration of the suspension, arguing that -because the Montana conviction was not for a…