Legal Opinion

Schwind v. Director, North Dakota Department of Transportation

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided October 31, 1990No. Civ. 900133PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Director of the North Dakota Department of Transportation from a district court judgment reversing the administrative hearing officer’s decision to suspend Jeffrey B. Schwind’s driving privileges for 91 days. We reverse.

On September 30, 1989, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Griffin stopped a vehicle, driven by Schwind, for failure to observe a stop sign. Deputy Griffin approached the vehicle. He detected the odor of alcohol on Schwind’s breath and observed that Schwind had bloodshot eyes. Schwind admitted to Deputy Griffin that he had…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Asbridge v. North Dakota State Highway CommissionerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1980
  2. State v. SchwalkNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Moser v. North Dakota State Highway CommissionerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Perry v. ErlingNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Dodds v. North Dakota State Highway CommissionerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. North Dakota Department of Transportation v. DuPaulNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Aamodt v. North Dakota Department of TransportationNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Bryl v. BackesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Erickson v. Director, North Dakota Department of TransportationNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Samdahl v. North Dakota Department of Transportation DirectorNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994

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