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Nichols v. Department of Justice

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 1, 2011No. DA 10-0175PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris

¶1 Penny Nichols (Nichols) appeals from the order of the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, denying her petition to set aside the Department of Justice’s (DO J) suspension of her driver’s license pursuant to § 61-2-402, MCA. We affirm.

¶2 We consider the following issue on appeal:

¶3 Does the DOJ’s suspension of Nichols’s driver’s license pursuant to § 61-2-402, MCA, violate her right to be free from an unreasonable search and seizure ?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶4 Missoula County Sheriff deputies stopped Nichols for a traffic infraction on June 1,2009. The deputies observed…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. South Dakota v. NevilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. State v. LohMontana Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Brown v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 2009
  4. State v. MichaudMontana Supreme Court · 2008
  5. State v. EllisMontana Supreme Court · 2009

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. MinettMontana Supreme Court · 2014
  2. City of Missoula v. ArmitageMontana Supreme Court · 2014
  3. State v. KelmMontana Supreme Court · 2013
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