Justice v. Scheidt

Petitioner, in his excellent brief, contends (1) under applicable law in effect at the time of the accident the Department of Motor Vehicles had authority to suspend his operator’s license for one year only, for failure to satisfy the judgment; (2) if the Court should hold, as respondent contends, the revocation continued without limitation of time until the judgment is satisfied, then in that event the legislative provision violates the petitioner’s rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Under its police power, the State, through its legislative…