Legal Opinion
Byers v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 26, 1999PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LORD, Senior Judge.
John J. Byers, Jr. appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County upholding the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing’s (Department) suspension of Byers’ driving privileges.
Byers, at 72 years of age, has been licensed to operate a motor vehicle for over forty years. Byers has lived his entire adult life with a condition, retinitis pigmentosa, which substantially impairs his field of vision.1 Having had this impairment for almost sixty years, Byers insists he has adapted his driving to minimize the effects of his disability.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bell v. BursonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Soja v. Pennsylvania State PoliceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- COM. DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. WebbCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Slaweski v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014