Gates v. Department of Motor Vehicles

Opinion

SCOTT, J.

Appellant Department of Motor Vehicles revoked respondent’s automobile dismantler’s license for various violations of the Vehicle Code regulating the activities of automobile dismantlers. (Veh. Code, §§ 11500-11520.) After the revocation of his license, respondent petitioned for a writ of mandamus requesting that the Department of Motor Vehicles be ordered to set aside its decision. The trial court found that the delay from the investigation to the accusation and to the hearing was unreasonable and without justification, and that the respondent was prejudiced thereby, and…