Reese v. Kassab

The petitioner in the instant case alleges that the suspension of his operator’s license prior to an opportunity to demonstrate that the Secretary’s records are in error, constitutes a violation of his rights to due process, guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.

“The fundamental requisite of due process of law is the opportunity to be heard.” Grannis v. Ordean, 234 U.S. 385, 394, 34 S.Ct. 779, 783, 58 L.Ed. 1363 (1914). See also, Armstrong v. Manzo, 380 U.S. 545, 85 S.Ct. 1187, 14 L.Ed.2d 62 (1965); the concurring opinion of Mr. Justice Frankfurter in Joint Anti-Fascist Refuge Committee v.…