Fedziuk v. Commissioner of Public Safety

OPINION

HANSON, J.

In this declaratory judgment action, respondent Patricia Fedziuk asked the district court to hold that Minnesota’s Implied Consent Law, as amended in 2003, violates procedural due process. The district court determined that the Implied Consent Law’s prehearing revocation procedures violate due process. Because of the statewide impact of its decision, the court stayed its order and‘ certified two questions as “important and doubtful”:

1. Does Minnesota’s implied consent scheme of prehearing revocation offend a driver’s state and/or federal constitutional guarantees of due…