Legal Opinion

Sheehy Motor Vehicle Operator License Case

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 12, 1961No. Appeal, No. 203PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This case involves the suspension of a motor vehicle operator’s license following a conviction in New Jersey for speeding detected by radar. The appeal is by the Commonwealth from an order of the court below which reversed an order of the Secretary of Revenue suspending the license of Francis E. Sheehy.

The Secretary of Revenue received notice from the New Jersey officials that Sheehy had been convicted in that state of speeding at 63 miles per hour in a 50 miles per hour speed zone. After a hearing, the secretary suspended Sheehy’s operator’s license under the authority…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Pottsville Referendum CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  2. Pottsville Referendum CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  3. Schmid Motor Vehicle Operator License CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  4. Kerns' Appeal, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1944
  5. Commonwealth v. UreyMercer County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1959

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Com., Dept. of Transp. v. McCaffertySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. StrunkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  3. Commonwealth v. BartleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Commonwealth v. KubeliusSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  5. Hall Motor Vehicle Operator License CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961

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