Iowa Department of Transportation v. Iowa District Court for Linn County

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

In this original certiorari action involving consolidated cases, the question is whether the district court acted illegally in refusing to revoke the driver’s licenses of four defendants, following their conviction for possession of a controlled substance, as required by 1996 Iowa Acts chapter 1218, section 68 (hereinafter referred to as section 68), now codified at Iowa Code section 901.5(10) (1997). The district court, which is the nominal defendant in this certiorari action, refused to revoke the four defendants’ driver’s licenses based on its conclusion that…