Bassett's, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles

OPINION BY

Judge McGINLEY.

Bassett’s Inc. (Bassett’s) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) which denied its appeal from the decision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (DOT) to suspend the authorization for Bassett’s to issue temporary registration cards and registration plates for ten months.

Following a customer complaint, DOT conducted an administrative audit of Bas-sett’s office records. Following the audit, the hearing examiner for DOT conducted a hearing on May 24, 2004. The hearing was described as:

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