Legal Opinion

Madison v. Director, Department of Public Safety

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided November 28, 1984No. Civ. 4330PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERT M. PARKER, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from suspension of a driver’s license under the Alabama Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act, §§ 32-7-1 to -42, Code 1975.

Appellant was involved in a two-car motor vehicle accident on October 13, 1983. He did not have automobile liability insurance and did not post security as required by Section 32-7-6(b), Code 1975. After presuspension hearing his driver’s license was suspended and he appealed to the circuit court for trial de novo. After trial on April 9, 1984 the circuit court entered an order confirming the suspension.

Appellant…

2Cases cited4 opinions

Bell v. BursonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
Leonard W. Ferguson v. John S. Gathright, Superintendent Bland Correctional FarmCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
State v. WilsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
Shultz v. HeyisonDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1975

3Cited by2 opinions

Director, Department of Public Safety v. IrvineCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1992
Copenhaver v. State Department of Public SafetyCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1995