Legal Opinion

Com., Dept. of Transp. v. McFarren

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 22, 1987PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

opinion announcing the judgment OF THE COURT

ZAPPALA, Justice.

Before us is an appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court affirming the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County affirming the Order of the Department of Transportation suspending the Appellant’s operating privileges for a period of one year. On or about December 21, 1983, the Appellant was observed by two police officers driving through a “steady red light” and proceeding for “approximately two hundred to three hundred yards in an erratic manner.” (N.T., p. 2). As a result, the police officers stopped the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Allstate Insurance v. HeffnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. FunkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. CieriSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Commonwealth v. AnderlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. McFarren v. Commonwealth, Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

3Cited by72 opinions

  1. Com., Dept. of Transp. v. O'CONNELLSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  2. Commonwealth v. KohlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  3. State of Minnesota v. William Robert Bernard, Jr.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2015
  4. Commonwealth v. HippSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Penjuke v. Pa. Bd. of Prob. & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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