Legal Opinion
COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. Courson
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 11, 1990No. 2397 C.D. 1989PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.
This is an appeal by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, dated December 6, 1989, which sustained Richard Courson’s (Courson) appeal of his driver’s license suspension. Courson’s license had been suspended pursuant to what is popularly called the Implied Consent Law, found at Section 1547 of the Vehicle Code (Code), 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547. 1
On July 12, 1989, a police officer for the Borough of Swissvale observed a car being driven erratically. The officer stopped the driver,…
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- Commonwealth v. McFaddenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
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- Armstead v. DandridgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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