Legal Opinion

Ewing v. Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 21, 1978No. Appeal, No. 300 C.D. 1978PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Appellant’s motor vehicle operator’s license was suspended by the Secretary of Transportation for six months, pursuant to Section 624.1(a) of The Vehicle Code1 for refusal to take a breathalyzer test. The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County dismissed an appeal of that suspension and the present appeal followed. We affirm the suspension.

The lower court correctly held that a license sus-' pension is justified by anything short of an unequivocal acceptance of a request to take the breathalyzer test. Dep’t of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Safety v. Drugotch, 9 Pa.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bureau of Traffic Safety v. DrugotchCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Duhig v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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