Legal Opinion

McKenna v. Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 24, 2013PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge McCULLOUGH.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the July 13, 2012 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of John P. McKenna (Licensee) from an 18-month suspension of his operating privilege imposed by DOT pursuant to section 1547(b) of the Vehicle Code.1 We reverse.

On August 18, 2011, Officer Christopher Windish (Officer Windish) of the Buckingham Township Police Department responded to a minor, two-vehicle traffic accident in which Licensee’s vehicle had…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Com., Dept. of Transp. v. O'CONNELLSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  2. Com., Dept. of Transp. v. RenwickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. Hudson v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. MummaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Sitoski v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Walkden v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Park v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  3. A. Factor v. Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Vora v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. State of New Hampshire v. Alex DucharmeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2015

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