Legal Opinion

Staples v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 30, 1998PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LORD, Senior Judge.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Department) appeals an order of the Mercer County Court of Common Pleas that sustained the appeal of Victor Carroll Staples from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege. 1

By notice dated July 2, 1997, the Department informed Staples:

Section 1581 of the Vehicle Code requires the Department to treat certain out of state convictions as though they had occurred in Pennsylvania. Therefore, as a result of the Department receiving notification from OHIO of your conviction on 04/14/1997 of an offense which occurred on…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Oberneder v. Link Computer Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. COM., DEPT. OF TRANS. v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Commonwealth v. CooleyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bergen v. Commonwealth, Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. Zalewski v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. Ellis v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  4. Emmett v. Commonwealth, Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. PennDOT v. Longstreth, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Mercer County1999

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