Legal Opinion
Benedix v. Secretary of State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 21, 1992PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
On this appeal we are required to define the statutory responsibility of the Secretary of State to suspend the driver’s license of a person convicted of operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor (OUI). The Superior Court (Oxford County, Browne, A.R.J.), in sentencing plaintiff Robert Benedix for OUI, suspended his license for only 90 days on the assumption that he was a first-time offender. The records of the Secretary of State, however, at all relevant times have shown the undisputed fact that Benedix had a previous OUI conviction within a 6-year period. On…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- National Council on Compensation Insurance v. Superintendent of InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- Perry v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- Waddell v. BriggsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Eastern of Maine, Inc. v. Vintners Group Ltd.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- State v. KeithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
3Cited by4 opinions
- DiPietro v. Secretary of StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2002
- State v. HolmesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2004
- Dana v. Secretary of StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
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