Merced v. Fisher

This is an article 78 proceeding in which petitioner, an indigent, seeks to nullify an order of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles which suspended his driver’s license because of his failure to satisfy a judgment against him. Petitioner seeks to have the court declare unconstitutional sections 332 and 336 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, which are the provisions involved. These sections provide as follows:

"(a) The commissioner shall also suspend the operator’s or chauffeur’s license and any and all of the registration certificates and registration plates issued to any person upon receiving…