Cross v. Waguespack’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “[T]he inquiry into fault or liability requisite to afford the licensee due process need not take the form of a full adjudication of the question of liability. That adjudication can only be made in litigation between the parties involved in the accident. Since the only purpose of the provisions before us is to obtain security from which to pay any judgments against the licensee resulting from the accident, we hold that procedural due process will be satisfied by an inquiry limited to the determination whether there is a reasonable possibility of judgments in the amounts claimed being rendered against the licensee.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 W. Va. 376 - Ours v. West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

2. “argument that petitioner could not attack the constitutionality of the statute without first citing the state attorney general overlooks C.C.P. art. 1880's self-limitation to actions for declaratory judgments. Only in declaratory judgment actions seeking a declaration of unconstitutionality is there a requirement for citation of the attorney general.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 So. 2d 1308 - Butler v. Flint-Goodridge Hospital of Dillard University