76 Cal. App. 4th 264 - Foster v. Snyder’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 6 Cal. 4th 841 - Gikas v. Zolin · 16 Cal. 4th 448 - Lake v. Reed · 49 Cal. 3d 393 - Lentz v. McMahon · 38 Cal. 3d 367 - Pollack v. Department of Motor Vehicles · McDonnell v. Department of Motor Vehicles
Most-quoted passages
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“The express legislative purposes of the administrative suspension procedure are: (1) to provide safety to persons using the highways by quickly suspending the driving privilege of persons who drive with excessive blood-alcohol levels; (2) to guard against erroneous deprivation by providing a prompt administrative review of the suspension; and (3) to place no restriction on the ability of a prosecutor to pursue related criminal actions. [Citations.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is a criminal offense to drive while under the influence of alcohol or a drug, or to drive with 0.08 percent or more, by weight, of alcohol in the blood. [Citations.] In addition to criminal sanctions, the Legislature has established administrative procedures whereby the DMV may suspend a person's driver's license for driving under the influence or with a specified blood-alcohol level.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“suspension of an individual's driver's license is a civil remedy that is not penal in nature. [Citation.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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