Pletcher v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Hudson v. United States · Commonwealth v. Halsell · State v. Funke · Division of Driver Licensing, Department of Vehicle Regulation, Transportation Cabinet v. Bergmann
Most-quoted passages
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“As a legitimately regulated privilege, the right to possess an operator's license does not involve an inherently fundamental and constitutionally protected right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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