Olmstead v. COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Olmstead v. COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING, 707 A.2d 1144 (Pa. 1998)
550 Pa. 578; 1998 Pa. LEXIS 804
Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman

Olmstead v. COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING

Opinion

*579 ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 23rd day of April, 1998, we AFFIRM the Order of the Commonwealth Court on the basis of our Opinion in Sullivan v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, — Pa. -, 708 A.2d 481, and without regard to the issue of whether the New York offense of Driving While Ability Impaired, N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law § 1192(1), is substantially similar to the Pennsylvania offense of Driving Under the Influence, 75 Pa. C.S. § 3731(a)(1), for purposes of imposing a driver’s license suspension pursuant to the Driver License Compact of 1961.

Reference

Full Case Name
David James OLMSTEAD, Appellee, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING, Appellant
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Status
Published