DANA v. PETIT

Nos. 77-324-M.P. and 77-402-M.P.

386 A.2d 189 (1978)

Robert E. DANA v. Eugene P. PETIT, Jr., Registrar. Raymond T. BURTON v. Eugene P. PETIT, Jr., Registrar.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aram K. Berberian, Cranston, for petitioners.

F. Thomas O'Halloran, Sp. Counsel, Dept. of Transp., Providence, for respondent.


OPINION

DORIS, Justice.

The petitioners in these cases challenge an administrative regulation of the Division of Motor Vehicles (the division) which requires that a motor vehicle operator, prior to being given a hearing on his refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test, surrender his permanent driver's license to the division in exchange for a temporary permit pending the outcome of the hearing. Because of the similarity of the issues presented, these cases...

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