BARLOW v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. C0-84-573.

365 N.W.2d 232 (1985)

Steven Paul BARLOW, Respondent, v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Joel A. Watne, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for appellant.

Paul W. Rogosheske, Hastings, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


SIMONETT, Justice.

This appeal raises the question whether a court has the authority, either by statute or under its inherent powers, to expunge from the records of the Commissioner of Public Safety the revocation of respondent's driver's license which was later rescinded. We conclude the authority to expunge is lacking, and we reverse.

About 11 p.m. on March 4, 1983, a police officer noticed respondent Steven Barlow, age 17, standing by his pickup truck which...

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