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PERKEY v. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Docket No. S.F. 24708.

42 Cal.3d 185 (1986)

721 P.2d 50

228 Cal. Rptr. 169

CHRISTOPHER ANN PERKEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Brent A. Barnhart for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Fred Okrand and Robert Burns as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, N. Eugene Hill, Assistant Attorney General, and Faith J. Geoghegan, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

May the state compel an individual to provide a fingerprint as a condition for obtaining a driver's license, where the fingerprint is to be disseminated to third parties for purposes unrelated to motor vehicle safety?

I.

Vehicle Code section 12800, subdivision (c) requires each applicant for a driver's license to submit a fingerprint to the Department of Motor Vehicles (hereafter DMV or department...

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