THOMAS v. FIEDLER

No. 88-3453.

884 F.2d 990 (1989)

Steven C. THOMAS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ronald FIEDLER, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, and Joseph Sweda, Wisconsin Commissioner of Transportation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Pangman, Joseph Owens, Patricia A. Schober, Timothy J. O'Brien, Pangman & Associates, Waukesha, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Charles D. Hoornstra, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for defendants-appellants.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

Society has come to recognize the hard way that drivers who operate a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs pose a serious threat to the health and safety of a state's citizenry. Wisconsin has sought to respond to this problem, in part, by implementing procedures for administratively suspending the driver's license of any individual whose blood alcohol test results reveal that he or she was...

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