STRAX v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.


138 Pa.Commw. 368 (1991)

588 A.2d 87

Thomas E. STRAX and Pennsylvania Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities and Pennsylvania Easter Seal Society and Moss Rehabilitation Hospital, Petitioners, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING et al., Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Gran, with her, Frank J. Laski and Timothy M. Cook, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, for petitioners.

Gwendolyn T. Mosley, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., with her, John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Chief, Litigation Section, and Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for respondents.

Before McGINLEY and KELLEY, JJ., and CRUMLISH, Jr., Senior Judge.


KELLEY, Judge.

This is an action addressed to this Court's original jurisdiction which challenges the Commonwealth's procedures for responding to reports which question a driver's competency to operate an automobile, and for coding the licenses of visibly handicapped persons whom it finds are competent drivers.

Dr. Thomas E. Strax (Strax) commenced this action as a class action by filing a petition for review, and requesting preliminary injunctive relief....

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