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PERRY v. McDONALD

Docket No. 00-7869.

280 F.3d 159 (2001)

Paula PERRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patricia A. McDONALD, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, in both her personal and official capacities; and Michael A. Smith, former Motor Vehicle Unit Supervisor for Registration and License Information, in both his personal and official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 17, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Putter, Montpelier, VT, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Bridget C. Asay, Assistant Attorney General for the State of Vermont, Montpelier, VT, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: OAKES, KEARSE, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.

The questions presented are whether there is a First Amendment right to use special license plates bearing the letters "SHTHPNS," and whether a car registrant's due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment are violated when a state department of motor vehicles revokes these plates after the department realizes that they have been issued in error. We answer both questions in the negative...

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