Downing v. Iowa Department of Transportation

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding section 321B.13, providing an officer “shall” issue a temporary license, was directory because the duty was not essential to the main purpose of the statute, which was to promote public safety
• noting the legislative goal of removing dangerous drivers “can still be attained when the issuance of a temporary license is delayed”
• “[P]rejudice is proven only by showing a reasonable probability that the alleged error affected the outcome of the case. A reasonable probability is one sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”
• removing dangerous, intoxicated drivers is main legislative goal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).