Peake v. South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a court should not consider a particular clause in a statute in isolation, but should read it in conjunction with the purpose of the entire statute
• noting that while the license to operate a motor vehicle is a mere privilege that is always subject to revocation' or suspension for any cause related to public safety, it cannot be revoked arbitrarily or capriciously
• “With any question regarding statutory construction and application, the court must always look to legislative intent as determined from the plain language of the statute.”
• \The findings of an administrative agency are presumed correct and will be set aside only if unsupported by substantial evidence.\
• in case where driver did not have injured mouth and was conscious, DMV was \required under the implied consent statute to show [driver] was physically unable to give an acceptable breath sample for a reason found acceptable by licensed medical personnel\

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