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· 2/5/1993

Quiller v. Bowman

Citations

  • 425 S.E.2d 641
  • 262 Ga. 769
  • 18 A.L.R. 5th 1051
  • 93 Fulton County D. Rep. 489
  • 1993 Ga. LEXIS 188

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “the right to drive is not a fundamental right”
  • applying federal due process test to state constitutional due process challenge to state statute requiring suspension of driver’s license upon conviction for possession of controlled substance or marijuana
  • statute bears rational relationship to legitimate state interest in punishing and deterring lawbreaking
  • statute bears rational relationship to legitimate state interest in punishing and deterring lawbreaking
  • “The legislature could reasonably assume that a person who possesses illegal drugs will use the drugs, that a drug user will drive while under the influence of drugs, and that drug use impairs a driver’s judgment.”
  • substantive due process and equal protection

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Judges: Fletcher, Clarke, Hunt, Benham, Sears-Collins, Forehand, Hunstein

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