State v. Chavis

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that when “there is nothing other than an unexplained delay on the part of the reporting officials, unaccompanied by any showing of real prejudice to the driver, the driver is not entitled to any relief because of delay in imposing the suspension” and citing several cases
• finding no standing to challenge the enforcement of various statutory provisions “in the absence of injury or prejudice resulting to [Chavis] from the delay which injury he simply has not shown”
• the State held not estopped to suspend the driver’s license of a defendant convicted of driving under the influence because of a one-year delay in suspending his license
• the State held not estopped to suspend the driver’s license of a defendant convicted of driving under the influence because of a one-year delay in suspending his license
• “[T]here might be circumstances under which it could be successfully argued or soundly held that the State had no right to suspend a driver’s license after a long delay....”
• “For aught the record shows, [Chavis] simply kept quiet and continued to drive in the hope that his license suspensions would somehow or other get overlooked and never be imposed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Board of Physician Quality Assurance v. Mullan
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-05-10· cited 30×
• Hipp v. South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-01-26· cited 9×
• Davis v. South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2017-05-03· cited 6×
• City of Myrtle Beach v. Juel P. Corp.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-09-20· cited 5×
• Wilson v. S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2017-01-11· cited 3×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Parker v. State Highway Department
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1953-11-05· cited 42×
• Ellis v. Department of Motor Vehicles
  California Court of Appeal· 1942-05-06· cited 23×
• Heller Motor Vehicle Operator License Case
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-11-16· cited 16×
• Department of Transportation v. Kaufman
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-12-16· cited 9×
• Herndon v. South Carolina State Highway Department
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1955-01-05· cited 4×