Motor Vehicles - Supreme Court Review
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1977
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10
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Journal Article
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|Decisions of the Nebraska Supreme Court during the survey period relating to the law of motor vehicles did not manifest any major developments or trends. Not unusually, a frequent source of litigation was Nebraska's "implied consent" law. The most important decision was Mackey v. Director of Department of Motor Vehicles, an appeal from revocation of a driver's license for refusal to submit to chemical testing for intoxication.|A person arrested for driving while intoxicated on Nebraska highways must either agree to a test for alcoholic content in his body fluids or suffer suspension of his license. Before the Department of Motor Vehicles may suspend a license, however, it must establish that the arresting officer's belief of intoxication was reasonable, that a warning of the consequence of failure to test was given, and that such refusal to test was unreasonable."...
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10 Creighton L. Rev. 170 (1976-1977)
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Creighton University School of Law