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Bell v. Burson, 402 U.S. 535 (1971)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Bell v. Burson, 402 U.S. 535 (1971)
Bell v. Burson No. 5586 Argued March 23, 1971 Decided May 24, 1971 402 U.S. 535
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA
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Georgia’s Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, which provides that the motor vehicle registration and driver’s license of an uninsured motorist involved in an accident shall be suspended unless he posts security for the amount of damages claimed by an aggrieved party and which excludes any consideration of fault or responsibility for the accident at a pre-suspension hearing held violative of procedural due process. Before Georgia, whose statutory scheme significantly involves the issue of liability, may deprive an individual of his license and registration, it must provide a procedure for determining the question whether there is a reasonable possibility of a judgment’s being rendered against him as a result of the accident. Pp. 539-543.
121 Ga.App. 418, 174 S.E.2d 235, reversed and remanded.
BRENNAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which DOUGLAS, HARLAN, STEWART, WHITE, and MARSHALL, JJ., joined. BURGER, C.J., and BLACK and BLACKMUN, JJ., concurred in the result.
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Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Bell v. Burson, 402 U.S. 535 (1971). cited in 1971, 402 U.S. 535. Original Sources, retrieved 20 May 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=Z9VRGBGKUBZQZED.
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