Title: Ohio Bur. of Motor Vehicles v. Eheman

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

OHIO BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES, APPELLANT, V. EHEMAN, APPELLEE. 
OHIO BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES, APPELLANT, V. LOPEZ, APPELLEE. 
OHIO BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES, APPELLANT, V. MCKENZIE, APPELLEE. 
OHIO BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES, APPELLANT, V. WORSTER, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Ohio Bur. of Motor Vehicles v. Eheman (1997), ___ Ohio St.3d 
___.] 
Motor vehicles — Suspension of driver’s license — Ohio resident whose 
driver’s license has been suspended in Ohio based upon an out-of-
state conviction for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol 
may petition for occupational driving privileges in Ohio — Former 
R.C. 4507.169 is constitutional. 
 
(Nos. 96-858, 96-859, 96-860 and 96-861 — Submitted June 25, 
1997 — Decided July 30, 1997.) 
 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-
950127. 
 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Butler County, No. CA94-12-
232. 
 
2
 
APPEALS from the Court of Appeals for Clermont County, Nos. CA95-
01-005 and CA95-05-029. 
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Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and William C. Becker, 
Assistant Attorney General, for appellant. 
 
Lindhorst & Dreidame and Leo J. Breslin, for appellees Gary W. 
McKenzie and William A. Worster in case Nos. 96-860 and 96-861. 
___________________ 
 
The judgments of the courts of appeals are reversed, and the causes 
are remanded for further proceedings consistent with Hughes v. Ohio Bur. 
of Motor Vehicles (1997), ___ Ohio St.3d ___, ___ N.E.2d ___. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.