Is a right to retain a drivers license a fundamental right?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Smith v. Department of Motor Vehicles, 179 Cal.App.3d 368, 224 Cal.Rptr. 543 (Cal. App. 1986):
2 The right to retain a drivers license, once issued, is a fundamental right for purposes of selecting the standard of judicial review of an administrative decision to suspend or revoke such license. (Berlinghieri v. DMV (1983) 33 Cal.3d 392, 398, 188 Cal.Rptr. 891, 657 P.2d 383.)
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