RIVAS Et Al. v. COZENS, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF CALIFORNIA, Et Al.

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RIVAS Et Al. v. COZENS, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF CALIFORNIA, Et Al.

409 U.S. 55, 93 S. Ct. 444, 34 L. Ed. 2d 265, 1972 U.S. LEXIS 12

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

DecidedNovember 13, 1972

Docket71-5780

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

This text of 409 U.S. 55 (RIVAS Et Al. v. COZENS, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF CALIFORNIA, Et Al.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of the United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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RIVAS Et Al. v. COZENS, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF CALIFORNIA, Et Al., 409 U.S. 55, 93 S. Ct. 444, 34 L. Ed. 2d 265, 1972 U.S. LEXIS 12 (1972).

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Per Curiam.

The appellants’ supplemental brief filed October 14, 1972, recites:

“The California Supreme Court’s decision in Rios [v. Cozens, 7 Cal. 3d 792, 499 P. 2d 979 (1972),] has been given full prospective and retroactive effect. Cal. Sup. Ct. Order Denying Stay Pending Appeal, filed August 30, 1972. Accordingly, the individual petitioners herein, Celestino V. Rivas and Zeferino Samaniego, have now been accorded the opportunity for a personal evidentiary hearing regarding the suspension of their driver’s licenses.”

Accordingly the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted, the judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to determine whether this case has become moot.

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Per Curiam.

The appellants’ supplemental brief filed October 14, 1972, recites:

“The California Supreme Court’s decision in Rios [v. Cozens, 7 Cal. 3d 792, 499 P. 2d 979 (1972),] has been given full prospective and retroactive effect. Cal. Sup. Ct. Order Denying Stay Pending Appeal, filed August 30, 1972. Accordingly, the individual petitioners herein, Celestino V. Rivas and Zeferino Samaniego, have now been accorded the opportunity for a personal evidentiary hearing regarding the suspension of their driver’s licenses.”

Accordingly the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted, the judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to determine whether this case has become moot.

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