United States Sixth Circuit

In an action challenging Tennessee's driver license law as violative of certain aliens' right to equal protection and right to travel, dismissal of the action for failure to state a claim is affirmed as: 1) Tennessee's issuance of certificates for driving to temporary resident aliens, in lieu of driver licenses, is not subject to heightened scrutiny; 2) even assuming the aliens' right to travel is constitutionally protected, their right is not impermissibly burdened by the law; and 3) plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that the challenged classification was not rationally related to a legitimate government purpose.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/28/2007
• Published 08/28/2007

Judges

• Before:  NORRIS, GILMAN, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Jerry Gonzalez, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for Appellants.   Lynne T. Edgerton, Office of the Attorney General, State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Jerry Gonzalez, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for Appellants.  Lynne T. Edgerton, Lizabeth A. Hale, Michael A. Meyer, Office of the Attorney General, State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.