Legal Opinion
Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers v. Board of Education
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 1987PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Wachtler.
On this appeal we are asked to consider the constitutionality of a School District policy requiring all probationary teachers to submit to urinalysis to detect potential drug abuse. The courts below found that the practice constituted an illegal search and seizure in violation of the teachers’ constitutional rights. The School District appeals.
In 1982 the Patchogue-Medford School District signed a *63collective bargaining agreement with the Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers, the union representing the teachers. The agreement requires probationary…
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