Legal Opinion
Sam Costner v. United States James J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, and Drew Lewis, Secretary of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1983No. 83-1282PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Sam Costner was terminated from his interstate truck driving job pursuant to a Department of Transportation regulation that prohibits persons with an established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy from driving trucks in interstate commerce. Costner brought this action claiming that the regulation as applied to him is overbroad and violates the equal protection component of the due process clause of the fifth amendment. Costner has not had a seizure for over twenty years and he has driven trucks in interstate commerce, without accident, for approximately…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Vance v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- New York City Transit Authority v. BeazerSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- William R. Jewson v. Mayo ClinicCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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- In Re Appeal of StoberCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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