Legal Opinion
Petersen v. City of Mesa
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided February 25, 2003No. 1 CA-CV 02-0016PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VOSS, Judge.
¶ 1 Craig W. Petersen, a firefighter for the City of Mesa, challenged the constitutionality of the random testing component of the City’s proposed Substance Abuse Program Alcohol and Controlled Substance Testing Policy and Procedures (Policy). In awarding summary judgment to Petersen and permanently enjoining the City from implementing the random, suspicionless aspect of the Policy, the trial court relied on Article 2, Section 8 of the Arizona Constitution. In this context, however, we conclude that the strictures imposed by our constitution are no greater than those of the…
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