Legal Opinion
McKenna v. Fargo
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided May 25, 1978No. Civ. A. 74-559PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOLAHAN, Senior District Judge.
Rarely does a case involve conflicting interests as important and as difficult to reconcile as those in this litigation. The psychological testing which Jersey City uses to screen applicants for its fire department has been challenged by plaintiffs as an invasion of the applicants’ constitutional rights. In plaintiffs’ view, conditioning employment on psychological testing of questionable validity puts the applicants to a prohibited choice of sacrificing constitutional freedoms to secure prized employment or of looking for work elsewhere. Defendants…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Robert A. Borucki v. W. Michael Ryan, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Vanguard Justice Society, Inc. v. HughesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1979
- Doe v. Borough of BarringtonDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1990
- Hawaii Psychiatric Society, District Branch of the American Psychiatric Ass'n v. AriyoshiDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1979
- Sweeney v. BondDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1981
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