Legal Opinion
Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 5 v. Tucker
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 17, 1989No. 88-1467PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:
This case arises from the City of Philadelphia Police Commissioner’s decision to suspend with intent to dismiss four city police officers after they refused an order to submit to urinalysis. The officers sued the City and the Commissioner, alleging that the defendants violated their right to procedural due process under the fourteenth amendment, as well as their right under the fourth amendment to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
We agree with the district court that the defendants had a reasonable basis for suspecting that the…
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