Legal Opinion
Lovvorn v. City of Chattanooga
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1988No. 86-6281PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The single issue presented in this appeal is whether the City of Chattanooga’s mandatory urinalysis testing of its fire fighters, on a department-wide basis, without reasonable cause or suspicion to believe that the fire fighters tested used controlled substances, violates the plaintiffs’ rights under the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution. Three fire fighters employed by the City of Chattanooga brought this action against the City, the members of the City’s Board of Commissioners, and the Chief of the City’s Fire Department. The defendants…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Schaill ex rel. Kross v. Tippecanoe County School Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Schaill v. Tippecanoe County School CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Transport Workers' Union of Philadelphia, Local 234, in No. 88-1206 v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, in No. 88-1160. Transport Workers Union of America, Local 2013 v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Louis F. Gould, Jr., Esquire, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Septa Robert J. Thompson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Vice Chairman of the Board of Septa Brian W. Clymer Judith E. Harris, Esquire Mary C. Harris, Thomas M. Hayward, C.P.A. Frank W. Jenkins, Esquire Richard E. Kutz, Esquire David W. Marston, Esquire James C. McHugh and Franklin C. Wood, Individually and in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Board of Septa, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Division 71 and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Thomas C. Brennan, in No. 88-1207 v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Louis F. Gould, Jr., Esquire, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Septa Robert J. Thompson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Vice Chairman of the Board of Septa Brian W. Clymer Judith E. Harris, Esquire Mary C. Harris Thomas M. Hayward, C.P.A. Frank W. Jenkins, Esquire Richard E. Kutz, Esquire David W. Marston, Esquire James C. McHugh and Franklin C. Wood, Individually and in Their Official Capacity as Members of the Board of Septa, in No. 88-1162. United Transportation Union, Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, in No. 88-1208 v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, in No. 88-1163Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Fowler v. New York City Department of SanitationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
- Harmon v. MeeseDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1988
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