Legal Opinion
Pennington v. METRO. GOV., NASH. & DAVIDSON COUNTY
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 10, 2008No. 07-5180PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Joe A Pennington, a Metropolitan police officer, was off duty when he became involved in an altercation at a Nashville bar. Deputy Chief Joseph Bishop and Captain Michael Hagar later requested Pennington to submit to a breathalyzer test. Pennington agreed to take the test because he was afraid that he would be terminated or suspended if he failed to comply. He subsequently sued Bishop, Hagar, and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County on the basis that he was unlawfully required to take the breathalyzer test in violation of his…
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