Legal Opinion
Penny v. Kennedy
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1988No. 86-6280PublishedCited by 10 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 police officers, on a department-wide basis, without reasonable cause or suspicion to believe that the police officers tested used controlled substances, violates the plaintiffs’ rights under the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution. Six Chattanooga police officers brought this action against the City and its Commissioner of Fire and Police, Tom Kennedy. The defendants appeal the district court's decision enjoining the urinalyses…
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