Legal Opinion
Storms v. Coughlin
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 19, 1984No. 84 Civ. 5779-CSHPublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAIGHT, District Judge:
In an effort to control drug use among state prisoners, New York State prison officials recently instituted a program of daily tests for traces of narcotics and marijuana in the urine of prisoners assertedly selected at random from the whole prison population. The plaintiffs, four inmates at Ossining Correctional Facility, challenge this practice as violative of their Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. They have asked for a preliminary injunction against its continuance. Defendants, various prison officials, move to dismiss…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- John P. Mack v. United States of America, Federal Bureau of Investigation, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Jerry K. Forbes v. Clarence Trigg, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- McDonell v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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