Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers v. Board of Education of Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rubin, J.
The question presented is whether, absent a contract requirement, certain probationary teachers represented by the petitioner may be compelled, as a condition of receiving tenure, to submit themselves to investigatory urine tests to detect the use of controlled substances, even though there is no indication that any one of such teachers uses, or ever has used, illegal drugs. We conclude that such compulsory testing constitutes a search within the meaning of the US Constitution 4th Amendment, and that to compel a probationary teacher to undergo such a search…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by23 opinions
- McDonell v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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- Knox County Education Association v. Knox County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- American Federation of Government Employees v. WeinbergerDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1986
- Feliciano v. City of ClevelandDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1987
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