Legal Opinion

Smith v. Abate

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 21, 1995Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Stuart Cohen, J.), entered on or *450about January 5, 1994, which denied petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul respondents’ determination terminating petitioner’s employment as a probationary correction officer, and dismissed the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner’s probationary employment as a correction officer was terminated after he tested positive for cocaine in a random urinalysis test. Such testing is constitutionally permissible (Matter of McKenzie v Jackson, 75 NY2d 995). The affidavits of petitioner…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Soto v. KoehlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  2. McKenzie v. JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  3. Harmon v. New York City Police DepartmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

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