Legal Opinion

Richard v. Lafayette Fire & Police Civil Service Board

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 6, 2009No. 2008-C-1044, 2008-C-1623Published

1Opinion of the Court

8 So.3d 509 (2009)

John Keith RICHARD

v.

LAFAYETTE FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.

Nos. 2008-C-1044, 2008-C-1623.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 6, 2009.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 2009.

Briney & Foret, Michael Patrick Corry, Jason Roy Garrot, Lafayette, for applicant.

The Goode Law Firm, William Little-john Goode, Lafayette, for respondent.

WEIMER, Justice.[1]

We granted certiorari in this matter to examine whether reasonable suspicion existed to justify ordering a police officer to submit to a non-random drug screen. After reviewing the record, we conclude the appointing authority did not…

Also in this document: Dissent · Johnson; Dissent · Knoll.

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. United States v. SokolowSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. United States v. ArvizuSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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