Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Dist. of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 7, 2018No. Civil Action No. 15–521 (JEB)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
"[P]ublic employees do not surrender all their [constitutional] rights by reason of their employment." Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 417, 126 S.Ct. 1951, 164 L.Ed.2d 689 (2006). Rather, the Fourth Amendment still governs public workplaces, protecting most employees against random, suspicionless drug testing while on the job. The District of Columbia nevertheless instituted such a regime for its new *574Consolidated Forensics Laboratory, a facility that houses several law-enforcement agencies. It gave Plaintiff Patricia Lewis, a human-resources…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Garcetti v. CeballosSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- National Treasury Employees Union v. Von RaabSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Sequa Corp. v. GBJ Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Robinson v. Dist. of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
- Ass'n of Indep. Sch. of Greater Wash. v. Dist. of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
- Lewis v. District of Columbia GovernmentDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2018
- Robinson v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2018
- Seo v. OhDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2023
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