Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Hurwitz v. United States
493 U.S. 1056
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1990-01-22
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- upholding the Department of Justice’s random drug testing plan for employees holding top secret national security clearances
- distinguishing random drug-testing program from one limited to single preemployment test
- “evidence of a nationwide drug problem cannot be generalized to subject innocent and hardworking federal employees to urinalysis”
- under Young, prison officials not immune from suit alleging violations of federal constitution and federal statutes
- “Joint action ... requires a substantial degree of cooperative action.”
- random testing of Justice Department employees with “top secret” clearance
Citator
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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.