Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. v. Feeney
493 U.S. 932
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1989-10-30
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that administrative agency's interest in HIV testing of employees who work with mentally retarded persons was not justified "[b]ecause the risk of disease transmission has been shown to be negligible" in circumstances of employment
- exigent circumstances exist where there is a threat of physical harm to police officers or other innocent individuals
- Section 158(d) exclusively grants jurisdiction to courts of appeals over decisions entered by district courts under Section 158(a)
- section 9712 does not violate the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment
Citator
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- Cited by
- 26 opinions
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari granted. Reported below: 873 F. 2d 628 (first case); 873 F. 2d 633 (second case).