AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOV. EMPLOYEES v. SKINNER

No. 87-5417.

885 F.2d 884 (1989)

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, et al., Appellants, v. Samuel K. SKINNER, Secretary Department of Transportation, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Goldberg, with whom Mark D. Roth and Charles A. Hobbie, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Leonard Schaitman and Robert V. Zener, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

William W. Osborne, Jr. and John R. Mooney, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for amicus curiae urging reversal.

Before WALD, Chief Judge; MIKVA and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:

On June 29, 1987, the Secretary of Transportation announced a plan for testing certain employees of the Department of Transportation ("Department") for unlawful drug use. Order 3910.1, "Drug-Free Departmental Workplace," U.S. Dep't of Transportation, June 29, 1987 ("Order 3910.1"), Joint Appendix ("J.A.") at 17. Depending on the safety and security "criticalness" of the duties...

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