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O'BRIEN v. MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSP. AUTHORITY

No. 98-1502.

162 F.3d 40 (1998)

Thomas O'BRIEN, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Becker, with whom Sandulli, Grace, Shapiro, Horwitz & Davidson, P.C. was on brief, for appellants.

H. Reed Witherby, with whom Smith & Duggan LLP was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Wrapping their claims securely in the mantle of federalism, Thomas O'Brien and Edward O'Malley protest an order of the district court which, in effect, allows their employer, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), to continue random drug and alcohol testing of transit police. We affirm.

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Background

Most constituencies regard the Urban Mass Transportation Act, more recently dubbed the...

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