ROBINSON v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 45511-7-I.

10 P.3d 452 (2000)

102 Wash.App. 795

Kirk ROBINSON; Jean Robinson; Patricia Carlisle; Oscar Eason, Jr.; Karen Jensen; John Junker; Don Moreland; Charles Royer; and The American Civil Liberties Union Of Washington, Taxpayers, Appellants, v. The CITY OF SEATTLE, a municipal corporation, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

October 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Kipling, Stokes Eitelbach & Lawrence, P.S.; Laura J. Buckland, Seattle, for appellants.

Frederick E. Wollett, Seattle, for Respondent.


ELLINGTON, J.

The City of Seattle requires a preemployment urinalysis drug test for about half the vacancies filled by the City. Appellants here ("the Taxpayers") challenge the constitutionality of this program. Because the testing constitutes a warrantless search without particularized grounds for suspicion, the City must show the program is narrowly drawn to achieve a compelling governmental interest. The program meets this...

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