Thomson v. Weinberger’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
July 1989
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · New Jersey v. T. L. O. · O'CONNOR v. Ortega · Morrison v. Olson · Blackwelder Furniture Co. of Statesville, Inc. v. Seilig Manufacturing Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“the Court [Judge Gesell] rested its decision not so much on the merit of the Department’s testing program as on the plaintiffs failure to provide sufficient evidentiary support for its claim”). 52 . Plaintiffs categorize this group as safety-related Testing Designated Positions. For employees in these categories, and of the positions at issue in this case only the five motor vehicle operators would be included, plaintiffs concede that a standard of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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