Transport Workers' Union of Philadelphia Local 88-1206 v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 88-1160 Transport Workers Union of America Local’s Empirical Analysis
863 F.2d 1110 · 1988
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 45 U.S.C. § 151 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 155 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 156 (Railway Labor Act)
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Bell v. Wolfish · Schmerber v. State of California · Delaware v. Prouse · United States v. Place
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... the enormity of the problem facing this country because of drug use is sufficiently well established to justify judicial notice.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“SEPTA has not shown that this aspect of its program is initially justified or that testing of all employees returning after an absence for whatever cause has any relationship to the articulated need for the program.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“(1) enter SEPTA’s Employee Assistance Program and present evidence of success ful substance abuse treatment, agree to an “aftercare program,” submit to a body fluids test before returning to work, and remain subject to unannounced follow-up tests or (2) submit to a body fluids test and, if he passed, meet with a substance abuse counsellor and remain subject to unannounced follow-up testing for six months.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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