Kees v. Wallenstein’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “In the case of correctional officers and other paramilitary and military personnel, the reason for having [multiple] able workers who rotate through the different duty positions is to be able to respond to unexpected surges in the demand for particular abilities. The prison has to be able to call upon its full staff of correctional officers for help in putting down a prison riot, and therefore each officer must have experience in the positions, such as searching and escorting inmates, that provide the necessary training and experience for responding effectively to a riot, as well as the capability for such response. It would not do to have a correctional officer whose only experience and capability were in operating a telephone switchboard or issuing weapons. All this is obvious enough....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Suzuki v. State

2. “[t]he amount of time spent on the job performing the function;”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Steven Martin v. State of Kansas United States of America Colorado Cross Disability Coalition the Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People