Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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13-841 | 11th Cir. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | OT 2013 |
Issue: (1) Whether a state may, consistent with the Fourth Amendment, condition government employment on an employee or job applicant’s consent to suspicionless drug testing; and (2) whether suspicionless drug testing of all government employees and job applicants is reasonable under the “special needs” exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant and probable cause requirements.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Oct 22 2013 | Application (13A405) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 13, 2013 to January 12, 2014, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
Oct 28 2013 | Application (13A405) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 12, 2014. |
Jan 13 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 14, 2014) |
Jan 22 2014 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 17, 2014. |
Feb 14 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Texas and Six Other States filed. |
Mar 14 2014 | Brief of respondents American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 79, et al. in opposition filed. |
Apr 1 2014 | Reply of petitioner Rick Scott, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Florida filed. |
Apr 2 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 18, 2014. |
Apr 21 2014 | Petition DENIED. |
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