Scott v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 79
Petition for certiorari denied on April 21, 2014
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 (key to color coding) |
|---|
| 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. |
