United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit alleging Fourth Amendment and due process violations brought by a former city employee who was terminated after refusing to submit to a random drug test, summary judgment for the city is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff performed a safety sensitive job such that the city's interests outweighed the plaintiff's expectation of privacy; and 2) plaintiff was an at-will employee who did not have a property interest in his job for purposes of due process.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/17/2007
• Decided 03/21/2007
• Published 03/21/2007

Judges

• FLAUM, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William R. Groth (argued), Fillenwarth, Dennerline, Groth & Towe, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert T. Keen, Jr., Diana C. Bauer (argued), Carson Boxberger, Fort Wayne, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.