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Legal Citation: 489 U.S. 656 (1989)

Petitioner
National Treasury Employees Union

Respondent
William Von Raab, Commissioner, U.S. Custom Service

Petitioner's Claim
Chemical drug testing of U.S. Customs Service employees (considered a "search") was constitutionally intrusive and irregular under the provisions of the Fourth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Lois G. Williams

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Charles Fried

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Anthony M. Kennedy (writing for the Court), Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
21 March 1989

Decision
The Fourth Amendment rights of U.S....