Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n, No. 87-1555 (U.S. Supreme Court) (489 U.S. 602; 109 S.Ct. 1402) (March 21, 1989) (Justice Kennedy)
In this case, the majority upheld the suspicionless drug testing of railroad employees involved in train accidents. It reasoned that railroad employees are in a position to "cause great human loss before any signs of impairment become noticeable to supervisers" (id., at 315). It explained that "the permissibility of a ...
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