This is not a criminal case, but it is an interesting case about whether and under what circumstances a municipality can require urinalysis testing as a condition of employment.

In this case, Rebekah Taylor-Failor sought a temporary restraining order prohibiting the County of Hawai'i from requiring her to submit to ...

U.S. v. Chin, 54 F.Supp.3d 87 (D.Mass. October 21, 2014) (Judge Patti Saris)
U.S. v. Hampton, No. 09-10281-WGY (D.Mass. June 18, 2015) (Judge William Young)

From 2003, when she was hired by the Hinton State Laboratory in Jamaica Plain, MA, until her arrest in 2012, Annie Dookhan was the chief ...

The Fourth Amendment protects "[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures." Warrantless searches have been held to be "per se unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment - subject only to a few specifically established and well-delineated exceptions." Arizona ...

We find it astonishing how many times the Government brazenly violates the terms of its own plea agreements and then argues that its “mistake” was harmless, or innocent, or, as happened in this case, not “clear or obvious.” Yet, if a defendant were to seek to violate his agreement not ...

U.S. v. Chin, 54 F.Supp.3d 87 (D.Mass. October 21, 2014) (Judge Patti Saris)
U.S. v. Hampton, No. 09-10281-WGY (D.Mass. June 18, 2015) (Judge William Young)

From 2003, when she was hired by the Hinton State Laboratory in Jamaica Plain, MA, until her arrest in 2012, Annie Dookhan was the chief ...