Federal employees--random drug and alcohol testing--subject matter jurisdiction--issue preclusion--exhaustion. Whitman v. Department of Transportation.
The Supreme Court, in a per curium decision, vacated a ruling against an air traffic controller in his claim that he was subjected to more than random drug testing and remanded the matter to the Ninth Circuit to determine whether the petitioner exhausted his administrative remedies and whether exhaustion is required, or, if necessary, whether the Civil Service Reform Act precludes employees from pursuing claims beyond those set out in that act, i.e., whether Congress intended to remove such actions from the general grant of subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. paragraph 1331.
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