FC: U.S. Supreme Court won't hear toiletcam lawsuit

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2002 - 11:21:56 PST

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    Yesterday's order list denying cert to Consolidated Freightways:
    http://www.supremecourtus.gov/orders/courtorders/010702pzor.pdf
    
    Previous decision, which the supremes let stand:
    
    http://www.politechbot.com/p-02152.html
    >A trucking company can't install hidden cameras and microphones in 
    >employee bathrooms, a federal appeals court said. Consolidated Freightways 
    >argued that it was allowed to place surveillance devices behind mirrors in 
    >restrooms at its terminal in Mira Loma, California because of a collective 
    >bargaining agreement it inked with the Teamsters that was protected under 
    >federal law. But when workers discovered the equipment after a mirror fell 
    >out of the wall, they sued under a California state law saying anyone who 
    >installs a "two-way mirror permitting observation of any restroom" is 
    >guilty of a misdemeanor.
    
    -Declan
    
    
    
    
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