NASA contract employees background checks ruling [9th Circuit]

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NASA contract employees background checks ruling [9th Circuit]

Bernard Hibbitts

January 12, 2008 06:02:00 pm

Robert M. Nelson et al. v. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, January 11, 2008 [ruling that NASA cannot compel low-risk contract employees working at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory to undergo intensive background checks]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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