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Appeals court rules on state employee drug testing
By .nwfdailynews.com - Brendan Farrington
Published: 05/31/2013

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Gov. Rick Scott's state employee drug testing program went too far, and so did the lower court that found it unconstitutional.

It created a rare situation when both sides of a court dispute praised the decision.

The 11th Circuit Court sent the case back to the U.S. District Court. It said Scott doesn't have the right to order random drug testing for most of the 85,000 employees that would be covered under his 2011 executive order, but many of them could be tested without violating their constitutional rights.

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