New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer

New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 6, 1978 Decided March 21, 1979
Full case name	New York City Transit Authority, et al. v. Carla A. Beazer, et al.
Citations	440 U.S. 568 (more) 99 S. Ct. 1355; 59 L. Ed. 2d 587; 1979 U.S. LEXIS 77; 19 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 149; 19 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 9027; 1 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 73
Case history
Prior	Beazer v. New York City Transit Authority, 399 F. Supp. 1032 (S.D.N.Y.), aff'd, 558 F.2d 97 (2nd Cir. 1976), cert. granted, 440 U.S. 568 (1978).
Subsequent	None
Holding
The NYC Transit Authority had a rational basis for its classification of narcotics users and by extension, methadone users.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Stevens, joined by Burger, Stewart, Blackmun, Rehnquist
Concur/dissent	Powell
Dissent	Brennan
Dissent	White, joined by Marshall
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Amend. XIV, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.S. § 2000e

New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer, 440 U.S. 568 (1979), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court in which the constitutionality of an employer's refusal to hire methadone users was upheld.