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

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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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