Nanette Laughrey

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Nanette Laughrey
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (senior status)
Tenure

2011 - Present

Years in position

13

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (senior status)
Tenure

2011 - Present

Years in position

13

Prior offices
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Los Angeles, 1967

Law

University of Missouri, Columbia School of Law, 1975

Personal
Birthplace
Cheyenne, Wyo


Nanette Kay Laughrey is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. She joined both courts in 1996 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. She assumed senior status on August 27, 2011.

Education

Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Laughrey graduated from the University of California-Los Angeles with her B.A. in 1967, and received a J.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1975.[1]

Professional career

  • 1992-1993: Deputy attorney general, State of Missouri
  • 1983-1996: Faculty member, University of Missouri-Columbia Law School
  • 1987-1996: Professor
  • 1983-1987: Associate professor

Judicial career

Eastern & Western District Courts of Missouri

On the recommendation of Congressman and House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt, Laughrey was nominated to serve on both the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri by President Bill Clinton on October 20, 1995, to a seat vacated by Joseph Stevens, Jr. Laughrey was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 24, 1996, on a Senate vote and received commission on August 1, 1996.[2] She assumed senior status on August 27, 2011. Laughrey was succeeded in this position by Brian C. Wimes.

Noteworthy cases

City not liable for failed factory plans (2014)

In February 2014, Judge Laughrey found that the City of Moberly, Missouri, by way of sovereign immunity, was not liable for any bond losses caused by the unsuccessful launch of the Mamtek International Ltd. factory grounds.

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Mandatory drug testing of college students found unconstitutional (2013)

See also: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (Barrett, et al v. Claycomb, et al, 2:11-CV-04242-NKL)

On September 13, 2013, Judge Laughrey ruled that mandatory and suspicionless drug testing of college students was unconstitutional as an unreasonable search. In the underlying case, Linn State Technical College instituted a drug-testing program in 2011 which required that incoming freshmen and students who had been away from campus for six months or more submit to urine testing for drug screens. The college claimed that the drug tests would prepare students for employment in fields where such tests may be required, among other reasons, none of which were related to student safety. The ACLU filed suit on behalf of six students, alleging that the drug tests violated their Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures. Laughrey granted the students an injunction, and Linn State filed an interlocutory appeal to the Eighth Circuit, claiming that the school needed to perform these drug tests to prevent safety risks to its students. The appeals court lifted the injunction and sent the case back to the trial court, where Laughrey ruled that the school had used "illusory safety concerns to mask unconstitutional purposes." Noting that it was well-settled law that urine tests are searches under the Fourth Amendment, Laughrey found that Linn State's drug-testing policy was unconstitutional. A lawyer for the school said further appeal in the case was likely.[3]

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Political offices
Preceded by:
Joseph Stevens
Eastern District of Missouri
1996–2011
Seat #5T
Succeeded by:
Brian C. Wimes