Vega-Rodriguez v. Puerto Rico Telephone Co.

110 F.3d 174 (1997)

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Vega-Rodriguez v. Puerto Rico Telephone Co.

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
110 F.3d 174 (1997)

Facts

The Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC) (defendant), a quasi-public corporation, employed Hector Vega-Rodriguez and Amiut Reyes-Rosado (the attendants) (plaintiffs) as security attendants at the company’s executive communications center. The attendants’ job duties included monitoring certain alarm systems at PRTC facilities throughout Puerto Rico, and the workspace was entirely open, with no individual offices or cubicles. PRTC installed a video-surveillance system that surveyed the attendants’ entire workspace, not including restrooms, and the main entryway to the building. Video surveillance was conducted all day long, every day. The attendants were notified of the plan. A video monitor and related technology were located in the building manager’s office, and the videotapes were stored there. The video-surveillance system did not capture any audio. The attendants sued PRTC, contending that the video-surveillance system violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and their constitutional right to privacy. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of PRTC.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Selya, J.)

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