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New Jersey v. T.L.O (1985) https://www.oyez.org/cases/1983/83-712

tgilbert57852 — 2015-11-11 14:47:16 UTC

1. the parties are, the juvenile and domestic relations court of New Jersey, superior court of New Jersey, and the New Jersey supreme court.

2. police at her school searched her purse because they thought she had cigarettes, she also had marijuana.

3. you are not allowed to have cigarettes on school grounds. does the exclusionary rule apply to searches conducted by school officials in public schools?

4. T.L.O wanted to move to suppress evidence, but the court denied her motion.

5. because they saw that she was trying to hide evidence.

6. T.L.O was superior, the assistant principal violated the 4th amendment by opening T.L.O's purse without her consent.

Vernonia School District v. Acton (1995)

ycortesrojas85142 — 2015-11-11 14:47:32 UTC

1) The parties in the case were Acton and Vernonia School District 47j

2) James Acton a student at Vernonia School could not participate in his school football team because he and his parents refused to give consent to do the random urinalysis drug test.

3) The legal issue was its a violation to the fourth amendment. The question was does random drug testing of high school athletes violate the reasonable search and seizure clause of the fourth amendment.

4) The court decided no that it didn't violate the search and seizure clause of the fourth amendment.

5) The court made this decision because they are still minors that need supervision, they are not adults who can speak for themselves yet, and its for their safety as well.

6) That students will be drug randomly tested for their safety.

4th Amendment Case Study Matt Picardi, Yvalis Cortes, David Xaykosy, Tyler Gilbert

mpicardi — 2015-11-11 14:50:42 UTC

Safford Unified School District v. Redding (2009) https://www.oyez.org/cases/2008/08-479 Matt picardi

mpicardi — 2015-11-11 14:53:12 UTC

1.The parties involved are the Unified School District and Redding.

2.Savana Redding, an eighth grader at Safford Middle School, was strip-searched by school officials

3.that Ms. Redding's Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure was violated. It reasoned that the strip search was not justified nor was the scope of intrusion reasonably related to the circumstances,and the questions that were asked

Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit school officials from strip searching students suspected of possessing drugs in violation of school policy?

Are school officials individually liable for damages in a lawsuit filed under 42 U.S.C Section 1983?

4.they came to their decision that redding was violated by the school officials when they searched her underwear.

5.they reached thier decision from the evidence the redding was voilated and naked to the public for painkiller and pretty much ripped from her 4th amendment right.

6.now you need a warrant to search kids down to thier underwear.

Weeks V. United States https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/232us383

dxaykosy57889 — 2015-11-11 15:08:22 UTC

1) The parties involved where Weeks and the United States.

2)This case was brought to court because a Federal Marshall entered Weeks home with no search warrant and took papers from his room.

3)Did the search and seizure of Weeks home violate the Fourth Amendment?

4)The court decided that the search was not of the 4th Amendment.

5)The court came up with this answer after 9 Judges reviewed the case.

6)The precedence this case created was the exclusionary rule.