When It Comes to School Drug Searches, Take This Prudent Advice: Beware of the Dog.

Sendor, Benjamin

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ERIC Number: EJ279467

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Publication Date: 1983-Mar

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When It Comes to School Drug Searches, Take This Prudent Advice: Beware of the Dog.

Sendor, Benjamin

American School Board Journal, v170 n3 p23 Mar 1983

Discusses the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' rewriting of its earlier decision in "Horton v. Goose Creek Independent School District" of Baytown (Texas), involving the use of dogs in school drug and liquor searches. Compares the decision with other circuits' conflicting rulings and suggests guidelines for using dogs. (RW)

Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Illegal Drug Use, Search and Seizure, Student Rights

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Fourth Amendment

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