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Murray, Kenneth T. – 2002
This paper examines the practice of search and seizure from a legal perspective. All issues concerning lawful or unlawful search and seizure, whether in a public school or otherwise, are predicated upon the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The terms "search,""seizure,""probable…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Baker, Kelley – 1983
The author traces the history of the applicability to students of the Fourth Amendment, which defines search and seizure of person or property to be illegal without a valid search warrant supported by probable cause. Various court decisions have affirmed students' constitutional rights, but Louisiana is the only state that has held, in a decision,…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Stefkovich, Jacqueline A. – 2002
This paper presents court cases for the purpose of updating current knowledge on search and seizure of students in the school setting. These cases focus on the balance and interplay between students' Fourth Amendment rights and school administrators' obligations to maintain order and discipline in the schools. Part of this obligation implies…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1985
Reviews four recent cases decided in state and federal courts. The cases focused on due process in student suspensions, the use of unlawfully obtained evidence in disciplinary hearings, unacceptable methods for handling personnel conflicts, and the application of voluntary affirmative action policies during periods of staff reduction. (PGD)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Court Litigation, Dismissal (Personnel), Due Process
Download full textLufler, Henry S., Jr. – 1986
This paper examines what is known about the link between court decisions and changing school discipline practices; proposes a variety of studies to add to knowledge in this area; and contains suggestions on ways that research findings can be used to improve the ongoing legal education of school personnel. The complex nature of some of the Supreme…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Behavior Change, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Lufler, Henry S., Jr. – 1987
This third chapter of "The Yearbook of School Law, 1986" summarizes and analyzes state and federal court decisions handed down in 1985 affecting the legal rights of students in elementary and secondary schools. Among the topics examined are public school pupil assignment, tuition, transportation, compulsory attendance, and bilingual and bicultural…
Descriptors: Athletics, Bilingual Education, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation
Gehring, Donald D.; Young, D. Parker – 1978
A review of 1977 cases that involved students and institutions of higher education indicates that students seem to be more concerned with their rights as educational consumers. The majority of cases concern controversies focusing on classroom and academic evaluation and treatment of students; receipt of various forms of financial aid; use of…
Descriptors: Athletics, Civil Rights, College Admission, College Students
