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Download full textAtwater, Tony – 1981
As a means of providing additional search warrant protection for the news media and others engaged in public communications, the United States Congress adopted the "Privacy Protection Act of 1980." Legal and documentary research conducted over a period of two years has revealed a potential defect of the statute relating to the court…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Legal Problems
Stefkovich, Jacqueline A. – 1992
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees "the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures" by governmental officials. In a 1985 Supreme Court decision, "New Jersey v. TLO," students' privacy rights in public schools are afforded a lower…
Descriptors: Federal Courts, High Schools, Public Schools, School Law
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
Schreck, Myron – 1991
In 1985, the United States Supreme Court, in "New Jersey v. T.L.O.," held that the Fourth Amendment applies to searches and seizures conducted by public school administrators. This paper discusses the current state of Fourth Amendment law with regard to public school searches and seizures. Among the subtopics discussed are the following:…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Krumm, Bernita L.; Thompson, David P. – 1998
This article examines the effects of the "Acton" decision, a Supreme Court ruling that upheld random urinalysis of secondary-school students who participate in extracurricular athletics. The paper focuses on cases involving general (mass) searches, "medical assessment" searches, strip searches, and drug testing. Although the…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, 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
Lufler, 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
