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Giermanski, James R. – College and University Business, 1973
College officials must understand and respect student rights when it comes to search and seizure. (Editor/HS)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Law Enforcement, Laws, Search and Seizure
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Atwater, Tony – Journalism Quarterly, 1983
Argues that while the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 appears to reverse the "Zurcher v. Stanford Daily" decision, loopholes may permit some newsroom searches. (FL)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Freedom of Speech, Journalism
Kongshem, Lars – Executive Educator, 1992
The National School Safety Center pegs the number of gun-toting U.S. students at 100,000. Unless metal detectors are employed as part of a carefully thought-out school safety plan, their use is likely to be ineffective, controversial, and a legal minefield. Random student searches are becoming common. A sidebar describes a Washington, D.C., junior…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guns, Legal Problems, Prevention
Rossow, Lawrence F.; Stubblefield, Brenda L. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1992
Unanimous U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the strip search of a student. Since first case was decided in 1973, no other court has been willing to uphold this highly intrusive search method. Asks why the Sixth Circuit is willing to set aside what has been the concern of the judiciary for the past several decades. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, High Schools, School Law, School Safety
Franco, Stephanie L. – Quill and Scroll, 1994
Sets out the legal standard to which school officials must adhere in conducting a search of students or their belongings. Offers some suggestions for school newspaper editors regarding their role in seeing that these guidelines are followed. (SR)
Descriptors: High Schools, Legal Problems, School Law, School Newspapers
Zirkel, Perry A. – Principal, 2000
In a federal case involving a vice-principal's pat-down search of middle-school students in a cafeteria (for a missing pizza knife), the court upheld the search, saying it was relatively unintrusive and met "TLO's" reasonable-suspicion standards. Principals need reasonable justification for searching a group. (Contains 18 references.)…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Court Litigation, Middle Schools, Principals
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
In a California case involving a 16-year-old girl's possession of three knives on school grounds, both a trial and Ninth Circuit court affirmed the school vice-principal's right to search and discover these weapons while enforcing a no-smoking policy. The court lectured parents and lawyers for wasting the court's time--especially after a juvenile…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, High Schools, Misconceptions
Splitt, David A. – Executive Educator, 1996
A recent state appellate court decision, "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania versus Cass," suggests that careless or misguided handling of drug searches (especially random drug-sniffing searches) will not hold up in court. Unless advance warnings are provided, administrators should conduct only narrowly focused searches that satisfy…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Court Litigation, Drug Abuse, School Law
Gallagher, Arlene F.; Gallagher, Paul E. – Law in American Society, 1974
A fable and suggested activities may be used at several grade levels to develop an understanding of search and seizure. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fables, Learning Activities
Atwater, 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
Pedrini, Bonnie C.; Pedrini, D. T. – 1974
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right of people to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures. The privacy of individuals, including students, is therefore protected, but only after considering the interests of society. This simulated case study explores what happens when there is an alleged conflict…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Discipline, Legal Problems, Search and Seizure
Splitt, David A. – Executive Educator, 1987
Public employee status in relation to office privacy has not been clarified by the recent Supreme Court decision in "O'Conner v. Ortega." The 1986 Handicapped Children's Protection Act's provision allowing courts to award attorney fees to parents who win cases on administrative rights is ambiguous. The implications for schools are…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Employees
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Glass, Thomas E. – Planning and Changing, 1987
In "New Jersey v. T.L.O." (1985), the U.S. Supreme Court reduced the evidentiary standard applying to search and seizure by school officials from "probable cause" to "reasonable suspicion." However, search of students should be done only when absolutely necessary (for safety or "order" reasons), and a…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems, School Policy
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Allred, Stephen – School Law Bulletin, 1987
Examines Fourth Amendment legal issues involved in drug testing of public employees. Discusses several recent court cases involving probable cause and reasonable suspicion to determine appropriate standards for individual situations. Outlines implications for public employers. Blanket drug testing is not permissable, though job applicants have…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Drug Use, Due Process, Government Employees
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Daly, Joseph L.; Walz, Monte R. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1983
Recent Supreme Court decisions are discussed. Included are cases dealing with the powers of police to make arrests and conduct searches without first obtaining warrants, criminal law and procedure, equal rights for women, prison conditions, nuclear power plans, and the tax-exempt status of private schools. (RM)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Criminal Law, Due Process, Feminism
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