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United States Eighth Circuit


DOE v. LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL, 03-3268

School district's practice of subjecting secondary school students to random, suspicionless searches of their persons and belonging is an unconstitutional violation of the students' Fourth Amendment rights because the searches unreasonably invade the students' legitimate expectations of privacy.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 08/18/2004
  • Published 08/18/2004

Judges

  • MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BEAM, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

  • United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Patrick J. Benca, argued, Little Rock, AR (John Wesley Hall, Jr., on the brief), for appellant.

  • For Appellees:
  • Christopher Heller, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellee.
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