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.