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New Jersey Vs. T.L.O. - Online Papers

New Jersey Vs. T.L.O.

Decision : Reasonable standard held to be proper standard for determining legality of searches conducted by public school officials.
On March 7, 1980, a teacher at Piscataway High School in Middlesex County, N.J., found two girls smoking in the school lavatory, which was a violation of school code. The teacher took them to the Principles office where they met the Assistant Vice-Principle Theodore Choplick. Under questioning the first girl admitted smoking in the lavatory. The second girl, 14 year old freshman T.L.O., denied that she had smoked in the lavatory. Mr. Choplick then asked to search the girl’s purse. He found a pack of cigarettes. Upon pulling the pack of ...

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of the purse was reasonable under the standard of enforcing school policy and maintaining school discipline. The court found the student, T.L.O., to be a delinquent and sentenced her to a years probation. The appellate Division affirmed the courts decision that there had been no Fourth Amendment violation, T.L.O. appealed . The supreme court reversed the decision . The court held that the fourth amendment prohibits unreasonable search conducted by school officials ; a school official doesn’t need a warrant to search a student. All they need is reasonableness of certain circumstances. And that this search was not unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.
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Added: 9/19/2005 05:31:40 PM
Category: World History
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