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New Jersey vs TLO

New Jersey vs TLO . 1985 By Anna Payonk Ashley Gray. Constitutional Issue . Do students in school have the same rights under the 4 th Amendment as adults? Does “probable cause” have to be established for the search of a student in school, or is “reasonable cause” enough?. Litigant 1 .

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New Jersey vs TLO

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  1. New Jersey vs TLO 1985 By Anna Payonk Ashley Gray

  2. Constitutional Issue • Do students in school have the same rights under the 4th Amendment as adults? • Does “probable cause” have to be established for the search of a student in school, or is “reasonable cause” enough?

  3. Litigant 1 • New Jersey

  4. Litigant 2 • Tracy Lois Odem (TLO) 14 year old girl

  5. Background of case • TLO was a 14 year old girl; she was accused of smoking in the girls bathroom of her high school. A principal at the school questioned her and searched her purse, yielding a bag of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia.

  6. Majority opinion • The school was right to search her purse

  7. Other court opinions • 6-3 • 6 for New Jersey • 3 for TLO

  8. Significance • Kids should follow the school rules. The school is allowed to do searches

  9. My response to the case • I think that they do have a right to search. Don’t have anything on you, your not suppose to have

  10. Sources of information • www.oyez.org • www.law.cornell.edu • www.infoplease.com

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