Title:

Subject:

Question:

1. Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits public school officials from conducting
a search of a student suspected of possessing and distributing a prescription drug
on campus in violation of school policy.

2. Whether the Ninth Circuit departed from established principles of qualified
immunity in holding that a public school administrator may be liable in a damages
lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for conducting a search of a student suspected of
possessing and distributing a prescription drug on campus

Decisions:

Resources:

• Docket Sheet From the U.S. Supreme Court.