New Jersey V T L O Powerpoint

New Jersey V T L O Powerpoint

1. Justine Lindholm and Rilee Hasselmann
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2. T.L.O. is a fourteen year old girl accused of
smoking in the girls’ bathroom at her high
school.
Since smoking was a violation of school rules,
she was sent to the Assistant Vice Principal’s
office.
The Assistant Vice Principal searched her bag and
found marijuana and other drug equipment such
as a pipe, plastic bags, a large amount of money,
the names of two students who owed her money,
and letters that implicated T.L.O. in marijuana
dealing.

3. T.L.O thought that the searching of her bag
violated her Fourth amendment rights.
Since the Fourth Amendment protects a
citizen against unreasonable searches and
seizures, she thought that the search of her
bag was unreasonable.

4. The final vote was 6 to 3, in favor of New
Jersey.
The Court decided that the search did not
violate her amendment rights.
Suspicion was aroused due to the presence of
rolling papers, commonly used for smoking
marijuana, in her purse so the search was
reasonable.

5. The Court ruled that school officials do not
have to have a probable cause to conduct
searches.
Also, the Court ruled that officials are allowed
to search a student as long as “there are
reasonable grounds for suspecting that the
search will turn up evidence that the student
has violated/is violating a law or school rule.”

6. http://www.ourcourts.org/flashgames/argument_wars-v1.1.1/html/game.html?caseId=New_Jersey_v_TLO
Click on the link above (or copy and paste) to
play Argument Wars, a fun and educational
game dealing with the New Jersey v. T.L.O.
case.

7. Glencoe Division of Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing
Company. "New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)." Supreme Court Case
Studies 49: 97-98. Print.
O'Malley, Anne. "New Jersey v. T.L.O.: Drug Searches in
Schools.(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)." Power Search
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White, Byron R. "New Jersey v. T. L. O." New Jersey v. T. L. O. U.S.
Supreme Court Case Summary. 15 Jan. 1985. Web. 18 Feb.
2010. <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-
1989/1983/1983_83_712>.