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U.S. Supreme Court

Apr. 23, 2009

Supreme Court Hears Strip Search Case

A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared sympathetic Tuesday toward school officials who ordered that a 13-year-old girl be strip-searched for prescription drugs.

By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - A majority of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Tuesday toward school officials who ordered a 13-year-old girl strip-searched because they suspected her of distributing prescription drugs.

The high-profile case is an appeal of a March 2008 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in which the court, sitting en banc, held that school officials violated the Fourth Amend...

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