[Download January 12, 2008 Argument Calendar PDF]
Title:
Safford Unified School District #1, et al. v. April Redding
Subject:
Constitutional Law, Education Law, Damages
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:
For Respondent:Matthew W. Wright
Holm Wright Hyde & Hays PLC
Phoenix, AZ
Adam B. Wolf
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Santa Cruz, CA
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