Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton – Flashcards
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(1985) Supreme Court case that was before Acton and influenced the 1995 decision. The court decided 6-3 that searching a public high school student's purse for drug paraphernalia was a legal search/seizure under the Fourth Amendment.
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New Jersey v. TLO
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State in which the small logging town of Vernonia is located.
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Oregon
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Prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence through unreasonable search and seizures in a criminal trial. Used in TLO's defense in the 1985 Supreme Court case.
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Exclusionary Clause
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The "leaders" of the "drug culture" in the Vernonia School District
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Student Athletes
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In what decade did the Vernonia administration start to notice an increase in drug use
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Mid 1980s
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The use of _________ was also believed (by the local school board) to cause injuries and diminish performance of students.
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Drugs
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Percentage (%) of the athletes to be randomly drug tested
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10
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Along with the district officials, who proposed a Student Athlete Drug Policy on input night?
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Parents
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Type of drug testing used with the student athletes
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Urinalysis
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Year James Acton attended 7th grade
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1991
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Name of James Acton's grade school
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Washington Grade School
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Sport James Acton wanted to play for his school
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Football
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James Acton believed he did not have to take the urinalysis test because of its ___________
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Intrusiveness
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ACLU stands for....
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American Civil Liberties Union
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First type of court that the Acton family filed their case against the Vernonia School District in
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U.S. District Court
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Court the case went to after the Acton family appealed the U.S. District Court's decision
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Supreme Court decision in favor of Vernonia (vote tally)
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6-3
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Amendment that the Supreme Court said the drug testing policy was constitutional under
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Fourth
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The constitutionality of government searches is based upon "____________"
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Reasonableness
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Previous Supreme Court case which said "when special needs, beyond the normal need for law enforcement, make the warrant and probable cause requirement impracticable."
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Griffin v. Wisconsin
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Latin term meaning that teachers and administrators are granted "custodial and tutelary power, permitting a degree of supervision and control."
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Loco parentis
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Urinalysis was not considered a significant invasion of privacy since children in public school are routinely required to submit physical examinations for their own good such as...
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Disease Vaccines
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Wrote the majority opinion
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Justice Scalia
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Wrote the dissenting opinion. First woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court and was considered a moderate conservative
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Justice O'Connor
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(Ex.) Random drug test that had the ability to affect all student athletes' privacy, regardless of innocence
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Blanket Search
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Centers around the concept of probable cause. No need for blanket searches
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Individualized Suspicion
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(1989) Supreme Court case in which blanket searches were approved to drug test train operators. The justices declared that "some quantum of individualized suspicion" is "usually required" under the Fourth Amendment
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Skinner v. Railroad Executives' Assn.
