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Board of Education v. Earls

Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls, 536 U.S. 822 (2002)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

Year2002

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A public school policy requiring suspicionless random drug testing of all students who participate in competitive extracurricular activities is a reasonable search under the Fourth Amendment and does not require individualized suspicion or proof of an existing drug problem.

Area of Law

Constitutional / Public Law

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