New Jersey v. T.L.O.

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…of the Fourth Amendment indicates that the Amendment was intended to regulate only searches and seizures carried out by law enforcement officers; accordingly, although public school officials are concededly state agents for purposes of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Fourth Amendment creates no rights enforceable against them. The legal reasoning for the majority decision Reasonableness standard held to be proper standard for determining legality of searches conducted by public school officials. The vote of the justices 5:4