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Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton

January 9, 2019 by: Content Team

Following is the case brief for Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton, 515 U.S. 646 (1995) Case Summary of Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton: Finding that the drug problem in the school district was getting alarmingly worse, and that school athletes were leaders in the drug culture at school, the Vernonia School District 47J created a student-athlete drug policy. […]

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Weeks v. United States

December 3, 2018 by: Content Team

Following is the case brief for Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383 (1914) Case Summary of Weeks v. United States: Police officers arrested the defendant, Weeks, at his place of work.  Police officers then went to Weeks’ home, gained entry, and took possession of papers and other articles belonging to Weeks. The police did not have a search warrant […]

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Kyllo v. United States

November 19, 2018 by: Content Team

Following is the case brief for Kyllo v. United States, 533 U.S. 27 (2001) Case Summary of Kyllo v. United States: Federal agents used a thermal imaging device outside of Kyllo’s home, suspecting that Kyllo was growing marijuana in his home, which requires use of heat lamps. The device indicated that more heat was emanating from Kyllo’s residence than from […]

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