- A student, who is routinely asked to stop using his phone in class, is seen by a teacher showing his phone to another student and laughing while they are supposed to be working quietly on an assignment. The teacher asks the student for the phone and takes it to the office. While the phone is in the possession of the assistant principal, a text message comes through. The assistant principal reads the text, which is from another student and has a picture of the questions and answers from the biology test the student will be taking later that day with the message "here's what you asked for." Both students are called to the office, given 0s for cheating and suspended based on school policy. Is this a valid search of the student's phone?*
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- A student is stopped in the hallway for being out of class between periods without the hall pass required by the code of conduct. The assistant principal searches the student and feels an object under the students coat. The principal reaches into the coat and pulls out a cell phone in the case. The principal felt there was something in the case in addition to the phone, opened the case and found what was later determined to be heroin. The student was suspended and the police were called. Was the search of the cell phone case lawful? *
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- A student is taken to the principal's office after his cell phone starts ringing in class. Possession of cell phones in class is prohibited by the school code of conduct. The principal seized and made a list of the telephone number stored in the students's phone. Is this search valid without a search warrant?*
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- While patrolling campus during the school day, a school resource officer observes a student, talking on a cell phone in the campus parking lot. Being out in the parking lot during the school day is in violation of the school code of conduct, so the student was brought to the office. When the principal examines the cell phone, he observes numerous calls logged on the recent call list. As he is reviewing the calls, the phone begins ringing. When the phone rang the principal looked at the screen, activating the backlight. He observed a wallpaper photo of another student who was the caller. It was determined that the caller was truant from school. Is this handling of the phone valid? *
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- A student was caught smoking in the bathroom in violation of school policy. The student's purse was searched by the principal who suspected her of having more cigarettes in her purse. The principal discovered cigarettes in her possession and a bag of pills, a cell phone, a wad of cash and a written list of alleged users from the school. The principal believed that the cell phone contain information about drugs on campus and read several text messages. The messages led the principal to other students who had drugs and a non-student who was the supplier of the pills. The students were suspended and the police called to arrest the students. Is the search of the cell phone valid under the Fourth Amendment?*
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