Legal Opinion
Packer v. Board of Education
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 4, 1998No. SC 15862PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether the defendant, the board of education of the town of Thomaston, acted lawfully when it expelled the named plaintiff, Kyle P. Packer,1 from Thomaston High School for possession of marijuana off the school grounds after school hours.
The following facts and procedural history are uncontroverted. The plaintiff is a senior at Thomaston High School. On September 24, 1997, a Connecticut state *92trooper stopped the plaintiffs car as the plaintiff, who was not wearing a seat belt, drove through the town of Morris. At the…
2Cases cited82 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by52 opinions
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- State v. McKenzie-AdamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Ramos v. Town of VernonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- State v. BurtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. WinotSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
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