Legal Opinion
Thompson Ex Rel. Lea v. Carthage School District
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1996No. 95-2276PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Ramone Lea was expelled from Carthage High School after school officials found crack cocaine in his coat pocket while looking for guns and knives reported to be on school grounds. The district court awarded $10,000 in § 1983 damages for “wrongful expulsion” because the search had violated Lea’s Fourth Amendment rights. The Carthage School District, four members of its Board of Education, the school Superintendent, and the educators who performed the search appeal. Concluding that the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule does not apply to school disciplinary hearings, and…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Thompson v. Carthage School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996