Legal Opinion
Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1995No. 94-590PublishedCited by 1,350 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
The Student Athlete Drug Policy adopted by School District 47J in the town of Vernonia, Oregon, authorizes random urinalysis drug testing of students who participate in the District’s school athletics programs. We granted certiorari to decide whether this violates the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
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Petitioner Vernonia School District 47J (District) operates one high school and three grade schools in the logging community of Vernonia, Oregon. As elsewhere in small-town America, school sports play a prominent role in the town’s life, and student athletes…
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