Legal Opinion
Picha v. Wielgos
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 4, 1976No. 74 C 278PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FLAUM, District Judge:
At the close of evidence in this civil rights case, a motion for a directed verdict by defendant school officials pends before the court. There is also a dispute as to how the jury should be instructed regarding the standard to be applied to searches of junior high school students. While the court is not in a position to make findings of fact under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a), it must characterize the evidence, and determine the presence of contradictions in the evidence, in order to resolve the matters before it.
It is undisputed in the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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