Legal Opinion
Konop v. Northwestern School District
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided November 10, 1998No. Civ. 97-1022, Civ. 97-1021PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KORNMANN, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
[¶ 1] These cases involve Amber Konop (“Konop”) and Lacy Genzler (“Genzler”), who were in 1997 eighth grade students at the Northwestern School District in Mellette, South Dakota. They were strip searched by Paloma Patnode (“Patnode”), a music teacher, upon order of or suggestion from Raymond Sauerwein (“Sauerwein”), the Northwestern Principal. Plaintiffs in both cases seek a declaratory judgment that strip searches (which plaintiffs allege are “authorized” by Northwestern school policy) are unconstitutional, being in violation…
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