Legal Opinion
Kennedy v. Dexter Consolidated Schools
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 14, 2000No. 24,988PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANCHINI, Justice.
{1} In March 1992, Dexter High School students Crystal Kennedy and Randy Ford were forced to submit to strip searches, conducted by school officials, in the vain attempt to recover a third student’s missing ring. Pursuant to the federal Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1998), a jury awarded compensatory damages against the school district and four school officials, punitive damages against three of the officials, and attorney’s fees to Plaintiffs. In Kennedy v. Dexter Consolidated Schools, 1998-NMCA-051, 124 N.M. 764, 955 P.2d 693, the Court of Appeals…
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