Legal Opinion
Bettina Littell v. Houston Independent Sch
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 27, 2018No. 16-20717PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:
During a sixth-grade choir class, an assistant principal allegedly ordered a mass, suspicionless strip search of the underwear of twenty-two preteen girls. All agree the search violated the girls' constitutional rights under Texas and federal law. Even so, the district court dismissed the girls' lawsuit against the school district for failure to state a claim. We reverse.
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For purposes of this appeal, we take as true the amended complaint's factual allegations. Those allegations describe how $50 went missing during a sixth-grade choir class at Houston's…
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