Legal Opinion
Burlison Ex Rel. CM v. Springfield Public Schools
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 4, 2013No. 12-1382PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Mellony and Douglas Burlison brought this action on behalf of their son C.M. under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Missouri Constitution, alleging that Springfield Public Schools (the district), superintendent Norm Ridder, principal Ron Snodgrass, and sheriff James Arnott violated C.M.’s constitutional rights by briefly separating him from his backpack during a drug dog exercise in his high school classroom. The district court1 granted summary judgment to the district, its officials, and the sheriff after concluding that the policies used during the drug dog visit “appear[ed]…
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