Supreme Court

New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)

The New Jersey vs. T.L.O (1985) Supreme Court of the United States in 1980, Involves a high school student who was caught smoking in the girls bathroom (by school rules a nonsmoking area)by one of the school teacher at piscataway high school in Middlesex county, New Jersey. The girl was taken to the principal office were it was found in her purse by the Vice-Principal a pack of cigarettes, along with rolling paper, a pipe, marijuana, a large wad of dollar bills and two letters which had indicated that T.L.O was involved in dealing marijuana at the school. T.L.O was taken to the police station where she was sentence to a year probation by the juvenile court. The decision was overturned by the State Supreme Court that T.L.O fourth Amendment right had been violated. It was later decided that T.L.O fourth Amendment right had not been violated and illegal drugs found in her purse were admissible as evidence in juvenile proceeding.