Vernonia School District v. Acton
Subtitle: drug testing in schools
By: Deborah A. Persico.
Series: Landmark Supreme Court cases
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Acton, James -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature.; Acton, James -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Vernonia School District 47J (Or.) -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature.; Vernonia School District 47J (Or.) -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Students -- Drug testing -- Oregon -- Juvenile literature.; Athletes -- Drug testing -- Oregon -- Juvenile literature.; Drug testing -- Law and legislation -- Oregon -- Juvenile literature.; Searches and seizures -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Drug testing -- Law and legislation.; Searches and seizures.
Other titles: Vernonia School District versus Acton
Description: Describes the 1995 Supreme Court case which held that public school officials could do mandatory drug testing if they showed that a drug problem existed among the students, even though individual students were not suspected.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125) and index.