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ERIC Number: EJ514651
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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The Fourth Amendment: Dormitory Room Searches in Public Universities.
Smith, Joseph M.; Strope, John L., Jr.
West's Education Law Quarterly, v4 n3 p429-40 Jul 1995
Examines 15 cases dealing with dormitory searches covering a 31-year period to determine how the Fourth Amendment applies to dormitory searches. The prevailing consensus is that if a university says and thinks it has the right to conduct a search of a room for health, safety, and maintenance reasons, then, in most circumstances, it has this right. (55 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: College Housing, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Dormitories, Due Process, Higher Education, On Campus Students, Public Colleges, Search and Seizure, Student Rights
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Fourth Amendment