The US Supreme Court said this month that it would hear the case of a 13 year old eighth grade student who was strip searched by a principal and vice principal of her public school. In 2003 the search occurred due to the belief by the schools offficials that the girl had on her ibuprofen pills. Another student said the girl gave pills to her. The girl was required to strip to bra and underwear and then ordered to "pull her bra out to the side and shake it" and "pull out her underwear at the crotch and shake it". No pills were found. The school officials were looking for pills "with a potency of two Advil capsules". A trial judge ruled against the plaintiff and her parents while a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed that decision. However, the full Appeals court voted 6 to 5 that the case should be reheard. The Supreme Court will now decide the case of Stafford Unified School District v. Redding.
(Source: "Googled" 4th Amendment Supreme Court cases for this information. Site was The New York Times and it was written by Adam Liptak on January 16, 2009)
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