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Legal Citation: 693 F.2d 524 (1982)

Appellants
Robert Horton, Heather Horton, Sandra Sanchez, on their own behalf and on behalf of all other students in the Goose Creek School District

Appellee
Goose Creek Independent School District

Appellants' Claim
That drug-sniffing dogs violated the students' Fourth Amendment rights.

Chief Lawyers for Appellants
Arthur Val Perkins, Stefan Presser

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Richard A. Peebles

Judges
John M. Wisdom, Carolyn Dineen Randall, Albert Tate, Jr.

Place
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, New Orleans, Louisiana

Date of Decision
14 December 1982

Decision
The dogs could sniff students' cars and lockers, but could not sniff the students themselves for drugs.

Significance
Searches conducted of students by school...