Home > Great American Court Cases > Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton

Legal Citation: 515 U.S. 646 (1995)

Petitioner
Vernonia School District 47J

Respondent
Wayne Acton, et al.

Petitioner's Claim
That a school policy mandating random drug testing for participants in interscholastic athletic programs did not violate Fourth Amendment prohibitions against illegal search and seizure.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Timothy R. Volpert, John A. Matterazzo, Davis Wright Tremaine

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Thomas M. Christ, John A. Wittmayer, Steven R. Shapiro

Justices for the Court
Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia (writing for the Court), Clarence Thomas

Justices Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
26 June 1995