Cyrus Locker Case Study

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This case involves students from Central High School in Bristol, Virginia. Suzie had a boyfriend named Cyrus and they broke up. Cyrus had sent some of the most revealing photos to the upper class man. Suzie’s parents contacted the school principal. So the principal asked the security officer to frisk Cyrus for his phone. After they frisked Cyrus and didn’t find the phone, the principal went to Cyrus’ locker and found Cyrus’ cell phone. Finding the photos on his phone, Principal Sheevers suspended Cyrus for two weeks. Cyrus ended up suing the school district and the principal on the grounds that both his First and Fourth Amendment rights have been violated. The Bristol School District was found not guilty in both Virginia State Court and Federal District Court. The Supreme Court has agreed to grant Cyrus a Writ of Certiorari and hear the cases, as it is similar to …show more content…

There’s also a school rule that they are allowed to open up the student locker and it would be reasonable. Was the school allowed to search Cyrus’ phone? If the school is allowed to search Cyrus’ locker are they allowed to search his phone? In the T.L.O case it states that “there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the search will turn up evidence that the student has violated or is violating either the law or the rules of the school”(OYEZ). Also in the Tinker V. Des Moines school district it states that “On the other hand, the Court has repeatedly emphasized the need for affirming the comprehensive authority of the States and of school officials, consistent with fundamental constitutional safeguards, to prescribe and control conduct in the schools”(Tinker V. Des Moines). This connects to Cyrus, the plaintiff, because students have limits of what they can do at

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