. ▁Qual ified ▁imm unity ▁requires ▁" not ice " ▁of ▁il leg ality : ▁The ▁legal ▁question ▁is ▁whether ▁the ▁official ▁had ▁notice ▁of ▁the ▁il leg ality ▁of ▁his ▁actions . ▁ ▁The ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁had ▁recently ▁held ▁that ▁a ▁school ▁official ▁searching ▁a ▁student ▁is ▁entitled ▁to ▁qualified ▁imm unity ▁" where ▁clearly ▁established ▁law ▁does ▁not ▁show ▁that ▁the ▁search ▁viol ated ▁the ▁Four th ▁Am end ment .” . ▁ ▁The ▁law ▁can ▁be ▁" est ab lished ▁clearly " ▁even ▁if ▁“ the ▁very ▁action ▁in ▁question ▁has ▁[ not ] ▁previously ▁been ▁held ▁un law ful .” . ▁T . ▁L . ▁O . ▁standard ▁has ▁not ▁provided ▁ade qu ate ▁notice : ▁However , ▁" we ▁realize ▁that ▁the ▁lower ▁courts ▁have ▁reached ▁diver gent ▁conclus ions ▁regarding ▁how ▁the ▁T . ▁L . ▁O . ▁standard ▁applies ▁to ▁such ▁searches ." ▁"[ T ] he ▁cases ▁view ing ▁school ▁strip ▁searches ▁differently ▁from ▁the ▁way ▁we ▁see ▁them ▁are ▁numerous ▁enough , ▁with ▁well - reason ed ▁majority ▁and ▁diss ent ing ▁opinions , ▁to ▁coun sel ▁doubt ▁that ▁we ▁were ▁sufficiently ▁clear ▁in ▁the ▁prior ▁statement ▁of ▁law ." ▁ ▁Just ices ▁Stevens ▁and ▁G ins burg ▁Justice ▁Stevens , ▁joined ▁by ▁Justice ▁G ins burg , ▁diss ented ▁as ▁to ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁qualified ▁imm unity . ▁He ▁would ▁have ▁denied ▁it , ▁as ▁he ▁felt ▁that ▁un const itution ality ▁of ▁the ▁search ▁was ▁obvious : ▁ ▁" This ▁is ,