<P> New Jersey v. T.L.O. , 469 U.S. 325 ( 1985 ) , is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States addressing the constitutionality of a search of a public high school student for contraband after she was caught smoking . A subsequent search of her purse revealed drug paraphernalia , marijuana , and documentation of drug sales . She was charged as a juvenile for the drugs and paraphernalia found in the search . She fought the search , claiming it violated her Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches . The U.S. Supreme Court , in a 6 -- 3 ruling , held that the search by the Piscataway Township Schools was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment . </P>
<P> New Jersey v. T.L.O. , 469 U.S. 325 ( 1985 ) , is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States addressing the constitutionality of a search of a public high school student for contraband after she was caught smoking . A subsequent search of her purse revealed drug paraphernalia , marijuana , and documentation of drug sales . She was charged as a juvenile for the drugs and paraphernalia found in the search . She fought the search , claiming it violated her Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches . The U.S. Supreme Court , in a 6 -- 3 ruling , held that the search by the Piscataway Township Schools was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment . </P>
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who won in the new jersey vs tlo case
New Jersey
New Jersey