The victor in the case was Savana Redding, an Arizona teenager who was 13 years old when she was strip-searched by school personnel.
School authorities suspected that Redding was bringing an over-the-counter painkiller (Advil) to Safford Middle School, and supplying friends with it. The school principal made Savana submit to a search that included removing her undergarments. No drugs were found.
"What was missing from the suspected facts that pointed to Savana was any indication of danger to the students from the power of the drugs or their quantity, and any reason to suppose that Savana was carrying pills in her underwear," Justice David Souter wrote in the majority opinion.
The justices who dissented said that the decision could work against school authorities who trying to keep drugs out of their schools.
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