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JONES v. LATEXO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. TY-80-219-CA.

499 F.Supp. 223 (1980)

Hortencia JONES et al. v. LATEXO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Texas, Tyler Division.

September 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Mueller, Robert B. O'Keefe, East Texas Legal Services, Nacogdoches, Tex., Virginia M. Schramm, Dwight Cook, East Texas Legal Services, Tyler, Tex., for plaintiffs.

James W. Turner, Crockett, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JUSTICE, Chief Judge.

On April 11, 1980, the student body at the school operated by the Latexo Independent School District was subjected to the supersensitive nose of "Merko", a dog trained to detect the odor of marijuana and other narcotics, as well as various other substances. Those students designated by Merko to be emanating such odors were subsequently searched by school authorities. Merko also sniffed the students' automobiles, which...

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