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THOMPSON v. CARTHAGE SCHOOL DIST.

No. 95-2276.

87 F.3d 979 (1996)

Cleoria THOMPSON, as next friend of Ramone Lea, a minor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CARTHAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT; Randy King, individually and in his capacity as Superintendent of Schools; Randy Harris, Bruce McCracken, Curtis Rushing, Gail Toney, individually and in their official capacity as Members of the Board of Education; Norma Bartel, Ralph Malone, individually and in their capacity as employees of the Carthage School District, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Blume, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellant.

Jack Kearney, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, REAVLEY, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Ramone Lea was expelled from Carthage High School after school officials found crack cocaine in his coat pocket while looking for guns and knives reported to be on school grounds. The district court awarded $10,000 in § 1983 damages for "wrongful expulsion" because the search had violated Lea's Fourth Amendment rights. The Carthage School District, four members of its Board of Education, the school Superintendent, and the educators who performed...

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