TRINIDAD SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1 v. LOPEZ

No. 97SC124.

963 P.2d 1095 (1998)

TRINIDAD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1; the School Board of Trinidad School District No. 1; Louise Terry, President of School Board, in her official capacity; Sally Fabec, School Board member, in her official capacity; Felix A. Morreli, School Board member, in his official capacity; Charles Lochard, School Board member, in his official capacity; Rae Bulson, School Board member, in her official capacity; David Van Sant, Superintendent, in his official capacity; and Roy Bezona, Principal, in his official capacity, Petitioners/Cross-Respondents, v. Carlos R. LOPEZ, a minor child, By and Through his next friends, parents, and guardians, Luis A. LOPEZ and Marie S. Lopez, Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caplan and Earnest LLC, Alexander Halpern, W. Stuart Stuller, Boulder, Lee Allen Hawke, Trinidad, for Petitioners/Cross-Respondents.

The Law Offices of Luis A. Lopez, Luis A. Lopez, K. John Tannous, Trinidad, for Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.


Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to review a drug testing policy promulgated by the Trinidad School District No. 1 Board of Education (Board) in July 1996.1 The policy mandated suspicionless urinalysis drug testing of all sixth through twelfth grade students participating in extracurricular activities. At the beginning of the 1996-1997 school year, the...

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