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ETTE v. LINN-MAR COMMUNITY SCHOOL DIST.

No. 01-0487.

656 N.W.2d 62 (2002)

Tony ETTE, By His Father and Next Friend Robert ETTE, and Robert Ette, Individually, Appellants, v. LINN-MAR COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT a/k/a Linn-Mar School District, Kevin Makinster, Steve Colton and Joe Pacha, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing February 7, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Riley of Tom Riley Law Firm, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

Terry J. Abernathy and Thad J. Collins of Pickens, Barnes & Abernathy, Cedar Rapids, for appellees.

NEUMAN, Justice.

Linn-Mar High School has adopted what is commonly known as a "zero tolerance" policy concerning students' use or possession of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. This case involves a ninth grader who was caught with cigarettes while on a school band trip to San Antonio, Texas. He was returned home, alone, via Greyhound bus. The youngster survived the 1100-mile journey, but his distraught father sued the school district for negligent endangerment and other...

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