Devers v. Southern University

How courts have described this case

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• finding that “[a] dormitory room is a student’s house for all practical purposes, and a student has the same interest in the privacy of his room as any adult has in the privacy of his home, dwelling, or lodging”
• noting the unconstitutionality of conditioning college dormitory occupancy on waiver of constitutional rights
• noting the unconstitutionality of conditioning college dormitory occupancy on waiver of constitutional rights
• calling a §1983 lawsuit against a university and law enforcement “near frivolous”
• dorm room rental agreement providing that the “University reserves all rights in connection with assignments of rooms, inspection of rooms with police, and the termination of room occupancy” was prima facie unconstitutional

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).