Kelly Phaneuf v. Dorene M. Fraikin, Kathleen Binkowski, Plainville Bd. Of Ed., Town of Plainville and Rosemarie Cipriano, Docket No. 04-4783-Cv

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• holding that, in reviewing the propriety of a search, a court may consider “only those facts known to [the law enforcement officials] prior to the search” (citing cases)
• noting that, in T.L.O., “the Supreme Court applied the Fourth Amendment ‘reasonableness’ standard to a search of a student by school administrators”
• noting that “a student’s past history of drug use can be a factor adding to the mix in a school official’s decision to conduct a strip search”
• noting that an informant whose information is corroborated by independent investigation tends to be more reliable because “an informant who is right about some facts is more likely to be right about others”
• noting that an informant whose information is corroborated by independent investigation tends to be more reliable because \an informant who is right about some facts is more likely to be right about others\
• noting that an infor- mant whose information is corroborated by independent investigation tends to be more reliable because “an informant who is right about some facts is more likely to be right about others”

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