Case: Chris coaches basketball at the college, and Chris’ friend, Pat, teaches at the elementary school. Last Tuesday, both schools received notices from an anonymous caller that illegal drugs were located on campus. Pat’s principal decided to call in the police to search the lockers of every student in the fifth and sixth grades on the theory that they were older and more likely to be involved in drugs than the other students. Chris knows that the older sibling of one of Pat’s team members once smoked an illegal substance. Because Chris had a master key for all the school’s lockers, Chris decided to search that team member’s locker. Consider the constitutional issues and legal doctrines related to both searches.
1. Is the search of all fifth and sixth-grade students' lockers a legal search? Why or why not?
2. Was the search of the locker of a sibling of one of Pat's team members a legal search? Why or why not?
3. What are the constitutional issues and legal doctrines related to each search?