Although the New Jersey v. T.L.O. (Tracy Lois Odem) case is still talked which happened in 1985, it has a impact of every student who take a purse or bookbag on school grounds. What happened in the case of New Jersey v. T.L.O. is that a teacher found T.L.O. smoking cigarettes in the girls restroom. The teacher brought T.L.O. to the school administrator. T.L.O. denied that she was smoking. The administrator then accused T.LO. of lying to him and demanded to see her purse in an attempt to find the cigarettes. Among other things when the administrator opened her purse he found cigarettes, a small amount of marijuana, and a list containing the names of students who owed T.L.O. money. The administrator contacted the police who, in turn, contacted
