This Fourth Amendment activity is based on the landmark Supreme Court case Brendlin v. California, dealing with search and seizure during a traffic stop.The courts must now choose on which side of the. Fourth Amendment line to fall in decid- ing future student-search cases in pub- lic schools. Q: Can a school district demand that an employee or student return a districtowned electronic device? These protections are grounded in state law and the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In 1985, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the Fourth Amendment applies to students in the public schools (New Jersey v. The 1967 Supreme Court case Katz v. United States set out the test to determine if a search or seizure violates the Fourth Amendment. Situating CPS home searches within the traditional Fourth Amendment warrant and probable cause framework addresses three shortcomings in the literature.