FACTS OF THE CASE

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

Savana Redding, now 19, who in 2003 was an eighth-grade honors student at Safford Middle School, about 127 miles from Tucson, Arizona. Was strip-searched by school officials after a fellow student accused her of having prescription-strength ibuprofen pills. The school has a zero-tolerance policy for all prescription and over-the-counter medication, including the ibuprofen, without written permission.

Vice Principal Kerry Wilson took Redding to his office to search her backpack. When nothing was found, Redding was taken to a nurse's office where she says she was ordered to take off her shirt and pants. Redding said they then told her to move her bra to the side and to stretch her underwear waistband, exposing her breasts and pelvic area. No pills were found. http://www.wowowow.com/relationships/savana-redding-13-year-old-strip-search-school-heads-supreme-court-272500

A federal magistrate dismissed the lawsuit, Savana and her mother brought in a federal appeals panel, and they agreed that the search didn't violate her rights. But a full panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the search was "an invasion of constitutional rights."