In the case involving the Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls, 536 U.S. 822 (2002), the plaintiffs were Lindsay Earls and Daniel James, both students at the Tecumseh High School. Other plaintiffs were the parents of the two students. The defendants included the Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County and the Tecumseh High School.
The plaintiffs sought to contest a policy mandating drug testing policy for all students taking part in co-curricular activities in Tecumseh and schools within the district. They wanted to take part in the Academic Team but would not, as they argued the policy violated their privacy as enshrined in the Fourth Amendment of the American Constitution. Both students wanted an “injunctive and declarative relief” (Legal Information Institute, n.d.). In doing so, they asserted that Tecumseh High School had no proper grounds for imposing drug testing on students before they can take part in extracurricular activities.
Among the critical facts delineated by the court was that the plaintiffs, were, in fact, students of Tecumseh High School; that the school adopted the mandatory drug search and testing policy and imposed it on all students willing to take part in extracurricular activities; and, that the school only pinned it on competitive events.