Greene v. Camreta summary

Greene v. Camreta summary

The United States Supreme Court discarded the 9th Circuit’s 2009 ruling in Greene v. Camreta on a technicality. In that case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the federal court with jurisdiction over Oregon, ruled that authorities needed a warrant, court order, parental permission or exigent circumstances before interviewing students as part of sexual abuse investigations at school. The facts of the case involved a police officer and state social worker interviewing a student on school grounds about possible sexual abuse. The 9th Circuit ruled the interview constituted a “seizure” under constitutional law and seizing the student absent a warrant, court order, parental consent or other exigent circumstances violated the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.