What is the test for a search to be "reasonable"?

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The following excerpt is from Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Burnley, 839 F.2d 575 (9th Cir. 1988):

To survive traditional fourth amendment scrutiny, a search must be "reasonable." O'Connor v. Ortega, --- U.S. ----, 107 S.Ct. 1492, 1502-03, 94 L.Ed.2d 714.

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