Legal Opinion
Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 21, 2010No. 09-3603, 09-3661PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
This interlocutory appeal requires us to decide whether it is constitutional for jails to strip search arrestees upon their admission to the general population. Although the question is one of first impression for this Court, the Supreme Court’s decision in Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 99 S.Ct. 1861, 60 L.Ed.2d 447 (1979), and the many cases that followed it inform our analysis.
In Bell, the Supreme Court rejected a Fourth Amendment challenge to a policy of visual body cavity searches for all detainees — regardless of the reason for them…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by78 opinions
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