Legal Opinion
Spencer v. Roche
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 18, 2011No. 11-1146PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This case raises interesting questions regarding the constitutional limits of searches conducted by the police with the aid of modern technology and medical professionals. Concluding, as we do, that the search at issue here comported with the strictures of both the United States Constitution and the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, we affirm the district court’s entry of summary judgment for the defendants.
I. BACKGROUND
The parties are in substantial agreement about the chronology of events that sparked this action. On July 28, 2005, Worcester police officers arrested…
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