Legal Opinion
Liliana Cuesta v. School Board of Miami-Dade
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 14, 2002No. 00-16086PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we consider two issues: whether a school board is liable for an allegedly unlawful arrest stemming from a “zero tolerance” policy towards school related violent crime and whether a county is liable for an allegedly unconstitutional strip search of the arrestee. With respect to the first issue, we conclude that a school board cannot be held liable for allegedly unlawful arrests that result from a policy that merely calls on school officials to report criminal behavior. With respect to the second issue, we conclude that there was reasonable suspicion to…
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