Legal Opinion
County of Riverside v. McLaughlin
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 20, 1991No. 89-1817PublishedCited by 1,408 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
In Gerstein v. Pugh, 420 U. S. 103 (1975), this Court held that the Fourth Amendment requires a prompt judicial determination of probable cause as a prerequisite to an extended pretrial detention following a warrantless arrest. This case requires us to define what is “prompt” under Gerstein.
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This is a class action brought under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 challenging the manner in which the County of Riverside, California (County), provides probable cause determinations to persons arrested without a warrant. At issue is the County’s policy of combining probable cause determinations with its…
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