Legal Opinion
Ohio Civil Service Employees Association v. Richard P. Seiter
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1988No. 85-3836, 87-3040PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Chief Judge.
The single issue in this appeal is whether Ohio prison officials are entitled to qualified immunity from a suit arising from their decision to authorize strip and body cavity searches of prison employees. Since we conclude that the Fourth Amendment right to be free of such searches was not clearly established at the time of their implementation, we hold that the Ohio officials were indeed immune from personal liability.
Plaintiffs, nine present and former prison guards employed by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and their labor union, initiated this…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by160 opinions
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