United States Supreme Court
Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 10-945
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment violations, in which the petitioner argued for a rule that persons arrested for minor offenses cannot be subjected to invasive searches unless prison officials have reason to suspect concealment of weapons, drugs, or other contraband, the Third Circuit's reversal of summary judgment to the plaintiff is affirmed, where the search procedures at the county jails struck a reasonable balance between inmate privacy and the needs of the institutions, and the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments did not require adoption of the framework of rules proposed by the petitioner.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/02/2012
- Published 04/02/2012
Judges
- Kennedy
Court
- United States Supreme Court