Tardiff v. Knox County’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon · Smilow v. Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Inc. · Samuel v. University of Pittsburgh · Dionne v. Bouley
Most-quoted passages
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“All people who after November 19, 1996, were subjected to a strip search and/or visual body cavity search without evaluation for individualized reasonable suspicion while being held at the Knox County Jail: (1) after having been arrested on charges that did not involve a weapon, drugs, or a violent felony; or (2) while waiting for bail to be set on charges that did not involve a weapon, drugs, or a violent felony; or (3) while waiting for an initial court appearance on charges that did not involve a weapon, drugs, or a violent felony; or (4) after having been arrested on a warrant that did not involve a weapon, drugs, or a violent felony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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