Punch and Jurists

Florence v. Board of Freeholders, No. 10-945 (U.S. Supreme Court) (566 U.S. 318; 132 S.Ct. 1510) (April 2, 2012) (Justice Kennedy) by Here the Court held, by a 5-4 vote, that routine strip searches of individuals arrested for minor offenses do not require any reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing and do …

Bull v. City and County of San Francisco, No. 05-17080 (9th Cir.) (596 F.3d 964) (February 9, 2010) (Judge Sandra S. Ikuta) by Here a bitterly divided en banc Court rejected a facial challenge to a San Francisco blanket cavity strip-search policy for individuals about to be housed in the …

Hartline v. Gallo, No. 06-5309-cv (2nd Cir.) (546 F.3d 95) (October 8, 2008) (Judge Richard C. Wesley) by Editor's Note: For a commentary on this decision, see "Southampton strip-search may violate the Constitution," by Stephen Bergstein, as posted on the Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog on Oct. 8, 2008 at …

Bull v. City and County of San Francisco, No. 05-17080 (9th Cir.) (539 F.3d 1193) (August 22, 2008) (Judge Sidney R. Thomas) by Here a divided panel held that the San Francisco’s Sheriff Department’s blanket policy of strip searching all pretrial detainees, solely because they were classified for housing in …

U.S. v. Arnold, No. 06-50581 (9th Cir.) (533 F.3d 1003) (July 10, 2008) (Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain) by Here, in a brief decision that offers little in the way of analysis, the Ninth Circuit held that reasonable suspicion is not needed for customs officials to search a laptop or other …

U.S. v. Arnold, No. 06-50581 (9th Cir.) (523 F.3d 941) (April 21, 2008) (Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain) by On July 17, 2005, Michael Timothy Arnold, a 43-year old U.S. citizen, arrived at the Los Angeles International Airport after a nearly twenty-hour flight from the Philippines. Included in his luggage was …