· 7/21/1930
H. F. Watson Co. v. Atlantic Refining Co.
Citations
- 42 F.2d 449
- 1930 U.S. App. LEXIS 4309
How courts have described this case
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- holding that legitimate goals of a correctional institution include “keeping drugs out of the prison.”
- holding that a strip search performed in front of other inmates in which the prisoner was “told to ‘run his fingers around his gums’ after manipulating his genitalia” did not violate the constitution
- holding that a strip search performed in front of other inmates in which the prisoner was “told to ‘run his fingers around his gums’ after manipulating his genitalia” did not violate the constitution
- noting that the purpose of the search was to “detect illicit drugs”
- noting that the purpose of the search was to \detect illicit drugs\
- upholding visual strip search of inmate that took place on the tier just outside the inmate's cell within view of other prisoners
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Judges: Buffington
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