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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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