Stanley v. Henson

How courts have described this case

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

• applying Bell factors to uphold a clothing exchange practice that required a woman remove her outer clothing and expose her bare breasts since she was not wearing a bra
• “Included within the Fourth Amendment’s protection is the right to be free from unreasonable searches of one’s unclothed body.”
• “Whether we . . . label the process a ‘strip search’ or merely a ‘search’ is unimportant, as the analysis remains the same.”
• plaintiff was arrested for misdemean- or battery on a police officer
• plaintiff was arrested for misdemeanor battery on a police officer
• search done pursuant to jail’s policy, which warranted deference

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).