Mary Beth G. v. City of Chicago

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1983-11-29

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HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge. The four plaintiffs-appellees in these consolidated cases are all women who were arrested for misdemeanor offenses and strip searched by matrons in lockups maintained by the City of Chicago while awaiting the arrival of bail money. The strip searches were conducted in accordance with a policy of the City that existed from 1952 to 1980. That policy required a strip search and a visual insp…

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