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January 16
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1979
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May 14
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1979
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Griffin Bell, Attorney General, et al v Wolfish, et al
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441
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520
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99 S Ct 1861 60 L Ed 2d 447 1979 US LEXIS 100
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Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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The Fourth Amendment does not prohibit strip searches and similar intrusive conduct against persons being held in federal prison while awaiting trial
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1975-1981
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Rehnquist
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Burger, Stewart, White, Blackmun
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Powell
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Marshall
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Stevens
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Brennan
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US Const , Amend IV
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'',
441 U.S. 520 (
1979 ), is a case in which the
United States Supreme Court found that it was not a violation of the
Fourth Amendment to perform
Body Cavity Searches , strip searches, and the like on persons being held in
Prison pending a criminal trial, in order to reduce contraband and weapons in the prisons.
