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Case Name
Tinetti v. Wittke
JC-WI-0006
Docket / Court
79-C-447 ( E.D. Wis. )
State/Territory
Wisconsin
Case Type(s)
Jail Conditions
Special Collection
Strip Search Cases
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Affected Gender
Female
Constitutional Clause
Due Process
Equal Protection
Unreasonable search and seizure
General
Strip search policy
Type of Facility
Government-run
Causes of Action
42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Racine County
Plaintiff Description
Plaintiff, a female, was pulled over for speeding. Since she was not a resident of Wisconsin and could not post a $40 cash bond, she was taken to Racine County Jail where she was strip-searched without probable cause of contraband.
Class action status sought
No
Class action status granted
No
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer
No
Nature of Relief
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief
Litigation
Order Duration
1979 - n/a
Filing Year
1979
Case Ongoing
No
Additional Resources
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Jail Strip-Search Cases: Patterns and Participants
http://law.duke.edu/journals/lcp
Date: Spring 2008
By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University in St. Louis Faculty)
Citation: 71 Law & Contemp. Problems 65 (2008)
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Docket(s)
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General Documents
Memorandum and Order
(479 F.Supp. 486) (E.D. Wis.)
JC-WI-0006-0001.pdf
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Detail
Date: 10/31/1979
Source: Google Scholar
Per Curiam Opinion
(620 F.2d 161)
JC-WI-0006-0002.pdf
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Detail
Date: 04/24/1980
People
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Judges
Castle, Latham
(Seventh Circuit)
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Sprecher, Robert Arthur
(Seventh Circuit)
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Swygert, Luther Merritt
(N.D. Ind., Seventh Circuit)
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JC-WI-0006-0002
Warren, Robert Willis
(FISCR, E.D. Wis.)
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Plaintiff's Lawyers
Dall'osto, Raymond M.
(Wisconsin)
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Rose, Terry W.
(Wisconsin)
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JC-WI-0006-0001 | JC-WI-0006-0002
Defendant's Lawyers
Kjeldgaard, Richard H.
(Wisconsin)
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