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Case Name	Bovey v. City of Lafayette, Ind.	JC-IN-0013
Docket / Court	82-116 ( N.D. Ind. )
State/Territory	Indiana
Case Type(s)	Jail Conditions
Special Collection	Strip Search Cases
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

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Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	City of Lafayette Tippecanoe County Jail
Plaintiff Description	Male and female who were stopped on a speeding violation and the male who was then arrested for disorderly conduct and subjected to strip search.
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	Mixed
Public Int. Lawyer	Unknown
Nature of Relief	Damages
Source of Relief	Litigation
Case Closing Year	1986
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) Citation: 71 Law & Contemp. Problems 65 (2008) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Bravo v. Board of Commissioners of Dona Ana County http://www.bazelon.org/ Date: 2017 By: The Bazelon Center (The Bazelon Center) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

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Docket(s)

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General Documents

Memorandum and Order [RE:Judgment] (586 F.Supp. 1460) (N.D. Ind.) JC-IN-0013-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 05/23/1984 Source: Google Scholar
Opinion [Appeal Decision] (774 F.2d 1166) JC-IN-0013-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 08/26/1985 Source: Westlaw
Memorandum and Order [Re: Attorney's Fees] (638 F.Supp. 640) (N.D. Ind.) JC-IN-0013-0001.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 06/04/1986 Source: Google Scholar

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Judges	Sharp, Allen Court not on record JC-IN-0013-0001 \| JC-IN-0013-0002
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Bennett, William K (Indiana) JC-IN-0013-0001 \| JC-IN-0013-0002
	Justice, Courtney B. (Indiana) JC-IN-0013-0001 \| JC-IN-0013-0002
	Leeman, Kelly (Indiana) JC-IN-0013-0001 \| JC-IN-0013-0002
Defendant's Lawyers	Gagnon, Edwin L. (Indiana) JC-IN-0013-0001 \| JC-IN-0013-0002
	Moore, E. Kent (Indiana) JC-IN-0013-0001 \| JC-IN-0013-0002
	Oldham, Marry Ann (Indiana) JC-IN-0013-0002

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