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Seventh Circuit Reverses Class Certification in Cook County Jail Case

Loaded on May 15, 2010

Filed under: Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Conditions of Confinement, Jail Specific, Class Certification. Location: Illinois.

On September 8, 2008, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals reversed an Illinois federal district court's class certification in a suit over delay in the release of an arrestee while family members were attempting to post bond.

Robert Harper was arrested by a Chicago police officer. At a probable cause ...

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