Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Xemas, Inc. v. United States

494 U.S. 1027

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1990-03-19
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • noting that if a prisoner asks for and needs medical care, it must be supplied.
  • officers entitled to qualified immunity inasmuch as the right to adequate medical care did not create a constitutional duty to screen detainees for suicidal tendencies
  • “To pass constitutional muster, the search also must be conducted pursuant to standard police procedures.”
  • "The car [, which had been stopped in a high crime area,] was both a likely target for vandals and a potential source for subsequent dangerous and illegal activity"
  • totality of facts and circumstances support a reasonable belief
  • HMO “is an insurance policy which operates by spreading policyholders’ risk”
  • order granting, inter alia, government’s request for bank records

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Xemas, Inc. v. United States. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

Authority status
pending
Cited by
115 opinions

C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.