Talk:Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

Page title
Because this decision is so fresh, it's difficult to determine what the proper page title should be. There are a few options. For now, I just chose Florence v. County of Burlington and made the following page titles redirects:


 * Florence v. Burlington
 * Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington
 * Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

It may make sense to move the page at some point. --MZMcBride (talk) 03:29, 3 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I chose the third option, per the actual title in the slip decision and the convention of shortening such names (e.g. Pickering v. Board of Education and, of course, Brown v. Board of Education. It's likely that that's how the case will be known in the future. Daniel Case (talk) 18:30, 6 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I have not changed the title, but I have changed the beginning of the article, using the exact wording used by the government at http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-945.pdf rather than the abbreviated form. How do we know that it will be known as Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders rather than Florence v. Burlington, which seems to be the currently used title in the press? Kdammers (talk) 10:10, 7 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I changed the lead back. It makes me happy when the lead, the infobox's "Litigants" parameter, and the page title are in sync. The full case name is available in the infobox. --MZMcBride (talk) 19:58, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

One child
According to a 2011 article in the NYT," Mr. Florence was in the passenger seat of his BMW when a state trooper pulled it over for speeding. His wife, April, was driving. His 4-year-old son, Shamar, was in the back." Where did the figure of three children come from? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.179.16.86 (talk) 02:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I replied to this question here.
 * I took another look at the briefs in this case last night. One of the briefs mentions that they now have three children. I'm not sure if they had three when the incident occurred. This may be where the Christian Science Monitor got its figure.
 * It's also unclear to me who was driving from reading the briefs. --MZMcBride (talk) 13:02, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree that much is unclear, but the NYT, ACLU and NPR indicate that Mrs. Florence was driving and that only one child was in the car. Is there any source other than the CSM that indicates otherwise? I couldn't find any clarification in the govt.'s court decision. NPR's transcript of the report by Nina Totenberg has a sound bit from Mr. Florence following its description, but I don't know if he actually interacted with the person reporting or whether it was just fused in. Kdammers (talk) 10:20, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
 * That's right. Mrs. Florence was driving the car and there was one child passenger. – Face-smile.svg Teammm Let's Talk! :) 20:50, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Re: "Is there any source other than the CSM that indicates otherwise?":

Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-strip-20120403,0,6228353.story

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/supreme-court-strip-search-jail-inmates-anthony-kennedy_n_1369532.html

Source: http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/alumni/uvalawyer/f11/opinion.htm

Source: http://www.dailypaul.com/224641/strip-search-nation

That list cite seems less reliable than the others. But in any case, it's an interesting point whether he was driving; not sure the number of kids is really relevant, except as a good example of differing reports of the same story. ;-) --MZMcBride (talk) 00:23, 8 April 2012 (UTC)