In October 2005, a season ticket holder of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers filed suit in a Florida state court to challenge the lawfulness of the Tampa Sports Authority’s policy of conducting pat-down searches of all ticket-holders seeking to attend Buccaneers home games. The state court ruled that the searches were unconstitutional and enjoined them from occurring.
Thereafter, the plaintiff amended his complaint to add a claim under the federal civil rights statute against the authority, which is a public entity. That newly added claim allowed the authority to remove the case to federal court, at which point the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida denied the authority’s motion to vacate the injunction, agreeing with the state court that the searches were unconstitutional.
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