WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear the case of a man who claims that strip searches in two New Jersey jails violated his constitutional rights.

Albert Florence was searched twice in seven days after he was arrested on a warrant for a traffic fine he had already paid. The justices will review an appeals court decision upholding the searches.

Most other federal courts have found routine strip searches to be unconstitutional, although more recent decisions have gone the other way.

Florence argues the jailhouse searches were unreasonable because he was being held for failure to pay a fine, which is not a crime in New Jersey.

Florence’s lawsuit over his treatment arose from his arrest in March 2005. A state trooper stopped the family SUV as Florence, his wife, April and 4-year-old child were headed to dinner with Florence’s mother-in-law.

His wife was driving, but Florence identified himself as the vehicle’s owner. The trooper ran a records check and found an outstanding warrant for an unpaid fine. Florence had been stopped several times before, and he carried a letter to the effect that the fine, for fleeing a traffic stop several years earlier, had been paid.