Merrett v. Moore, No. 93-2510 (11th Cir.) (58 F.3d 1547) (July 25, 1995) (Judge James Larry Edmondson)
This appears to be the only Circuit court decision holding that mixed-motive checkpoints are lawful so long as at least one of the underlying purposes of the search - no matter how minor - is legitimate.
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