U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce, No. 74-114 (U.S. Supreme Court) (442 U.S. 873; 95 S.Ct. 2574) (June 30, 1975) (Justice Powell)
In this case, the Court essentially departed from the need for "probable cause" to make stops of motorists suspected of engaging in criminal activity at the nation's borders and their "functional equivalents" - holding instead that, due to the special security interests of the Government at our borders, the police ...
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