Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz, No. 88-1897 (U.S. Supreme Court) (496 U.S. 444; 110 S.Ct. 2481) (June 14, 1990) (Justice Rehnquist)
Generally, the Court held that whether particular checkpoint seizures are reasonable is determined by balancing the gravity of the public interest sought to be advanced and the degree to which the serzures advance that interest against the extent of the resulting intrusion upon the liberty interests of those stopped. (See ...
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