U.S. v. Martinez-Fuerte, No. 74-1560 (U.S. Supreme Court) (428 U.S. 543; 96 S.Ct. 3074) (July 6, 1976) (Justice Powell)
Here the Court held that the Border Patrol's routine stopping of a vehicle at a permanent checkpoint located on a major highway away from the Mexican border for brief questioning of the vehicle's occupants is consistent with the Fourth Amendment, and the stops and questioning may be made at reasonably …
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