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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