U.S. v. Montoya De Hernandez, No. 84-755 (U.S. Supreme Court) (473 U.S. 531; 105 S.Ct. 3304) (July 1, 1985) (Justice Rehnquist)
In this case the Court addressed the applicability of the Fourth Amendment to border searches of persons seeking entry to the U.S. Effectively, the Court held that, because the Fourth Amendment's balance of reasonableness is qualitatively different at the international border than in the interior, "routine searches" of persons and ...
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