Legal Opinion
City of Indianapolis v. Edmond
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 28, 2000No. 99-1030PublishedCited by 1,085 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
In Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz, 496 U. S. 444 (1990), and United States v. Martinez-Fuerte, 428 U. S. 543 (1976), we held that brief, suspicionless seizures at highway checkpoints for the purposes of combating drunk driving and intercepting illegal immigrants were constitutional. We now consider the constitutionality of a highway checkpoint program whose primary purpose is the discovery and interdiction of illegal narcotics.
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In August 1998, the city of Indianapolis began to operate vehicle checkpoints bn Indianapolis roads in an effort to interdict unlawful drugs. The city…
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