Legal Opinion
Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 14, 1990No. 88-1897PublishedCited by 1,187 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
This case poses the question whether a State’s use of highway sobriety checkpoints violates the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. We hold that it does not and therefore reverse the contrary holding of the Court of Appeals of Michigan.
Petitioners, the Michigan Department of State Police and its director, established a sobriety checkpoint pilot program in early 1986. The director appointed a Sobriety Checkpoint Advisory Committee comprising representatives of the State Police force, local police forces, state prosecutors, and the University of Michigan…
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