Word: checkpoints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...such checkpoint, Michigan state policetroopers checked 126 vehicles in less than an hourand detained two drivers for sobriety field tests.One driver was arrested on drunken-drivingcharges...
...state police department was sued soon afterthe checkpoint program began. The lawsuit allegedthat the checkpoints violated the FourthAmendment's ban on unreasonable police searchesand seizures...
...defending the checkpoint program, MichiganAttorney General Frank Kelley told the justicesthat fighting drunken driving is a "grave andlegitimate public interest...
...said Michigan's checkpoint program is valideven if it is not the most effective policeprocedure or may carry the "potential ofgenerating fear and surprise in some motorists...
Lawyers for those who successfully challengedthe checkpoint program urged the justices toreject the appeal...