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· 6/24/2024

Robert Goosen v. Minn. Dept. of Transportation

Citations

  • 105 F.4th 1034

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that brief stop at sobriety checkpoint was not “arrest”
  • noting that the Fourth Amendment only prohibits seizures that are unreasonable
  • \operation of the checkpoints is suspended if traffic becomes congested\ and \[t]he stops themselves last less than half a minute\
  • sobriety checkpoint seizure held to be constitutional, despite lack of warrant, in light of the “State’s compelling interest in detecting and deterring drunk driving”
  • “The magnitude of the problem created by intoxicated motorists cannot be exaggerated.”

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