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D.C. Circuit· 1/24/1989

United States v. Gregory McFayden

Citations

  • 865 F.2d 1306
  • 275 U.S. App. D.C. 207
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 519
  • 1989 WL 3991

How courts have described this case

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

  • observing that driver license roadblock could be conducted in a way indicating that its principal purpose was to detect crimes unrelated to licensing, in which case \a subterfuge might result in an infringement of Fourth Amendment rights\
  • holding “principal purpose of the roadblock was [legitimate]”, but noting the possibility that if a roadblock erected for purportedly legitimate reasons were used for unlawful purposes, this could lead to “a subterfuge [that] might result in an infringement on Fourth Amendment rights_ ”
  • holding \principal purpose of the roadblock was [legitimate]\, but noting the possibility that if a roadblock erected for purportedly legitimate reasons were used for unlawful purposes, this could lead to \a subterfuge [that] might result in an infringement on Fourth Amendment rights.... \
  • finding minimal subjective intrusion where roadblock was announced at news conference several days earlier and roadblock was well marked
  • upholding a roadblock where the Deputy and Assistant Chiefs of Police, and the supervisors of the overall operation, testified that the purpose of the roadblock program was traffic control
  • upholding the legality of a roadblock to check for licenses and vehicle registrations

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Judges: Edwards, Williams, Reynolds

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