Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mark Granzotto, Deborah L. Gordon, and William Gage, for the plaintiffs.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, and Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, for the defendants.
Amici Curiae:
Rizik & Rizik, P.C. (by Michael B. Rizik, Jr.), for MADD Michigan.
John R. Minock for Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.
Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz (by Abraham Singer), and Robert Teir, General Counsel, for American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities.
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett (by Joseph J. Vogan), and Michele McDowell Fields and Stephen L. Oesch, for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Alliance of American Insurers, Allstate Insurance Company, the American Insurance Association, Amica Mutual Insurance Company, Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, Liberty Mutual Group, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, National Association of Independent Insurers, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Progressive Casualty Insurance Company, Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Royal Insurance, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the Travelers Indemnity Company, and United Services Automobile Association.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
BOYLE, J.
The case before us concerns a challenge to the use of sobriety checkpoints by the Michigan State Police. The United States Supreme Court held that the checkpoint scheme does not constitute a violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Michigan Dep't of State Police v Sitz, 496 U.S. 444; 110 S.Ct. 2481; 110 L Ed 2d 412 (1990). On remand from...
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