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| − | In ''Scott v. Harris'' (2007),<ref>http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/05-1631.ZS.html</ref> the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held in favor of a police officer who terminated a high speed chase by bumping into the suspect's car, causing him to lose control and crash. The crash rendered him a quadriplegic. The Court held that the police could not be sued for taking reasonable means to stop someone who was leading the police on a high-speed chase. The Court, after reviewing a video tape of the chase and crash, rejected that plaintiff's argument that his [[Fourth Amendment]] rights against an unreasonable search and seizure. | + | In '''''Scott v. Harris''''' (2007), <ref>http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/05-1631.ZS.html</ref> the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held in favor of a police officer who terminated a high speed chase by bumping into the suspect's car, causing him to lose control and crash. The crash rendered him a quadriplegic. The Court held that the police could not be sued for taking reasonable means to stop someone who was leading the police on a high-speed chase. The Court, after reviewing a video tape of the chase and crash, rejected that plaintiff's argument that his [[Fourth Amendment]] rights against an unreasonable search and seizure. |
Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] wrote the opinion for the 8-1 Court, with Justice [[John Paul Stevens]] the lone dissent. | Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] wrote the opinion for the 8-1 Court, with Justice [[John Paul Stevens]] the lone dissent. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:United States Supreme Court Cases]] | [[Category:United States Supreme Court Cases]] | ||
[[Category:Fourth Amendment]] | [[Category:Fourth Amendment]] | ||
Revision as of 21:46, May 4, 2008
In Scott v. Harris (2007), [1] the U.S. Supreme Court held in favor of a police officer who terminated a high speed chase by bumping into the suspect's car, causing him to lose control and crash. The crash rendered him a quadriplegic. The Court held that the police could not be sued for taking reasonable means to stop someone who was leading the police on a high-speed chase. The Court, after reviewing a video tape of the chase and crash, rejected that plaintiff's argument that his Fourth Amendment rights against an unreasonable search and seizure.
Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the opinion for the 8-1 Court, with Justice John Paul Stevens the lone dissent.