Legal Opinion
Patricia Smith, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Brent Robin Smith v. James Freland Peter Schulcz and the City of Springdale, Ohio
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 6, 1992No. 91-3469, 91-3470PublishedCited by 320 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Patricia Smith appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendants in this action, based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case concerns the death of her son, who was shot by a policeman while fleeing in his car after a high-speed chase. She contends that the shooting was an unreasonable seizure violating his fourth amendment rights. Because the district court did not err in holding that the seizure was not unreasonable as a matter of law, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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The following facts are essentially undisputed. At approximately 9:28 p.m.…
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