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Rucker v. Harford County

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided October 3, 1991No. 90-2453PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents as its principal issue whether, and if so to what extent, the fourth amendment’s prohibition of unreasonable seizures of the person or the fourteenth amendment’s due process clause provide constitutional protection to an innocent bystander against being unintentionally injured by police officers trying to apprehend a fleeing criminal suspect. It also presents the issue whether one bearing an intimate familial relationship to a person so injured has any constitutional right based upon the relationship that is thereby violated.

We conclude that…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Brower Ex Rel. Estate of Caldwell v. County of InyoSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Sharon Temkin Bruce M. Temkin v. Frederick County Commissioners Glen Marion Selby, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
  4. City of El Centro v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
  5. Jose Valdivieso Ortiz v. Melquiades Burgos, Pablo Robles RoblesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Raymond A. Berg, Jr. v. County of Allegheny Allegheny County Adult Probation Services Debbie Benton Richard R. Gardner Glenn Allen Wolfgang Ginny DemkoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
  2. Sylvia Development Corporation v. Calvert CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
  3. Daniel Anthony Miller v. Prince George's County, Maryland, a Body Corporate and Politic John L. DougansCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2007
  4. Tri-County Paving, Incorporated v. Ashe County Ashe County Board of CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
  5. April Love v. Robert G. Pepersack, Sr. Merrill A. Messick, Jr. Ernest Eldon Pletcher Elmer Hunt Tippett, Jr. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995

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