Legal Opinion
Beshers v. Harrison
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 2007No. 05-17096PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we consider whether Officer Scott Harrison, who allegedly terminated a high-speed chase by causing David Beshers’ vehicle to crash, violated Beshers’ Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizures. We affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment, having determined that no constitutional violation occurred.
I. BACKGROUND1
On the afternoon of April 20, 2002, the City of Toccoa Police received a report from Bev’s Quick Stop that a customer (later identified as Beshers) tried to steal beer after the clerk refused to sell it to him. The…
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