Legal Opinion
Graham v. Connor
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 15, 1989No. 87-6571PublishedCited by 15,679 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
This case requires us to decide what constitutional standard governs a free citizen’s claim that law enforcement officials used excessive force in the course of making an arrest, investigatory stop, or other “seizure” of his person. We hold that such claims are properly analyzed under the Fourth Amendment’s “objective reasonableness” standard, rather than under a substantive due process standard.
In this action under 42 U. S. C. § 1983, petitioner Dethorne Graham seeks to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained when law enforcement officers used physical force-against him during the…
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