Legal Opinion
Estate of Lee v. City of Spokane
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 15, 2000No. 18347-5-IIIPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSweeney, J.
The estate and survivors of Elwood R. Lee brought federal and state tort claims against the City of Spokane and two individual police officers after Mr. Lee was fatally shot during a domestic violence incident. The issues presented by their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action are governed by two separate legal standards. Whether police used excessive force in seizing Mr. Lee is judged by the Fourth Amendment objective reasonableness standard. Here, the police shot Mr. Lee after he pointed a rifle at one of the officers. We conclude that the officers’ conduct in effecting the seizure was objectively…
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