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COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO v. LEWIS

No. 96-1337.

523 U.S. 833 (1998)

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO et al. v. LEWIS, et al., PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF LEWIS, DECEASED

United States Supreme Court.

Decided May 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence J. Cassidy argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioners.

Paul J. Hedlund argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Michael L. Baum.*

Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and O'Connor, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Rehnquist, C. J., filed a concurring opinion, p. 855. Kennedy, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which O'Connor, J., joined, p. 856. Breyer, J., filed a concurring opinion, p. 858. Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, p. 859. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined, p. 860.

Justice Souter, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issuein this case is whether a police officer violates the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of substantive due process by causing death through deliberate or reckless indifference to life in a high-speed automobile chase aimed at apprehending a suspected offender. We answer no, and hold that in such circumstances only a purpose to cause harm unrelated to the legitimate...

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