| County of Sacramento v. Lewis | |
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| Argued December 9, 1997 Decided May 26, 1998 | |
| Full case name | County of Sacramento v. Lewis, et al. v. Teri Lewis and Thomas Lewis, personal representative of the Estate of Philip Lewis, deceased |
| Citations | 523 U.S. 833 (more) 118 S. Ct. 1708; 140 L. Ed. 2d 1043 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Lewis v. County of Sacramento, 98 F.3d 434 (9th Cir. 1996); cert. granted, 520 U.S. 1250 (1997). |
| Holding | |
| High-speed chases with no intent to harm suspects physically or to worsen their legal plight do not give rise to liability under the Fourteenth Amendment. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Souter, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| Concurrence | Rehnquist |
| Concurrence | Kennedy, joined by O'Connor |
| Concurrence | Breyer |
| Concurrence | Stevens (in the judgment of the court only) |
| Concurrence | Scalia, joined by Thomas (in the judgment of the court only) |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. XIV | |
Sacramento v. Lewis, 523 U.S. 833 (1998), was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States involving police action in a high-speed car chase.
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