Tennessee v. Garner, et al.

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate October 30, 1984
gptkbp:category United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court
1985 in United States case law
gptkbp:citation gptkb:471_U.S._1
gptkbp:date March 27, 1985
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:State_of_Tennessee
gptkb:Memphis_Police_Department
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
gptkbp:docketNumber 83-1035
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Tennessee_v._Garner,_et_al.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tennessee v. Garner, et al.
gptkbp:impact Changed police use-of-force policies nationwide
gptkbp:joinedBy gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:legalHolding Use of deadly force to prevent the escape of an unarmed fleeing suspect is an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment, unless the officer has probable cause to believe the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tennessee
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Byron_White
gptkbp:overruledBy common law fleeing felon rule
gptkbp:plaintiff Edward Garner's estate
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Graham_v._Connor
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
police use of deadly force
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tennessee_v._Garner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8