Scott v. Harris
United States Supreme Court
550 U.S. 372 (2007)
After Harris (plaintiff) fled a traffic stop and led police on a ten-mile, high-speed chase captured on a cruiser's dashcam showing him running red lights and forcing other cars off the road, Deputy Scott (defendant) rammed Harris's car, causing a crash that left Harris quadriplegic; Harris sued for excessive force, and the lower courts, crediting Harris's account that the chase posed little public danger, denied Scott summary judgment on qualified-immunity grounds.
Whether, in deciding a motion for summary judgment, a court must view all facts in the light most favorable to the non-moving party even if that version is directly contradicted by other evidence, and whether the use of deadly force to terminate a high-speed vehicle chase violates the Fourth Amendment.