Graham v. Connor

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Graham v. Connor
ArgueDate=February 21
ArgueYear=1989
DecideDate=May 15
DecideYear=1989
FullName=Graham v. Connor, et al.
USVol=490
USPage=386
Citation=109 S. Ct. 1865; 104 L. Ed. 2d 443; 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2467; 57 U.S.L.W. 4513
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Subsequent=
Holding=
SCOTUS=1988-1990
Majority=Rehnquist
JoinMajority=White, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia and Kennedy
Concurrence=Blackmun
JoinConcurrence=Brennan and Marshall
Dissent=
NotParticipating=
LawsApplied=Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 1 of the "Ku Klux Act" of April 20, 1871

"Graham v. Connor", ussc|490|386|1989 was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court determined that an objective reasonableness standard should apply to a free citizen's claim that law enforcement officials used excessive force in the course of making an arrest, investigatory stop, or other "seizure" of his person.

This case also established the doctrine that the judiciary may not use the Due Process Clause instead of an applicable specific constitutional provision:::"Because the Fourth Amendment provides an explicit textual source of constitutional protection against this sort of physically intrusive governmental conduct, that Amendment, not the more generalized notion of 'substantive due process,' must be the guide for analyzing these claims."