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003235P.pdf 07/31/2001 Timothy Helseth v. John Burch
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 00-3235
District of Minnesota
Civil case - Civil rights. The court en banc overrules Feist v. Simonson,
223 F.3d 455 (8th Cir. 2000) concerning the standards for judging
police conduct during high-speed chases; intent-to-harm standard,
rather than the deliberate indifference standard, applies to all high-speed
police pursuits aimed at apprehending suspected offenders; here
defendant officer had no intent to harm, and plaintiff's complaint
should be dismissed; dissent by Judge McMillian; Judge Bye
concurring in part and dissenting in part