California v. Hodari D., No. 89-1632 (U.S. Supreme Court) (499 U.S. 621; 111 S.Ct. 1547) (April 23, 1991) (Justice Scalia)
Here the Court held that for a fleeing suspect to be "seized" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, the arresting officer must apply physical force or display a show of authority and those factors must cause the suspect to stop.
In this case, a suspected drug dealer ran away ...
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