The Fifth Circuit is the most right-wing appeals court in the federal system, and it is known for handing down slapdash ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a lawsuit filed by the mother of a Texas man who was shot and killed during a traffic ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the family of an unarmed 24-year-old man who was killed after being pulled over for ...

Supreme Court orders new review in civil rights case over 2016 police killing of Ashtian Barnes during a traffic stop […] ...

The Supreme Court has rejected the "moment-of-threat" rule, which shielded officers from civil liability in police shooting ...

The court explicitly declined to answer the big question, even though it hovered over the case and surfaced repeatedly in ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier to bring unreasonable force claims against police, ruling unanimously that ...

The high court unanimously ruled that judges must consider the full context surrounding an incident, rejecting a so-called ...

Lower courts had been divided over whether judges must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to the seconds ...

The US Supreme Court ruled for the mother of a Black man who was shot and killed by police, reviving her lawsuit that seeks ...

The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Thursday a Texas woman's civil rights lawsuit against a Houston police officer who fatally ...

The broader standard is likely to make it easier for victims to prove allegations of excessive force in court.