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

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 has revived a civil rights lawsuit against a Texas police officer who fatally shot a man during a traffic ...

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

The Supreme Court ruled police use-of-force claims must consider full context, not just the moment shots are fired.

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

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

The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit by Janice Hughes against Houston police officer Roberto Felix Jr. for the fatal ...

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

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reinstated a civil rights lawsuit against Texas police officer Roberto Felix Jr., who fatally shot Ashtian Barnes during a 2016 traffic stop in Houston.

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous ruling in Barnes versus Felix. Barnes versus Felix concerned the use of ...