The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear a case that will determine if the families of Mexican teenagers killed by U.S. Border Patrol agents in cross-border shootings can sue in U.S. courts. [Supreme Court considers case of Mexican youth killed in cross-border shooting]It will be argued during the term that begins in October. The courts’ disagreement concern a 1971 Supreme Court decision, Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents. The justices looked at the Hernández case but did not reach a conclusion in 2017. The justices said it would be “imprudent” to decide until the 5th Circuit reconsidered the case in light of a separate Supreme Court decision issued about the same time.

Source: Washington Post May 28, 2019 14:02 UTC