According to USA Today, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that federal prison officials who allegedly lost the belongings of a Muslim inmate, including two copies of the Quran and a prayer rug, are shielded from a lawsuit seeking compensation. "The 5-4 decision," the report explains, "clears up conflicting rulings by lower courts over whether the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) allows prisoners to sue for the negligent handling of property."
"A federal appeals court has upheld the right of female inmates to be transported at state expense for elective abortions,"
reports CNN. According to the report, "The ruling Tuesday from the St. Louis-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit came on the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide."
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Law.com reports, "The Supreme Court on Tuesday dashed the hopes of defrauded Enron investors who sought to recover billions of dollars from investment banks connected to the collapsed energy firm." "Without comment," the report explains, "the justices denied review in Regents of the University of California v. Merrill Lynch, in which stockholders claimed that a range of banks participated in "contrived, deceptive deals" that helped Enron show profits that were not real."
