U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Lamont Heard v. Tom Finco
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Judge Ralph B. Guy Jr.
- Judge Amul Roger Thapar
- Judge John Baylor Nalbandian
Case history
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July 15, 2019decided Decision issued in Lamont Heard v. Tom Finco
Opinions and writings
THAPAR, Circuit Judge. "[G]odliness has value for all things." 1 Timothy 4:8. But how do you quantify that value? See Quran 83:1 (M.A.S. Abdel Haleem trans., 2004) ("Woe to those who give short measure!"). In our legal system, we typically let the jury decide. And in this case, a jury determined that four Muslim inmates collectively suffered $900…