U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Lamont Heard v. Tom Finco
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Amul Roger Thapar
- Filed
- July 15, 2019
- Case
- Lamont Heard v. Tom Finco
- Case status
- Decided
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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…
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