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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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