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Justices add one religious-rights case to docket but turn down another

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After the Washington attorney general learned about Stutzman’s refusal, he sued her for violating the state’s antidiscrimination laws, as did Ingersoll and his husband. She sought compensatory damages for “humiliation, frustration, and emotional distress.” Mississippi v. Disclosure : Goldstein & Russell, P.C.,

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Mopping up final business with 14 new relists

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20-219 , asks whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the statutes that incorporate its remedies, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act , include compensation for emotional distress. Then there is a case on the court’s original docket , Mississippi v. Cummings v.