The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the adoptive parents in a high-profile custody battle involving a Cherokee birth father who invoked a federal law to assert his parental rights over his daughter.

The court ruled in the case on the next-to-last day of its term, apparently saving until Wednesday two potential landmark decisions on same-sex marriage. On Tuesday the court also issued a significant property rights decision that favored a Florida developer.

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