WASHINGTON – The relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks have lost their bid to get the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that New York City must provide a proper burial for material taken from the World Trade Center site because it could contain the ashes of victims.
The justices yesterday said they would not hear an appeal from the families of some of those killed when the 110-story twin towers collapsed nine years ago. The ruling in the case, World Trade Center Families for Proper Burial v. New York City, 09-1467, was one of several from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that the Court let stand.
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