In a 6-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today affirmed a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the state of Texas did not waive immunity from a prisoner’s religious freedom suit seeking monetary damages because it accepts federal funding.
The primary question the high court tackled in its April 20 decision in Sossamon v. Texas was whether the phrase “appropriate relief” in the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) alerted Texas that accepting federal funds waived its immunity from suits for money damages under the act.
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