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The Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling for the heirs of a Holocaust survivor seeking to retrieve a painting by a French impressionist that was stolen by Nazis during World War II.

The high court’s nine justices were presented with the question of what law federal courts should use when hearing claims brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

Justice Elana Kagan wrote the 9-0 ruling, arguing that state law should be followed in accordance with the decision rather than federal.

“The path of our decision has been as short as the hunt for Rue Saint-Honoré was long,” Kagan said, referring to the painting sought by the heirs of a German Jewish art dealer.

The high court’s ruling does not end the dispute over the painting because the case was remanded to lower courts, but it marks a procedural win for the heirs.

Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Sutton wrote in an opinion that universal injunctions seem to take judicial power “beyond its traditionally understood uses.”

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed the importance of the ability to engage and disagree with one another in a civil manner.

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker has ruled against portions of a Florida election laws passed last year.

A federal court in Ohio partially blocked ICE enforcement restrictions placed by President Biden’s administration that narrowed which illegal immigrants ICE should remove.

A federal appeals court ruled in favor of a Miami steakhouse that claimed service charges added onto diners’ bills are not tips.

A D.C. Magistrate Judge said that the scope of the probe of the January 6 incursion into the Capitol is leading to people’s rights being “trampled.”

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of donor confidentiality in a case brought by two donor-supported organizations over a California reporting requirement.

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta has dismissed January 6 cases against Donald Trump, Jr. and attorney Rudy Giuliani, but not against the former president.

Federal Judge Lee Rudofsky dismissed a lawsuit regarding congressional redistricting in Arkansas.