A Supreme Court that's protective of religous rights nonetheless seemed wary of allowing a Rastafarian to seek damages from ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday appeared unlikely to allow a devout Rastafarian to bring a damages claim against Louisiana prison officials who cut his dreadlocks in violation of his ...

WASHINGTON – A Supreme Court that has been increasingly protective of religious rights is expected to be sympathetic to a Rastafarian asking for help after Louisiana prison guards forcibly shaved his ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — Damon Landor’s decadeslong vow against cutting his hair was upended by a short stint in a Louisiana prison in 2020. Next week the Supreme Court will decide if he can do anything ...

WASHINGTON — Taking up a new religious rights case, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh a claim for damages brought by a devout Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were cut by Louisiana prison officials ...

When prison officials in Louisiana cut the dreadlocks of a prisoner in their care, they may have violated his religious rights — or at least that’s what the Supreme Court is gearing up to determine.

When Louisiana prison guards told a newly arrived Rastafarian inmate named Damon Landor that he was required to cut off the knee-length dreadlocks that he had been growing for decades as part of his ...

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up the case of a Rastafarian man seeking to sue prison officials in Louisiana who cut off his dreadlocks while he was incarcerated.The case is the latest that ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in the case of a Rastafarian man who brought charges against a Louisiana prison for shaving his dreadlocks, accusing correction center officials of ...

When the nation’s highest court considered its first-ever case involving Rastafari this week, none of the Supreme Court justices or attorneys involved named the minority faith, much less raised its ...

Rastafarians say the case highlights religious discrimination behind bars. When the nation’s highest court considered its first-ever case involving Rastafari this week, none of the Supreme Court ...