Lower courts condemned the treatment of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, but found that a federal law protecting religious rights ...

The US Supreme Court has considered whether a former Louisiana inmate can seek financial compensation from prison officials ...

Damon Landor, a devout Rastafarian inmate from Louisiana, is still pursuing legal action against state prison officials after ...

The Supreme Court appeared unconvinced Monday that a devout Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were forcibly cut in prison five ...

U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick, of Baton Rouge, dismissed Landor’s case as moot since he had been released from prison a few ...

The question is not whether Damon Landor was mistreated but whether he can sue the individual prison officials and guards for ...

Three of the Supreme Court liberal justices have sided with Damon Landor, a Rastafarian man and his bid against state ...

The Supreme Court appeared to lean against a devout Rastafarian trying to sue prison officials who cut off his dreadlocks ...

The Supreme Court is gearing up to determine whether Damon Landor, a devout Rastafarian, can sue after prison officials cut ...

A man who accuses prison officials of violating his Rastafarian religious beliefs by cutting his dreadlocks will now have his case heard by the Supreme Court. The religious freedom case has gotten the ...

Few cases arrive at the Supreme Court with a set of facts and a legal question more tailor-made for a conservative 6-3 majority that has in recent years consistently backed religious claims.

A prison guard took the copy of the ruling Landor carried and tossed it in the trash, according to court records. Then the ...