On its face, the Iqbal decision concerned the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. The court ruled that a Muslim man swept up on immigration charges could not sue two Bush administration officials for what he said was the terrible abuse he suffered in detention.
But something much deeper and broader was going on in the decision, something that may unsettle how civil litigation is conducted in the United States.
9/11 Case Could Bring Broad Shift on Civil Suits
Two Missouri sheriff's deputies were shot and killed and two more were injured after a suspect...
