The high court opts not to consider the issues of the appeal . But a majority of the Supreme Court opted not to rule on those issues . Instead , it rules on whether those who brought the suit to the court were entitled to do so . This is a very important case because if you are suing someone for something that they didn't actually commit ( like murder ) then your only recourse is to sue them in civil court and hope that their lawyers Justice Kennedy , in dissent , says the court 's majority undercut the initiative process .
The high court opts not to consider the issues of the appeal . Instead , it rules on whether those who brought the suit to the court were entitled to do so . This is a very important case because if you are suing someone for something that they didn't actually commit ( like murder ) then your only recourse is to sue them in civil court and hope that their lawyers Justice Kennedy , in dissent , says the court 's majority undercut the initiative process .