In other actions Monday, the Supreme Court:
• Made it easier for inmates who are accused of crimes -- but not yet convicted -- to bring cases of excessive force against jail officials, ruling 5-4 in favor of a Wisconsin man who sued jail officers for civil-rights violations.
• Ruled 6-3 that the inventor of a popular Spider-Man web-shooting toy can't keep reeling in royalties after his patent ran out.
• Said it won't hear an appeal from a retired Air Force general, Terryl Schwalier, who claims he was illegally denied a promotion after the Defense Department said he failed to adequately protect against a terrorist strike.
• Said it won't hear an appeal from Irving Picard, the trustee trying to recover nearly $4 billion for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
• Said it won't hear an appeal from Ford Motor Co. seeking to recover about $450 million in interest on taxes the company overpaid the Internal Revenue Service.
• Said it will decide whether the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is complying with a law designed to increase the number of federal contracts awarded to small businesses owned by disabled veterans.
A Section on 06/23/2015