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The Boston Globe
Appeals court rejects de la Torre lawsuit
A federal appellate panel upheld a lower court ruling dismissing Ralph de la Torre's lawsuit against U.S. senators who held him in contempt of Congress for failing to appear at a hearing related to Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy. The court confirmed that the senators' actions were protected by the speech and debate clause of the Constitution, which shields members of Congress from lawsuits for official duties. De la Torre's lawsuit was over his failure to testify, which the court ruled did not exempt him from the subpoena, and the contempt referral was the first in more than 50 years.
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