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Supreme Court rejects Florida's bid to sue California, Washington over truck licenses for immigrants
The case the court turned away Tuesday stems from a crash in Florida last year that killed three people. The driver, Harjinder Singh, is accused of making an illegal U-turn that caused the accident. Singh, who is from India, was carrying a valid commercial driver’s license from California, and had earlier been granted one by Washington.
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