The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a copyright lawsuit after five justices recused themselves.

The recusals left the court in the rare position of not having a six-judge quorum to make a decision on considering the lawsuit against Ta-Nehisi Coates.

The US Supreme Court summarily affirmed a lower court’s ruling clearing journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, Oprah Winfrey, and a host of companies of plagiarism, after five justices recused themselves from the decision.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett took no part in a split decision that denied public funding for the nation's first religious charter school.