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Justice Scalia's sarcasm extended to dissenting opinion on golf issue

Among the countless legal decisions that Antonin Scalia weighed during his three decades on the U.S. Supreme Court, PGA Tour Inc. vs. Martin gave the late justice a chance to show his biting sense of humor.

Scalia died Saturday while on vacation in west Texas. He was 79 and had served on the court since being appointed by the late President Ronald Reagan in 1986.

In PGA Tour Inc. v. Martin, Scalia and the high court debated whether Casey Martin, who suffered from a debilitating birth defect in his right leg that made walking difficult, could use a cart to play the Tour.