Medicare Beneficiary Entitled to Coverage for Wisdom Tooth Extraction Performed in a Hospital

Prisoner’s Minor Children Oppose Prison’s Strip Search Policy for Visitors

Native American Prisoner Allowed to Wear Sacred Crystal Ear Pieces

Receivership over City’s Water System Ends After Significant Improvements

Agency Agrees to Revise Child Support Enforcement Notices to Improve Readability

Employer Cannot Be Held Liable on Hostile Work Environment Claim If It Can Prove It Had a Policy Against Harassment

SSI Recipient Need Not Have Income Other Than SSI to Establish a Plan for Achieving Self-Support

Food Stamp Recipients Challenge Maine’s Disqualification Policy

Issuance of Mutual Order of Protection Violated Petitioner’s Procedural Due Process Rights

Section 8 Landlord Dismisses Eviction After Housing Authority Agrees That Rule Limiting Overnight Guests Is Unreasonable

Civil Rights Attorneys Who Customarily Charge Reduced Rates for Noneconomic Reasons Are Entitled to Fees Based on Prevailing Market Rate

Administrative Hold on Debtor’s Checking Account Pending Bank’s Claim on Defaulted Loan Did Not Violate Automatic Stay

Misrepresentation by Recipient Who Did Not Perform Assigned Work Is Immaterial and Does Not Disqualify Her from General Assistance

Medi-Cal Recipients Challenge State Agency’s Failure to Ensure Their Ability to Disenroll from Managed Care Plans Promptly

Homeowners to Cease Opposition to Licensed Care Facility for Persons with Developmental Disabilities in Their Subdivision

Pension Plan Trustees’ Interpretation of "Marriage" to Preclude Widow’s Eligibility for Survivor Annuity Is Not Preempted by ERISA

Tenant Whose Apartment Was Damaged by Accidental Kitchen Fire Did Not Breach Lease Agreement

Treating Psychologist’s Testimony on Childhood Abuse and Depression Is New and Material Evidence in Claim for Children’s SSI

Mortgagee Agrees to Dismiss Foreclosure After HUD Reopens and Accepts Assignment of Homeowner’s Mortgage

California Income Determination Procedures for Medically Needy Medi-Cal Recipients Effectively Deems Income to Applicants That Is Not Available to Them

Landlord May Not Evict Section 8 Tenant for Late Payment of Rent When Landlord Had a Practice of Accepting Late Rent Payments

Housing Authority’s Refusal to Reinstate Tenants with a Prior Judgment for Possession Based on Nonpayment Violates Public Policy

Claimant Entitled to Medicare Coverage for Post-Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility Care

Illinois Agency Agrees to Notify Transitional Assistance Recipients of Their Right to Redetermination of Eligibility Under Revised Criteria for Determining Employability

Governor of Vermont May Not Unilaterally Reduce Aid to Aged, Blind, and Disabled Without Legislative Approval

Disability Claim Remanded for Development of Further Evidence on Effect of Claimant’s Mental Impairments on His Ability to Work

Obligor Parent Whose Only Source of Income Is SSI Challenges Order Requiring Him to Pay Child Support

Supreme Court Remands Survivors’ Benefits Claim for Reconsideration in Light of Secretary’s New Policy on State Intestacy Laws

VISTA Volunteer Argues That Her Stipend Should Not Be Counted as Income in Determining Her Vocational Rehabilitation Service Benefits

Appeals Council Remands Claim to Determine If Prior Applications Should Be Reopened and Revised

Paternity of Deceased Putative Father Established with Blood Samples Retained by Coroner

Child’s SSI Claim Remanded Because Administrative Law Judge Improperly Applied Adult Disability Standard

Court of Appeals Finds Administrative Law Judge Did Not Fully Develop Record on Claimant’s Depression

Claimant Had No Absolute Right to Cross-Examine Consulting Physician in Administrative Hearing

Class of Children Remains Certified Although Division into Subclasses Is Ordered

Parents of Juvenile in Custody Did State a Claim Against Utah Officials for Deprivation of Their Constitutional Rights

Claimant Using Day Passes While Hospitalized Is Entitled to Medicare Coverage for Inpatient Psychiatric Care

Nursing Home’s Exclusion of Resident Who Needed to Be Spoon Fed from Dining Room Did Not Violate Rehabilitation Act or Americans with Disabilities Act

HUD-Insured Mortgagor Not Liable to HUD for Deficiency Judgment After Commercially Unreasonable Sale

Self-Storage Facility Agrees to Compensate Consumer for Disposal of Her Belongings

Section 8 Tenant Alleges That Landlord’s Demand for "Side Rent" Payments Violated False Claims Act

Department of Education Discharges Student Loan After Student Alleges School Falsely Certified Her Ability to Benefit from Course

Public Housing Authority Agrees to a New Apartment for Tenant Whose Lease Was Wrongfully Terminated