Plaintiff’s inability to perform a specialized job because of medical condition is insufficient to establish a "substantial limitation" of the major life activity of working without showing evidence of training,skills, and relevant job market.

African American Residents Allege that HUD’s Plan to Demolish Apartment Complex Violates Fair Housing Act

Fourth Circuit Holds That Courts May Not Review Claims that Legal Services Corporation Exceeded Its Statutory and Regulatory Authority

State Waived Eleventh Amendment Immunity to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Claims by Participating in Federal Spending Program

State University Waived Eleventh Amendment Immunity by Agreeing to Defend Student Loan Discharges in Bankruptcy Court

Plaintiffs Needed Only to Show That Disability Was a Motivating Factor, Not Sole Factor, to State a Discrimination Claim under Americans with Disabilities Act

Court Refuses to Dismiss Low Income Tenant’s Attempt to Secure Rent-Controlled Apartment in New Development

HUD Agrees to Delay Sale of Two Public Housing Projects in Racially Integrated Neighborhoods

Child Support Payments May Not Be Based upon Income from Federal Supplemental Security Income Disability Benefits

Courts Must Calculate Child Support Payments Based on Subsistence Needs of Nonprimary Care Provider Only, Not Whole Family

Child Support Recipients Challenge State Agency Practices of Delayed Distribution and Retaining the Interest Earned on Support Payments

Fair Hearing Appellant Challenges Mandatory Dispute Resolution Interviews Required to Maintain Eligibility for Benefits

California Counties Improperly Limited Their Obligation to Provide Indigent Health Care

Unpaid Workfare Assignment May Be Evidence of Disabled Claimant’s Ability to Perform Substantial Gainful Work

Eighth Circuit Overturns Adverse Credibility Finding on Petition for Asylum

Ninth Circuit Finds Failure to Remand Adjustment of Status Case was Arbitrary

Eighth Circuit Holds That Nontreating Physician’s Assessment Is Not Substantial Evidence When It Conflicts with Treating Physician’s Assessment

First Circuit Court Narrows Degree to Which Agency Discretion Prohibits Review of Extreme Hardship Determination in Deportation Proceedings

Third Circuit Remands Case to Decide if State Should Pay Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Adjustments Under its Medicaid Plan

First Circuit Upholds Finding That Filing of Complaint for Foreclosure Was a Willful Violation of Automatic Stay Provision

Fourth Circuit Holds That Void Default Judgment Need Not be Afforded Full Faith and Credit as Basis for a Creditor's Claim in Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Code Section 525 Protects Public Housing Tenant from Eviction for Failure to Pay Back Rent

Third Circuit Holds That Coal Act Provides Coverage for Disability Pensioners and Disabled Miners

Third Circuit Court Declines to Reopen SSI Application, Upholding Finding of Res Judicata

Plaintiff Must Explain Apparent Contradiction Between Application for Social Security Disability Benefits and Americans with Disabilities Act Claim

School Officials’ Physical Confrontation with Student and Failure to Disclose Witness Statements Prior to Expulsion Hearing Did Not Violate Student’s Rights

Suit Filed Accusing Delivery Company of Racial Redlining

Denial of SSI Disability Benefits Reviewed

Common-Law Wife’s Claim for Survivor’s Benefits Remanded for Reconsideration Under Proper Legal Standard

Denial of SSI Disability Benefits Reviewed

Tenth Circuit Holds That Restrictions on Property Rights of Prisoners Were Justified

Tenth Circuit Holds That Attorney-General's Decision to Detain Appellants was Non-Justiceable

Social Services Department Ordered to Exclude Value of Car Used to Transport Household Member Receiving Supplemental Security Income

TANF Recipients Challenge Sanctions Terminating Children’s Cash Assistance for Parent’s Violation of Work Requirements and Child Support Cooperation Rules

Statutes Requiring Permission from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to Prepay Loans on Low-Income Housing Did Not Amount to a Taking of Property

Poor Legal Immigrants Allege That Immigration and Naturalization Service Wrongfully Denies Fee Waivers

Low-Income Residents Allege That City Failed to Ensure Development of Affordable Multifamily Housing

Eviction Court Order Seeking Possession of Units in Foreclosed Buildings Will Not Be Enforced if It Contains Generic Occupant Descriptions

Welfare Department Agrees to Restore Benefits Pending Appeal by Illiterate Recipient Who Received Only Written Notice of Benefit Reduction