Rate of Medicaid Reimbursement Unlawfully Reduced by State Agency Without Proper Notification of Methodology.

Eighth Circuit Court Finds that the Turner Criteria of Balancing Prisoner’s Rights with Legitimate Penological Interests Should Apply to all Constitutional Violation Cases.

Subsequent Finding of Abuse did not Justify Removal of Child when Sheriff Involved was Acting out of Personal Malice.

Standing to Enforce Public Consultation Provisions does not Depend on Success on the Merits.

Medicaid Recipient is Held to be Entitled to Cost of Travel to Medical Care Providers

Eighth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Holds Maliciously Pursued Debt Nondischargeable But Does Not Enforce Contempt Order Against Creditor in Another State

Eighth Circuit Holds That Abrogation of State Immunity Under Rehabilitation Act Was Valid

Eighth Circuit Holds That Exaggerated Threat of Garnishment was in Violation of State Law and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Seventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Child Benefits Based on Evidence Rebutting the Presumption that Mother's Husband was Actually the Children's Father

Eighth Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of Statute Removing Right to Carry a Gun from Persons Convicted of Domestic-Violence Misdemeanours

Tennessee Supreme Court, Partially Rejecting Strict Liability, Overturns Eviction of Public Housing Tenant Whose Guest Possessed Drugs Without Tenant’s Knowledge

New York Court Requires No Documentary Evidence to Sustain Claim of Good Cause for Missing Work Requirement

In Determining Grandchild’s Grant, California Agrees to Stop Considering Child Support Grandparent Receives

In Economic Assistance and Health Care Programs, Minnesota Agrees to Improve Language Help to Persons with Limited English

Suit Challenges Regulations Implementing California Fingerprint Requirement for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Food Stamps

Tenants Sue to Prevent Loss of Federally Subsidized Housing Complex in Denver

African-American Voters Contend That Georgia’s “Hodgepodge” Voting System Results in Substantial Error Rates and Is Unconstitutional

Class Action Suit Against Florida Election Officials Alleges That Unequal Voting Practices Are Unconstitutional

New York City Agency Agrees to Give Timely and Adequate Notice Before Discontinuing Child Care Services to Recipients

African American Voters in Chicago Challenge Constitutionality of Illinois’s Punch-Card Voting System

Medicaid Beneficiaries Unable to Find Dentists Seek Order for State to Ensure Availability of Dental Services

Supreme Court Finds District Court Decision Final and Thus Appealable Under Arbitration Act

Class Action Against Managed Care Organization Alleges that Failure to Give Adequate Notice of Service Denials to Enrollees Violates the Medicaid Act

Parties Settle Challenge to City’s Denial of Business Permit for Counseling Center for People with Psychiatric Disabilities

Disabled Class Sues Housing Authority for Closing Waiting Lists to People with Disabilities

Housing Provider Agrees to Develop and Implement Nondiscriminatory Housing Policies for Disabled Tenants

Court Enjoins Social Services Agency from Implementing “Emergency” Regulations Denying Services to Disabled Homeless People

California’s Notice Regulations for Managed Care Program Comply with Federal and Constitutional Law

Administrative Law Judge Holds That Car May Be a “Home” for County’s Determination of Disability Support Services Eligibility

Medi-Cal Claimant Is Entitled to Deduction for Arrearage Payments That Social Security Administration Withholds for Child Support

Sixth Circuit: Inmates Have Liberty Interest in Avoiding Placement in a Supermax Prison; Court Could Order Modification of Procedures Governing That Placement, But Not of Substantive Prison Regulations

Retail and Warehouse Workers Sue New Jersey Employers for Wage Violations and Discrimination

Class Action Alleges that County Agency Discriminates Against Disabled Persons in Administration of Food Stamp Program

Immigrant Construction Workers Allege Federal and New York State Wage Law Violations

Court Awards Divorced Husband Marital Residence Modified to Accommodate His Disability

Welfare Department May Not Deny Medical Transportation Expenses Without Applying Standards on Ability to Pay

Court Finds That HMO’s Failure to Disclose Physician Financial Incentives Does Not Violate Its Fiduciary Duty Under ERISA

Ninth Circuit Affirms Attorney Fee Award to Law School Clinic Against Creditor Who Sought to Have Debt Declared Nondischargeable

Seventh Circuit Disallows Action to Rescind Debt Reaffirmation Agreement That Was Not Filed as Bankruptcy Code Required

Fifth Circuit Dismisses as Moot Plaintiffs’ Appeal of Denial of Preliminary Injunction to Stop Demolition

Second Circuit Holds Employer’s Control Over Work, Not Treatment of Employee for Tax Purposes, Determines Employment Relationship Under Title VII

Plaintiff Class Challenges Public Housing Authority’s Failure to Apply Welfare-to-Work Income Exclusions in Calculating Rent Levels

Iowa Agency Appeals Court Ruling That Funds from Minor’s Tort Claim Settlement Were Not Accessible for Food Stamp Eligibility Purposes

District Court Orders Reinstatement of Autistic Child and Reasonable Modifications to Accommodate His Disability in After-School Program

Court Finds That State Agency Improperly Assessed Share of Cost to Residents of Licensed Community Care Facility

Welfare Department Agrees to Reimburse Client for Supportive Service Costs Incurred for Self-Initiated Training Program