Class Action Filed Alleging That St. Louis Voting Procedures Violate State Constitutional Provisions Guaranteeing the Right to Vote, And Have Disparate Impact on African-Americans

Lawsuit Over Delay in Processing Application against Immigration and Naturalization Service Became Moot Where INS Resolves Applications Shortly After Lawsuit Filed.

Ninth Circuit Upholds Ordinance Requiring Uniform Benefits for Domestic Partners of State Contract Holders, also Holding ERISA Preemption Can't be Argued Where Plaintiff's Loss is Hypothetical

Illinois Supreme Court Finds That Juvenile Court Properly Applied “Best Interest” Standard to Order Removal of Child from Foster Care Placement

Front Pay Awards in Title VII Cases Are Not Subject to the Damages Cap That 42 U.S.C. § 1981a(b)(3) Imposes

Second Circuit Holds That Juvenile May Bring False Imprisonment Claim Under Section 1983 Because He Lacks Habeas Corpus Remedy

Nebraska May Not Impose Family Cap on Families Headed by a Disabled Adult

Ohio Court Awards Unemployment Compensation Benefits to Worker Whose Medical Condition Precludes Full-time Employment

Default Eviction Judgment Vacated Where Housing Authority Misrepresented Amount of Unpaid Rent and Tenant Paid Rent Arrears

Foster Children Sue Florida for Indifference to Their Well-Being and for Race Discrimination

Court Finds Hourly Rate Paid to Assigned Counsel in New York Inadequate, Orders $90 Per Hour

Seventh Circuit Concludes That School Rule Prohibiting “Ganglike Activity” and Specifying Covered Conduct Is Constitutional

AmeriCorps Stipend Is Not Income Under Nebraska’s Welfare Reform Act

Landlord Has Valid Cause of Action for Evicting Rent-Stabilized Tenant Who Charged Roommate Disproportionate Share of Rent

Citing Anticohabitation Statute, North Dakota Supreme Court Finds No Housing Discrimination in Landlords’ Refusal to Rent to Unmarried Couple

Class Action Against Tenant Information Service Alleges That Reports Sold to Landlords Contain False, Confidential, and Misleading Information

Massachusetts Court Rejects Equal Protection Challenge to Six-Month Residency Requirement for State’s Alien Cash Assistance Program

Native American Farmers Sue Department of Agriculture for Discrimination in Farm Credit Programs

Hispanic American Farmers Sue Department of Agriculture for Discrimination in Farm Credit Programs

Fifth Circuit Holds That State Supreme Court’s Indigence and Solicitation Restrictions Placed on Law School Clinics Did Not Violate Free Speech

Issue of Giving Untimely Assistance and Accommodation to Mentally Disabled Persons Is Not Moot

Tenants Seek to Enforce “Sunshine Law” Right to Attend Housing Authority and City Commission Meetings

Ban on Social Security Disability Benefits for Alcoholism-Related Disability Applies to Applications Pending on Prohibition’s Effective Date

Aliens Subject to Deportation Based on Criminal Convictions May Seek Habeas Corpus Relief in Federal Courts

Tenant Organizations Challenge Amendments to New York Rent Stabilization Regulations

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Class Certification of Plaintiffs Who Obtained Federal Housing Administration Mortgage Loans with “Yield Spread Premiums” for Brokers

Supreme Court Holds That Administrative Ruling Not Subject to Deference Under Chevron May Claim Respect According to Its Persuasiveness

Excluding Medically Necessary Abortions from Medicaid Coverage Does Not Violate Privacy Right in Florida Constitution

Medicaid-Eligible Patient Denied Readmission to Nursing Facility Is Third-Party Beneficiary of Contract Between Provider and State

Ninth Circuit Holds That State Has Eleventh Amendment Immunity from Suit Brought Under Title V of Americans with Disabilities Act