• Tennessee Ass'n of HMOs, Inc. v. Grier

    Sixth Circuit Binds Managed Care Organizations, Hospitals, and Pharmacies to Consent Decree Governing TennCare Notice and Appeal Procedures

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    April 09, 2002
  • Mays v. Buckeye Rural Electric Coop.

    Sixth Circuit Holds That Cooperative Electric Company, as Provider of “Incidental Credit,” Is Exempt from Equal Credit Opportunity Act Regulations

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    April 09, 2002
  • Benjamin v. Fraser

    Second Circuit Holds Actual Injury isn't Required for a Claim that Prison Procedures Denied Pretrial Detainee Adequate Access to Counsel

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    January 14, 2002
  • Butler v. Car Discount City II

    Suit Against Auto Retailers Alleges Unfair and Deceptive Conduct and Various Statutory Violations for Selling Car Without Documentation

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    January 14, 2002
  • O'Connor v. Maynard

    Court Reduces Rent by Twenty Percent for Gas Leak and Refrigerator Problems

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    January 14, 2002
  • In re S.W.

    Though Children's Father Used Same Mailing Address While Receiving Unemployment Compensation, Food Stamp Recipient is not Found to have Violated Program

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    January 14, 2002
  • Espinoza v. Heinzman

    Suit Alleges Employers made Misrepresentations and Underpaid Workers in Violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Agricultural Worker Protection Act

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    January 11, 2002
  • McGhee v. City of New York

    City Sued for Discrimination Against Employee by Failing to Act on Sexual Harassment Claim

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    January 11, 2002
  • Killett-Williams v. Giuliani

    Plaintiffs Allege That New York City Mayor Failed to Implement Transitional Jobs Program

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    December 03, 2001
  • Huggins v. Pataki

    Plaintiff Opposes Dismissal of Challenge to New York Garnishment Law Requiring Banks to Freeze Accounts with Exempt Funds

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    December 03, 2001
  • Dep't of Public Aid v. Rivera

    Social Security Act Forbids Subjecting Supplemental Security Income Benefits to Child Support Orders

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    December 03, 2001
  • Bustamante v. Massanari

    Ninth Circuit Holds That Administrative Law Judge Must Complete Five-Step Disability Analysis Before Considering Whether Alcoholism Is Material Contributing Factor

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    December 03, 2001
  • Cronin v. O'Leary

    Lifetime Mandatory Disqualification, Based on Criminal Record, from Employment with Social Service Agencies Violates Procedural Due Process

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    December 03, 2001
  • Burns v. Burns

    Immigrant Spouse Has an Enforceable Claim for Spousal Support Against Sponsor-Spouse Under 8 U.S.C. § 1183a

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    December 03, 2001
  • Monaco v. Schultz

    Court Awards Compensatory and Punitive Damages to Tenants for Landlord’s Failure to Provide Heat

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    December 03, 2001
  • Becker v. Becker

    Appellate Court Affirms Denial of Father’s Motion for Supervised Visitation

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    December 03, 2001
  • Grimes v. Kennedy Krieger Inst.

    Research Institute May Be Liable in Negligence for Breach of Duty to Juvenile Subjects in Nontherapeutic Research on Lead Abatement Procedures

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    December 03, 2001
  • Gray Panthers Project Fund v. Thompson

    Finding Clear and Convincing Evidence of HHS Secretary’s Bad Faith, Court Awards Medicare Beneficiaries $173,922 in Attorney Fees

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    December 03, 2001
  • Hughlett v. Romer-Sensky

    Class Action Alleges That Ohio Child Support Collection and Payment System Fails to Distribute Collected Support Timely and Accurately

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    December 03, 2001
  • In re K.W.

    Hearing Officer Finds Good Cause for Work Absence Despite Untimely Submission of Medical Verification Due to Treating Doctor’s Unavailability

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    December 03, 2001
  • Solis v. Saenz

    Recipients Claim California Must Pay Benefits from Effective, Not Implementation, Date of New Food Stamp Rule on Inaccessible Assets Date

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    December 03, 2001
  • Central Falls HEDCO Tenants Ass'n v. Ondis

    Subsidized Housing Tenants Seek Injunction Against Prepayment of Federally Insured Mortgages and Termination of Project-Based Section 8 Contracts

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    December 03, 2001
  • Ramos v. Ashcroft

    Applicants for Legal Residency Allege Chicago INS Unlawfully Accepts Defective Applications While Retaining Processing Fees and Initiating Deportation Proceedings

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    December 03, 2001
  • Sweat v. City of Fort Smith

    Eighth Circuit Holds That Due to Improper Class Certification, Civil Rights Damages Can't be Claimed Against City's Ordinance

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    November 26, 2001
  • E.F.W. v. St. Stephen's Indian High Sch.

    Tenth Circuit Holds That Tribal Authorities Retained Sovereign Immunity for Removal of Child Despite Agency's Creation by State Agreement

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    November 26, 2001
  • Fritz v. Principi

    Federal Circuit Allows Veteran to Claim Additional Attorney Fees Incurred in Defending Earlier Fee Award

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    November 20, 2001
  • P.H. v. Sch. Dist. of Kansas City

    Eighth Circuit Dismisses Action Against School District for Failing to Prevent Sexual Abuse by Teacher When it was Unaware of its Occurrence

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    November 20, 2001
  • Berger v. City of Mayfield Heights

    Sixth Circuit Holds Plaintiff Succeeding in Constitutional Challenge to City Ordinance was a Prevailing Party and Entitled to an Award of Fees

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    November 20, 2001
  • Weston v. Ameribank

    Sixth Circuit Upholds Finding that TILA Claim was Not Tolled With Class Action Because it Raised Different Issues, Leaving it Outside Statute of Limitations Period

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    November 20, 2001
  • Fields v. Option One Mortgage Corp.

    Eighth Circuit Bankruptcy Appeal Panel holds that Failure to Obtain a Stay of Foreclosure Sale Renders Appeal Moot

    by admin
    November 20, 2001
  • Harris v. Owens

    Tenth Circuit holds Medicaid Recipient's Claim for Share of Unused Tobacco Settlement Funds is Barred by Federal Statute

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    November 20, 2001
  • T.S. v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 54

    Tenth Circuit Holds Due Process Challenge to IEP Filed on Last Day of School was Moot Because Child had Graduated

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    November 20, 2001
  • Wilson v. Shumway

    Tenth Circuit Finds Federal Suit Against Forcible Medication Barred by Rooker-Feldman Doctrine that Lower Federal Courts may not Review State Decisions

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    November 20, 2001
  • Clay v. Johnson

    Seventh Circuit Holds Statement that Payments for Work Would Begin '30 Days From Completion' Complied with TILA

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    November 16, 2001
  • Davis v. Rennie

    First Circuit Affirms Jury Verdict Against Mental Hospital Workers for Unnecessarily Violent Physical Restraint

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    November 16, 2001
  • U.S. v. Gill

    Ninth Circuit Holds That Child Support Court Order was Correctly Enforced to Include Interest Under State Law, Despite Order's Silence on the Matter

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    November 16, 2001
  • Romeu v. Cohen

    Second Circuit Upholds State Law Extending the Right to Vote to Former Residents Outside the United States but not Those in U.S. Territories

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    November 16, 2001
  • Cleveland NAACP Branch v. City of Parma

    Sixth Circuit Holds NAACP has Standing to Bring Suit for Hiring Practices Despite Changes Made by City in the Intervening Time

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    November 15, 2001
  • California Teachers Ass'n v. State Bd. of Educ.

    Ninth Circuit Dismisses Constitutional Challenge to Proposition 227 Based on its Ambiguity as to the Amount of Non-English Spoken in Class Before Penalties Apply

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    November 15, 2001