9th Circuit: Employee is Bound by Employment Contract to Address Grievances in Arbitration Before Filing Discrimination Suit in Federal Court

7th Circuit: ALJ's Decision to Award Black Lung Benefits is Rational, and Supported by Substantial Evidence.

ALJ Properly Weighed Vocational Expert's Testimony

10th Circuit: State Day Care Licensing Agency Has 11th Amendment Immunity in Shaken Baby Death Due Process Claims Against Home Day Care Facility

State Has No Constitutional Obligation to Provide Rescue Services

ALJ Properly Applied Interim Presumption in Awarding Black Lung Benefits and Correctly Set Attorney Fee at $200 Hourly Rate

Complaint Alleges That CitiGroup Subsidiary Engaged in Unfair and Deceptive Credit Lending Practices

Fifth Circuit Upholds BIA Finding in Asylum Case That Persecution Arose from Local Economic Conflict

Veterans Court Lacked Jurisdiction Over Claim of "Clear and Unmistakable Error" First Raised on Appeal

Agricultural Workers Have Standing to Bring RICO Claim Against Growers for Conspiring to Keep Their Wages Low

Students Lack Standing to Challenge School District Policy of Taking Race and Gender into Consideration in Magnet School Admissions Lottery

Blind and Disabled Persons Who Were Categorically Excluded from Coverage Under Hawaiian Medical Assistance Program Are Entitled to Compensatory Damages

6th Circuit: ALJ's Decision to give Extra Weight to Opinion of Claimant's Treating Physician Was Inappropriate

6th Circuit Dismissed Employer's Claim for Reimbursement from Defunct State Intentional Tort Fund for Failure to Show State or Federal Constitutional Violation

8th Circuit: Segregating Inmate Due to His Prior Violent Conduct Did Not Violate Equal Protection

Kansas State Officials Are Not Immune from Suit Challenging State’s School Financing Scheme

Second Circuit Affirms Order Enjoining New York City from Dispersing Homeless Persons Sleeping on Church Steps

Tenant Presented Sufficient Evidence to Support Jury’s Finding of Familial-Status Discrimination

ALJ Failed to Articulate Adequately Reasons for Denying Child SSI Benefits, Necessitating Remand

Medicaid Recipient Entitled to Reimbursement for Personal Care Attendant Services Provided by Her Daughter

Unemployment Compensation Claimant Fired for Off-the-Job Drug Use Is Not Ineligible for Benefits Based on Misconduct

Legal Immigrants Challenge Restrictive Criteria That Exclude Them from Eligibility for State-Funded Food Assistance

Missouri Department of Social Services Not Entitled to Immunity from Suit Brought to Enforce Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act

Immigrants Seek Enforcement of California Law Allowing Individuals Without Social Security Numbers to Obtain Drivers’ Licenses

Employer Entitled to Summary Judgment Where Plaintiff Failed to Show That He Was Better Qualified Than Other Employees for Promotions That He Did Not Get