Consent Decree Prohibits Florida Apartment Complex from Denying Housing Opportunities to Applicants Based on Race, Color, or Familial Status

Parties Settle Action Challenging Condominium Association’s Failure to Permit Resident to Install Wheelchair Ramp at Premises Main Entry

States May Create Medicaid Home and Community Care Waiver Programs With Less Than 200 Slots

Prisoners Placed in Segregated Confinement for Nondisciplinary Reasons Are Entitled to Regulatory Protections Established by Prior Court Order

Ordinances Prohibiting California Banks from Charging ATM Fees to Nondepositors Are Preempted by Federal Law

Housing Authority Agrees to Cease Terminating Housing Assistance Payment Contracts Where Section 8 Landlord Fails to Comply with Housing Quality Standards

Pursuit of Bachelor’s Degree Not an Acceptable Work Activity, Says Nebraska Supreme Court

California Law Requires Section 8 Landlord to Give 90-Day Notice Before Terminating Tenancy Without Cause

Mother Entitled to Bonding Relationship Hearing Prior to Termination of Parental Rights

5th Circuit: Retroactive Application of Illegal Immigration and Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act amendment sec. 212(d)(11)Is Not Unconstitutional

9th Circuit had Jurisdiction to Review Non-Final District Court's Denial of State's Claim to Eleventh Amendment Immunity against ADA claim

9th Circuit: Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act sec. 440(d), Barring INA sec. 212(c) Discretionary Relief to Deportable but not Excludable Aliens, Violates Equal Protection Clause

8th Circuit: Taxpayers Lack Standing Under the Equal Protection Clause to Challenge State Expenditures to Benefit Battered Women

8th Circuit Remanded Decision for Development of Record on Whether Claimant's Drug Addiction Materially Contributes to her Disability

California Lacked Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order from Another State Because Military Parent Stationed in California Did Not “Reside” There

9th Circuit Held that Parents Need Not Exhaust State's Compliance Resolution Procedure Before suit to Enforce IDEA Rights

5th Circuit found that Applicant With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) was not Disabled.

8th Circuit: Petition for Attorney Fees Not Filed Within 30 days of Final Judgment was Untimely

8th Circuit held that Restrictions on Inmate's Right to Communicate with Jail House Lawyers Violate First Amendment

7th Circuit Held that Agency Did Not Violate Due Process in Placing Native American Children in the Home of Child Abusive Foster Parents.

Trusts With Limited Power of Appointment Not Available Resources In Calculating Medicaid Eligibility

Seventh Circuit Finds Eleventh Amendment Does Not Bar Title VII Suit Against State University

Eleventh Circuit Holds That Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act Warranty Claim Can Be Subject To Binding Arbitration Agreement

Parental Rights Improperly Terminated Where State Failed to Adequately Search For Father's Whereabouts

Survivor Benefits Awarded Where Coal Miner Died From Moderately Severe Black Lung Disease

School District Liable for Special Education Costs of Student Whose Parents Reside Out of State

Ninth Circuit Upholds Department of Commerce Decision To Not Use Census Sampling For Redistricting Purposes

Failure to Provide Notice in Termination of Parental Rights Action Violates Due Process

Compensation Awarded For Work-Hours Lost During Pursuit of a Grievance Does Not Count As "Hours of Service" Under Family and Medical Leave Act

Parent May Seek Reimbursement For Time Spent Providing Early Intervention Services Under IDEA

California Must Comply with Previous Order to Reimburse Medicaid Recipients for Out-of-Pocket Expenses Incurred During Retroactivity Period

Web Sites Are Not Public Accommodation Under Americans With Disabilities Act

Failure To Allow Persons With Multiple Residencies To Vote In Local Elections In Each Community Does Not Violate Equal Protection

Heightened Standard for Stay of Deportation Is Inapplicable Where Alien Seeks Only Temporary Stay and Not Permanent Injunction

Growers Liable for Failure to Reimburse Farm Workers for Costs of Transportation, Visa, and Immigration Expenses

Juvenile Court Not Required to Appoint Guardian Ad Litem, in Addition to Appointed Counsel, to Represent Minor in Dependency Proceeding

Arizona May Not Refuse to Fund Medically Necessary Abortions for Pregnant Women Suffering from Serious Illness

Taxpayer Alleges Mississippi Fails to Enforce Child Support Obligations Effectively, Resulting in Loss of Millions Due to the State

Missouri Social Services Department Is Enjoined from Eliminating Medicaid Adult Dental Care Through Emergency Rule

Ninth Circuit Affirms Class Certification, Preliminary Injunction in Challenge to Implementation of Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Sovereign Immunity Bars Inmate’s ADA Title II Claim

Missouri Must Provide Temporary Medical Assistance to Persons Losing Medicaid After Implementation of Lower Eligibility Limit

Eleventh Amendment Does Not Bar Medicaid Recipients from Seeking Prospective Injunctive Relief Against Massachusetts State Officials

Americans With Disabilities Act's Reasonable Accommodation Rule Does Not Require Employers to Create Permanent New Positions for Injured Workers