5th Circuit: Substantial Evidence Supports Board of Immigration Appeals Decision in Favor of Removal

Medicaid, but Not Eleventh Amendment Bars Medicaid Recipients’ Claim to Tobacco Settlement “Overage”, Ninth Circuit Rules

Applicant Need Not Perform Services in Same Quarter as When Receiving Income to Meet Earnings Requirement for Benefits

Preliminary Injunction Against DHHS Seeks to Enjoin Federal Approval of State Prescription Drug Program

Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Legality of Project Labor Agreement for Public Works Project

Restaurant Employer’s Tip-Sharing Arrangement Is Illegal Under Fair Labor Standards Act

Mobile Home Park Owners Agree to Pay Plaintiffs $190,000 and Refrain from Familial-Status Discrimination

West Virginia Ordered to Accord TANF Recipients Due Process Before Terminating Assistance Limited to Five Years

To Settle Redlining Case, Chicago Bank Offers $10 Million in Special Financing to Borrowers in Minority Neighborhoods

7th Circuit: Widow of Black Lung Claimant Entitled to Survivors Benefits

7th Circuit: ALJ's Delayed Decision to Award Black Lung Benefits to Claimant's Widow Did Not Violate Employer's Due Process Rights

Failure to Stay Termination Order Pending Appeal Makes Appeal Moot When Minors Are Adopted

Evidence That “Estate Recovery” Policies Were “Regulations” Subject to Administrative Procedure Act Is Sufficient to Reverse Summary Judgment

Pilot Project Requiring Home Visits as Condition of Eligibility for Public Benefits Does Not Violate State or Federal Law

Social Security Administration Must Follow Notice and Comment Procedures Before Changing Policy on Issuing Social Security Numbers for Nonwork Purposes

California Appellate Court Finds Grandmother's Due Process Rights Violated Where Court Did Not Give Her Notice and Opportunity to be Heard Prior to Appointing a Guardian Ad Litem

Ninth Circuit Finds No Private Right of Action to Enforce Indian Hiring Preferences Under Federal Grants to Indian Organizations

Assignments Made Under Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefits Act After October 1, 1993, Are Valid, U.S. Supreme Court Says

Noncustodial Parent May Access Her Child’s Educational Records Under IDEA, Says Second Circuit

Courts May Not Craft Exceptions to Rule of Finality of VA Decisions, Federal Circuit Says

Tenants Seek to Enjoin Order to Vacate and Ask Court to Enforce Code Violation Remedies Against Landlords, Not Tenants

Section 8 Tenant Appeals Ruling Limiting Rent Abatement to Month When Landlord Claimed Nonpayment

Under Adoption and Safe Families Act, “Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement” May Include Long-Term Foster Care Only If State Documents Compelling Reason For It

Third Circuit Denies Park Rangers Summary Judgment in Mexican Farmworkers’ Racial Profiling Case

Immigrant Applicants for State Medical Assistance Challenge Connecticut’s Deeming of Sponsor’s Income and Assets

Termination Notice Listing Three Disruptive Events Over Five Years Sufficiently Stated Claim for Nuisance

Federal Circuit Rules That Effective Date of Regulation Creating Presumption of Service Connection Is Date of Publication in Federal Register

6th Circuit: “Swing” and Observation Hospital Beds Should Be Counted as “Available Beds” to Qualify Hospitals for Supplemental “Disproportionate Share” Medicare Payments

Child’s Bond With Sister Did Not Warrant Use of California’s “Sibling Relationship” Exception to Prevent Termination of Parental Rights

Parents Win Partial Preliminary Injunction in Challenge to Alabama’s Child Support Distribution

Arizona Department of Economic Security Agrees to Send Custodial Parents Detailed Notices of Collection, Distribution, and Disbursement of Child Support Payments

3rd Circuit: Violation of Veteran’s Rights Under Antiassignment Statute Is Enforceable Against State Prison Officials Pursuant to Section 1983

Seventh Circuit Holds That Jail’s Lack of Legal Resources Did Not Deprive Prisoner of Constitutionally Guaranteed Access to Courts

Trial Court Properly Denied Award of Private Attorney General Fees Under California Statute in Grandparent Visitation Dispute

Juvenile Court’s Failure to Comply With Notice Provisions of Indian Child Welfare Act Is Not Jurisdictional Error