5th Circuit: Judge's Failure to Explain sec. 212(c) Relief Under Immigration and Nationality Act at Alien's Removal Hearing Did Not Violate Due Process

Delaware Family Courts Must Determine Case-by-Case Whether Indigent Parents in Dependency and Neglect Proceedings Have Right to Appointed Counsel

Mobile Home Park Owner Agrees Not to Discriminate Based on National Origin

Persons with Disabilities Sue Massachusetts Transportation Authority for ADA and Rehabilitation Act Violations

Persons with Disabilities Challenge Georgia's Failure to Provide Long-Term Health Care Services in Their Homes and Communities

Former Domestic Partner Must Pay Child Support to Biological Mother of Their Children Conceived Through Artificial Insemination

Federal Law, Preempting California Law, Prohibits School District from Disclosing Student Expulsion Records to Public upon Request

Court-Ordered Attorney Fees Are Dischargeable If Obligation Adversely Affects Custodial Parent's Ability to Support Child, Tenth Circuit Rules

Complaint Alleges That Sections of Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act Amount to Wealth Discrimination Violating Equal Protection Guarantee

Seventh Circuit Grants Stay of Removal Pending Review Based on Threat of Genital Mutilation to Petitioner’s Daughter

Ninth Circuit Revises Burden of Proof for Reopening Removal Proceeding Based on Lack of Notice

INS Judge Violated Due Process by Not Allowing Immigrants to Present Testimony to Support Their Application for Asylum

New Lease Extinquished Housing Authority's Right to Evict Public Housing Tenants for Breach of Prior Lease

California Agency Is Sued for Failure to Place Foster Children for Adoption Promptly

Court Approves Settlement in Ninth Circuit Immigrants’ Challenge to Numerical Cap and “Stop-Time Rule” in Suspensions of Deportation

California City Agrees to Revise Its Housing Element to Comply with State Planning and Zoning Law

Former Employee Claims That Employer’s Mandatory Termination Policy Following Fifteen Months of Medical Leave Violates ADA

Laid-Off Immigrant Workers Charge Language Discrimination in Work-Force Development Services

Nonoffending Parent in Abuse and Neglect Proceedings May Not Be Required by Juvenile Court to Attend Parenting Classes

Medicaid Recipients Not Entitled to Tobacco Settlement Funds Because Funds Were Not Collected Under Assignment from Recipients, Third Circuit Holds

Termination of Tenancy Is Annulled Because Housing Authority Exploited Unrepresented Tenant’s Mental Incapacity

8th Circuit: Termination of Employee Based on Physician’s Written Advice Rather Than Employee’s Opinion Regarding Employee’s Ability to Perform Essential Job Function Was Justified under ADA

Father’s Section 1983 Constitutional Challenge in Federal Court to State Court’s Child Custody Decision Barred by Rooker-Feldman Doctrine

ERISA Does Not Preempt State Claims Alleging Doctor Denied Infertility Treatment Because of Patient's Sexual Orientation

8th Circuit: Use of Medical-Vocational Guidelines Proper Where Non-Exertional Impairments Did Not Diminish Applicant's Residual Functional Capacity

6th Circuit: Denial of Disability Benefits Proper When Applicant's Residual Functional Capacity Allows for Other Light Work

9th Circuit: After IIRIRA, Voluntary Departure Period Runs from Entry of Order, Not from Conclusion of Review

Party May Request Modification of Child Support Through Objection to Cost-of-Living Adjustment Under New York’s Family Court Act

Trial Court Analysis of Less Restritive Environment Mandate of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Was Flawed

As Prevailing Parties, Parents Entitled to Attorney Fees and Their Claim for Compensatory Education for Disabled Adult Son Was Not Moot under IDEA

Reading Requirement and New Salary Structure for New Janitor Position Did Make a Prima Facia Case of Title VII Retaliation or Disparate Impact Discrimination

California Rent Control Act Preempts Local Rent Control Ordinance

Agricultural Associations Allege that Labor Code Interferes with Growers' Constitutional Right to Negotiate and Voluntarily Enter into Contracts

California Appellate Court Upholds Injunction and Jury’s Damages Award Against Entity Purporting to Offer “Legal Aid”

Plaintiff Seeking to Establish Disability under California Fair Employment and Housing Act Must Show That Condition Limited His Ability to Participate in Major Life Activities

Child Was Entitled to an Evidentiary Hearing Before Dismissal of Dependency Petition

9th Cir: District Court Erred in Certificating Mandatory Class in Suit Challenging to Gas Stations’ Failure to Accommodate Disabled Persons

1st Cir: Bureau of Immigration Appeals’ Summary Affirmance of Immigration Judge’s Ruling Without Opinion Did Not Deny Alien’s Due Process Rights

8th Cir: Reinstatement of Prior Deportation Order, Without Hearing to Evaluate Sufficiency of That Order, Does Not Deny Alien Due Process