District Court Has Jurisdiction to Review Denial of Application for Naturalization When Removal Proceeding Is Pending But Scope of Review Is Limited

Claimant Entitled to Immediate Disability Benefits Where ALJ Improperly Discredited Pain Testimony and the Treating Physicians Opinion.

Conviction for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Is Not a “Crime of Violence” That May Subject a Resident Alien to Deportation

Washington Appellate Court Reverses Custody Modification and Contempt Order Against Unrepresented Mother But Declines to Appoint Counsel in Modification Proceeding

California Court Dismisses Employer’s Slander Complaint Against Picketing Unpaid Day Laborers

Florida Law Requiring Social Security Number on Workers’ Compensation Benefit Application Violates Federal Privacy Act

Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court Awards Benefits to Undocumented Employee

Recipients of Missouri’s Blind Pension Allege That State Officials Withheld and Diverted Pension Funds

Employee’s Alien Status Is Irrelevant in Context of New York Lost-Earnings Case

Retired Federal Judge’s Son Appeals Appointment of Father’s Corporate Guardian Placement in Facility

Petitioners Ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to Declare That Impoverished Defendants in Civil Suits Have Right to Appointed Counsel

Custodial Parents Do Not Have an Enforceable Right Under Federal Law to Challenge Arkansas Officials’ Failure to Distribute Child Support in Compliance with Title IV-D

Juvenile Court May Award Retroactive Support to Adult Children If Parentage Action Was Filed Before Child’s 23d Birthday, Ohio Supreme Court Finds

Suit Alleging that Hospital Charges Uninsured Patients Higher Fees May Proceed

Claiming Violations of Nursing Home Reform Act and Administrative Procedure Act, Nursing Home Residents Challenge HHS Regulations That Allow “Feeding Assistants”

Economic Development Is Sufficient "Public Use" Under Fifth Amendment to Justify Eminent Domain, U.S. Supreme Court Rules

Rochester Housing Authority Agrees to Adopt Section 8 Policies Reasonably Accommodating Recovered Substance Abusers with Criminal Records

Low-Income Homeowners Sue Finance Company for Charging Exorbitantly Priced Mortgage Loans Violating Federal Lending and Home Ownership Laws

Minors’ Interceptive Orthodontic Treatment Is Covered by Medicaid’s EPSDT Program

Section 8 Certificate Holder Seeks to Prevent San Antonio Housing Authority from Terminating Her Housing Voucher Without Giving Her Adequate Notice

Class Certified in Suit Against Illinois Department of Public Aid for Denying Wheelchairs to Disabled Nursing Home Residents

CalWORKs Recipient Seeks Writ Mandating that Social Services Department Create Accurate Hearing Records and Evaluate Rehearing Requests Case by Case

Debtors Challenge Law Firm’s Request for Excessive Fee Awards in Default Collection Cases

For Supplemental Security Income Benefits to Be Suspended Under “Fleeing Felon” Statute, Felon Must Flee with Intent to Avoid Prosecution, Second Circuit Says

Juvenile Court’s Jurisdiction to Maintain Indefinite Driver’s License Suspensions Ends When Offender Turns 21

Children Have Constitutional Right to Counsel in Deprivation Proceedings

Colorado Ordered to Address Problems Resulting from New Computer System That Improperly Delays, Reduces, or Terminates Benefits

Undocumented Laborer’s Tort Recovery for Lost Earnings Is Limited to Wages Plaintiff Could Have Earned in His Home Country

Immigration Reform and Control Act Preempts State Tort Recovery for Lost Earnings Based on Undocumented Employee’s Potential U.S. Earnings

Tenant Has No Private Right of Action Against Landlord Under HUD Regulations

U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review to Determine Whether State Courts or Arbitrators Determine Contract's Legality Before Arbitration

Medicaid Beneficiaries Allege that Minnesota State Agency Violates Medicaid Act by Denying Services to Those Unable to Pay Copayment

Court-Involved Youth Charge that New York City and State Violate Their Rights to Education

Age Discrimination in Employment Act Authorizes Recovery in Disparate-Impact Cases Comparable to Griggs

Girls’ Basketball Coach Who Was Fired After He Complained About Unequal Access to Athletic Equipment and Funding Has a Private Right of Action to Sue Under Title IX

Expulsion Record Properly Expunged Where School Board Lacks Jurisdiction to Expel Student

Where Plaintiff Cannot Identify Paint Manufacturer Responsible for Harm, Wisconsin Supreme Court Extends “Risk Contribution” Theory of Liability to Lead Poisoning

Consent Decree Enjoins Indiana from Taking Child Support Payments of TANF Recipients Who No Longer Receive Cash Benefits

Alleging Abuse Under State Fraud Statutes, Elderly Widow Files Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim Against Daughter