• King v. King

    Washington Supreme Court Finds No State Constitutional Right to Counsel for Mother Who Appeared Pro Se at Trial and Lost Custody of Children to Father Who Was Represented by Counsel

    by admin
    December 06, 2007
  • Bell v. Leavitt

    Parties Voluntarily Dismiss Class Action Challenging Citizen Documentation Requirements for Medicaid

    by admin
    May 07, 2007
  • Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N.A.

    Supreme Courts Holds Federal Law Preempts State Regulation of Mortgage Lending Activities of Operating Subisidiaries of National Banks

    by admin
    April 17, 2007
  • Asmo v. Keane, Inc.

    6th Circuit Holds That "Temporal Proximity" Of Firing and Pregnancy Is Sufficient To Show Nexus and Prima Facie Case Of Discrimination In Title VII Employment Discrimination Case

    by admin
    February 16, 2007
  • Bruner v. Timberlane Manor Limited Partnership

    Oklahoma Supreme Courts Holds That Federal Arbitration Act Does Not Apply To Nursing Home Admission Contract And Contract’s Arbitration Provision Is Unenforceable Under State Nursing Home Care Act

    by admin
    February 16, 2007
  • Chambers v. City and County of San Francisco

    Institutionalized, Disabled Medi-Cal Recipients Who Require Long-Term Care File Suit Alleging San Francisco Is Violating the ADA By Failing to Provide Community-Based Services

    by admin
    February 16, 2007
  • Parker v. Taylor

    Washington Court of Appeals Holds Landlord Must Store Evicted Tenant's Property In Secure Area

    by admin
    February 15, 2007
  • Action Alliance of Senior Citizens v. Leavitt

    District Court Holds That Where HHS Overpaid Part D Premiums, Its Own Regulations Require That It Must Issue Notice To Participants That They May Seek Waiver of Repayment; Preliminary Injunction Granted; Stayed on Appeal

    by admin
    February 13, 2007
  • Granda v. City of St. Louis

    Eighth Circuit Holds That Parent Incarcerated Due To Child’s Truancy Does Not Have Section 1983 Claim Because Decision Was A Judicial Decision, Not A Policy Decision Creating Municipal Liability

    by admin
    February 13, 2007
  • Amunrud v. Board of Appeals

    Washington Supreme Court Holds Suspension of Commercial Driver’s License For Failure To Pay Child Support Does Not Violate Procedural or Substantive Due Process Rights

    by admin
    February 13, 2007
  • Richlin Security Service Company v. Chertoff

    Federal Circuit Holds That The Equal Access to Justice Act Permits Reimbursement Only For Paralegals At Cost, Not Market Rate in Contractor Case Against INS

    by admin
    February 13, 2007
  • State ex rel. Gross v. Industrial Commission

    Ohio Supreme Court Holds That Termination For Workplace Misconduct Resulting in Injury Constitutes Voluntary Abandonment of Employment Barring Workers Compensation

    by admin
    February 13, 2007
  • Retail Industry Leaders Association v. Fielder

    4th Circuit Holds That Maryland Law Requiring Large Employers to Spend 8% of Total Payroll On Health Insurance Or Pay Shortfall to State Is Preempted by ERISA

    by admin
    February 09, 2007
  • GMAC Repossession Cases (Smith v. GMAC)

    Proposed Settlement Reached in Class Action Suits Alleging GMAC’s Post- Repossession Notices Violated California Law Requires GMAC To Erase Deficiency Balances, Refund Consumers and Creates a Settlement Fund

    by admin
    February 08, 2007
  • Austin v. Goodno

    Minnesota District Court Finds State Incorrectly Included Housing Subsidy As Income In Determining Eligibility for Welfare Benefits

    by janinefletcher
    February 01, 2007
  • Hackett v. Barnhart

    10th Circuit Holds That Equal Access To Justice Act Attorney Fees Should Be Awarded In Social Security Disability Benefits Case Because The Reasonable Litigation Stance by Government Did Not “Cure” The ALJ’s Unreasonable Decision

    by admin
    January 26, 2007
  • Ekloff v. Rodgers

    Consent Decree Entered in Federal District Court Requring Arizona Under Medicaid EPSDT to Provide Incontinence Briefs To More Classes of Disabled Children

    by admin
    January 25, 2007
  • Lee v. Spellings

    8th Circuit Holds Elimination of Statute of Limitations for Collecting Student-Loan Debt Does Not Violate Due Process In Suit Challenging Offset of Social Security Benefits

    by admin
    January 25, 2007
  • Pledger v. Public Utilities Commission

    Ohio Supreme Court Holds That Landlord Is Not A Public Utility When He Meters and Charges Tenants For City Supplied Water Use and Sewage

    by admin
    January 23, 2007
  • Madrid v. Barnhart

    10th Circuit Reverses ALJ Denial of SSA Disability Insurance Benefits to Applicant With Rheumatological Disorder Finding That ALJ Failed to Request Medical Records

    by admin
    January 23, 2007
  • Christianson v. Leavitt

    Suit Filed in Washington District Court Alleges Faith-Based Group Has Violated Establishment Clause By Using Federal Grant Monies To Fund Its “Bible-Based” Marriage Counseling Services And Expand Religious Programming

    by admin
    January 22, 2007
  • Simmonds v. New York City Department of Corrections

    Victims of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence by Co-Workers File Suit Alleging New York City Department of Corrections Sexually Discriminated Against Them in Violation of Title VII and State Law and Violated City Laws By Discriminating Against Sexual Assault Victims and Committing Gender-Motivated Violence

    by admin
    January 19, 2007
  • Mandy R. v. Owens

    10th Circuit Holds That Equal Access Provision of Medicaid Act Is Not Enforceable Under Section 1983 in Suit Brought By Developmentally Disabled and Health Providers Challenging Colorado Waiting List For Home and Community-Based Services

    by admin
    January 19, 2007
  • Washington Legal Foundation v. Leavitt

    District Court Denies Preliminary Injunction In Suit Alleging DHHS’ Policy Restricting Health Care Providers From Giving Information To Seniors and Disabled About Competing Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans Violates First Amendment Rights Finding It Unlikely Plaintiffs Will Establish Standing

    by admin
    January 19, 2007
  • Lankford v. Sherman

    8th Circuit Holds That Medicaid DME Requirements Are Not Enforceable Under Section 1983 But That Missouri’s Regulations Limiting DME Eligibility Are Preempted By Medicaid Act’s “Reasonable Standards” Requirement; Vacates District Court’s Denial of Preliminary Injunction

    by admin
    January 19, 2007
  • Gamez v. Industrial Commission

    Arizona Court of Appeals Upholds Denial of Worker’s Compensation Based On Conflicting Medical Evidence; Concurring Opinion Would Deny Benefits Because Undocumented Worker Not an “Employee”

    by admin
    January 19, 2007
  • Arnold v. Martin

    10th Circuit Holds That In Section 1983 Suit, Georgia Former TANF Recipient Does Not Have Standing To Seek Prospective Injunctive Relief For Child Support Payments

    by admin
    January 19, 2007
  • Dark v. Curry County

    9th Circuit Overturns Summary Judgment in ADA Suit Holding Oregon County Should Have Considered Reasonable Accomodation Of Reassignment to Job That Would Likely Become Available Soon

    by admin
    January 18, 2007
  • Johnson v. City of Detroit

    6th Circuit Holds Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act and Housing Act Do Not Create Individual Rights Enforceable Under Section 1983

    by admin
    January 18, 2007
  • Brancatelli v. Berns

    Arizona District Court Approves Settlement Requiring State Agency to Process Food Stamp Applications Within Time Frames Set Forth in Food Stamp Act

    by admin
    January 18, 2007
  • Hill v. Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc.

    Federal District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Suit Charging Hospital’s Practice Of Billing Uninsured At Higher Rates Violates Illinois Consumer Fraud Act and Is Unconscionable

    by admin
    January 09, 2007
  • Cerrillo v. Esparza

    Washington State Minimum Wage Law Provision Exempting Haulers of Agricultural Commodities From Overtime Wage Requirements Applies To Non-Farmer-Owned Truck Companies

    by admin
    January 09, 2007
  • Retail Industry Leaders Association v. Suffolk County

    Retailers File Suit Alleging New York County Law Requiring Large Grocery Retailers - Unless Unionized - To Spend Specific Amount On Employee Health Care Violates ERISA, Equal Protection Rights and State Law

    by admin
    January 05, 2007
  • Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company v. White

    Supreme Court Holds That Title VII Anti-Retaliation Provision Applies to Actions That Are “Materially Adverse To A Reasonable Employee or Applicant” and That “Could Well Dissuade A Reasonable Worker” From Making A Charge of Discrimination

    by admin
    January 05, 2007
  • Carter v. Walley

    Joint Stipulation in Food Stamp Act Suit Declares Disabled Woman And Son Living With Her Mother Are A Separate Household

    by admin
    December 30, 2006
  • Mendoza v. Neely

    Tennessee Court Finds That Where Agency Knows Claimant Has Limited English Proficiency, It Must Send Notice Of Denial of Unemployment Benefits and Right to Appeal in Claimant’s Native Language

    by admin
    December 26, 2006
  • Project Vote v. Blackwell

    Federal District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction in Suit Alleging Ohio Voter Registration Law Violates First Amendment Rights of Voter Registration Workers and National Voter Registration Act; Court To Rule on Motion to Dismiss

    by admin
    December 22, 2006
  • Harkless v. Blackwell

    Public Assistance Recipients Allege Ohio’s Failure To Implement A Voter Registration Program Through Public Assistance Offices Violates National Voter Registration Act; Motions to Dismiss Filed

    by admin
    December 21, 2006
  • Boyle v. Arnold-Williams

    Proposed Settlement Agreement in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program Case Would Require Washington State to Provide Annual Individual Assessments, Choice, Prompt Delivery of Services and Timely Notice

    by admin
    December 20, 2006
  • OneSimpleLoan v. United States Secretary of Education

    Congressional Representatives File Second Circuit Amici Brief Arguing Presidential Signing of Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 Version Not Agreed To By House, Which Includes Changes In Medicare Payments for Medical Durable Equipment, Violates Constitution

    by admin
    December 08, 2006
  • Kaplan v. Chertoff

    Elderly and Disabled Humanitarian Immigrants Seek Injunction in Class Action Alleging Automatic Termination of SSI Benefits Due to Failure to Gain Citizenship Violates Due Process and Equal Protection Rights

    by admin
    December 07, 2006