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  • CA8: Presumption Against Preemption Applied to State Law Claim Against Generic Drug Manufacturer
  • D.N.J.: Republican National Committee Still Bound by Consent Decree Prohibiting Voter Suppression
  • C.A.2: Second Circuit Holds that Civil Rights Settlement Did Not Foreclose Fee Award
  • D.Ariz: Motion to Dismiss Medicare Collection Procedures Lawsuit Denied
  • N.D.Ga.: Summary Judgment Granted to Challenge of Reduction in EPSDT Nursing Services
  • CA9: State Underpayment to Foster Care Group Homes in Violation of the Child Welfare Act
  • W.D.Wis.: School District not Liable for Damages for Unconstitutional Desegregation Policy
  • CA9: Public Medical Clinics Have Third Party Beneficiary Claim Against Drug Manufacturers
  • CA9: No Standing for Challenge to Constitutionality of the PATRIOT Act
  • CA9: Qualified Immunity Denied for Taser Use by Police Officer
  • CA9: Racially Discriminatory Criminal Justice System Makes Felon Disenfranchisement Illegal
  • CA7: Mixed-Motive ADA Decision Reversed, Pursuant to Gross
  • C.A.D.C.: Conservative Appellate Panel Disregards Supremacy Clause in Habeas Corpus Ruling
  • E.D.Mich: Court Issues Stay on Challenge to Post-Eligibility Medicaid Calculations
  • E.D.Cal: Challenge to Unconstitutionality of State Dependency Court System Dismissed
  • CA1: Class Action Settlement for Transitioning into Community Upheld
  • CA9: Federal Education Law Preempts State Law Consumer Protection Claims
  • CA10: No Clearly Established Right to Arrive at Bush Event with “No More Blood for Oil” Bumper Sticker
  • S.D.Ind.: Title IV-E Confers Enforceable Rights Preventing Foster Care Rate Cuts
  • N.D.Cal.: Court Again Blocks State’s Attempt to Cut Adult Day Health Care for the Elderly and Disabled
  • CA10: Affirms Preemption of State Law Penalizing Businesses for Hiring Undocumented Workers
  • CA9: Appellate Court Continues to Enjoin State Budget Cuts that Violate Federal Medicaid Law
  • C.A.2: Dismisses Constitutional Challenge to Felon Disenfranchisement Law
  • C.A.9: Reverses Dismissal of Title IX Sex Discrimination Suit Against UC Davis
  • CA4: Rejects Retroactivity of State Law in Upholding Damages Against Insurers Who Refused to Pay Full Cost of Cancer Treatments
  • CA2: Invalidates SSA’s Practice of Revoking Benefits Based on Alleged Probation or Parole Violations
  • CA7: Addresses “Clear Evidence” Needed to Invoke Preemptive Force of FDA-Approved Drug Warnings
  • U.S.: Federal Rules of Procedure Allowing Class Certification Preempt State Law
  • C.A.5: Reinstates Jury Verdict for Disabled Flight Attendant
  • CA9: Presumption Against Preemption Applied to State Law Prohibiting Slaughter of Immobile Animals
  • N.D.Tex.: State Law Conditioning Residency On Local Determination of Immigration Status Preempted
  • U.S.: Supreme Court Reduces Chances for Enhanced Fees Awards for Public Interest Attorneys
  • CA7: En Banc Court Upholds Right of Protection & Advocacy System to Access Records
  • CA3: ADA Can Require Accommodation of Disabled Employee’s Work Commute Difficulties
  • Cal.App.: Presumption Against Preemption Applied on Behalf of State Elder Abuse and Tort Claims
  • U.S.: Supreme Court Holds Public Health Service Officials Immune to Bivens Actions
  • S.D.Ohio: District Court Declares Last Remnant of Expired School Integration Decree Unconstitutional
  • Minn. S.Ct.: Governor’s Attempt to Defund Food Assistance Illegal
  • U.S.: Necessary and Proper Clause Allows Post-Sentence Civil Confinement of Federal Prisoners
  • CA9: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Does Not Prevent 10% Reduction in School Year
  • U.S.: Rejects Conflation of Title VII Disparate Impact and Treatment Claims
  • CA9: Affirms Denial of California’s Motion to Terminate Receivership over Prison System
  • CA5: Creates Split in Circuits as to Whether Gross Applies to “All Suits Under Federal Law”
  • CA5: Reverses District Court’s Holding that Texas is Responsible for Secondary LEP Underperformance
  • U.S.: ERISA Does Not Generally Require Fee Claimant to be “Prevailing Party”
  • CA7: Seventh Circuit Reverses Denial of Recruitment of Counsel
  • U.S.: Challenge to Alleged Unconscionable Arbitration Agreement Not Specific Enough for Judicial Review
  • CA9: Arizona Disenfranchisement and Reenfranchisement Laws Upheld by Ret. Justice O’Connor
  • CA5: Majority of Unrecused Decide En Banc Court Lacks Quorum; Right to Appeal Denied
  • CA9: Attorneys’ Fees Are Warranted for On-Going Settlement Agreement Monitoring
  • U.S.: EAJA Attorneys’ Fees Subject to Offset for Client’s Pre-Existing Debt to Government
  • D.Mass: In Two Separate Opinions, District Court Holds Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
  • U.S.: Split Court Invalidates Hundreds of National Labor Relations Board Cases Due to Board Vacancy
  • U.S.: Court Affirms That Public Record Disclosure Law Applies to Referendum Petitions
  • C.A.D.C.: Attorneys’ Fees Amendment to Freedom of Information Act Does Not Apply Retroactively
  • C.A.9: State Court Lawsuits Enjoined in Contracting Dispute Between Union and NLRB
  • U.S.: Antidiscrimination Policy Prohibits Sexual Orientation Discrimination by Religious Student Group
  • D.Ariz.: Preliminary Injunction Halts Controversial Provisions in Arizona Immigration Law
  • C.A.2: Rejects Connecticut’s Challenge Involving the Unfunded Mandate Provision of NCLBA as Not Ripe
  • E.D.Va.: Rejects Federal Government’s Motion to Dismiss State Challenge to Health Care Reform Law
  • N.D.Cal.: State Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Violates Federal Due Process and Equal Protection
  • C.A.7: Categorical Bans on Firearm Possession Constitutional Under the Second Amendment
  • D.D.C.: Sovereign Immunity Bars Injunction Against Disparate Impact of Louisiana Reconstruction Grants
  • C.A.1: Next Friends can Represent Foster Children in Systemic Challenge to Foster Care Program
  • C.A.4: Federal Law Preempts New Local Ordinance Passed to Address Public Safety Concerns
  • C.A.4: Rejects Facial Challenge to Affirmative Action Program for State Funded Construction Projects
  • C.A.9: Holds that Preliminary Injunction on the Basis of “Serious Questions Going to Merits” Still Viable
  • C.A.7: In Split Opinion, Holds Iqbal Does Not Require Determination of Claim Believability or Likelihood
  • C.A.5: No Jurisdiction for Inmate Federal Tort Suit Over Hurricane Response; Bivens Claims Time-Barred
  • C.A.11: No freestanding right of action in ADA reg
  • C.A.6: No Change in Law to Warrant Vacating Injunctive Relief on Behalf of Developmentally Delayed
  • C.A.2: Congressional Appropriations Laws Barring Funds to ACORN Not Unconstitutional
  • C.A.9: State Law Claims for Medicare Benefits Dismissed as Preempted and For Want of Jurisdiction
  • C.A.6: Potential State Reimbursement Does Not Confer Sovereign Immunity on County Department
  • C.A.9: Bureau of Land Management Violated Environmental Protections with Proposed Regulations
  • C.A.9: Statutory Right to Foster Child Care Payments Enforceable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
  • N.D.Fla.: Motion to Dismiss Commerce and Spending Clause Challenges Denied in Second State Lawsuit Against Health Care Reform
  • C.A.3: Local Laws Regulating Immigration Through Housing and Business Ordinances Preempted
  • C.A.5: Collateral Order Appeal of Denial of Immunity and Preemption in Contractor Death Rejected
  • C.A.9: Federal Regulation Impermissibly Expanded Definition of “Highly Qualified” Teachers Under NCLB
  • C.A.5: Creates Circuit Split Holding Inaccessible Sidewalks Cannot be Privately Challenged Under ADA
  • C.A.9: No Private Right of Action to Enforce Consumer Protection Under the ICA
  • E.D.Va: Denies Dismissal of Case Seeking Voter Registration Application Records
  • Cal S.Ct.: Lower Tuition for Undocumented Aliens Not Preempted
  • CA9: Dissent re Interpretation of Scope of Sovereign Immunity
  • S.Ct.: County Liable for Prospective Relief Under § 1983 Only for Own Policies
  • C.A.5: Texas Coal Plant Required to Abide by Reinstated Applicability of Clean Air Act Emission  Standards
  • NY App: Medicaid Class Action Not Moot and Not Require Exhaustion
  • 6th Cir: Sovereign Immunity But No Qualified Immunity
  • 1st Cir: Plausibility is not Likelihood of Success
  • D.N.J. Broadly Applies ACA Definition of Medical Assistance
  • 6th Cir: Vacate Part But Not All of Medicaid Consent Decree
  • 9th Cir: Child Welfare Act enforceable under section 1983
  • E.D.Va: Minimum Coverage Provision of ACA Unconstitutional

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  • N.Y.: Workers can enforce Housing Act wage contract
  • Ninth Circuit Upholds San Francisco Health Care Plan
  • SCOTUS takes on prelim. injunction standard in Navy case
  • 3d. Cir. tightens class certification analysis
  • 3d Cir. defines receipt of federal funding under Rehab Act
  • 9th Cir. limits standing for Tenth Amendment claims
  • D.S.C.: Veteran may enforce no-billing rights under TRICARE
  • 4th Cir.: Federal commitment law violates Commerce Clause
  • 10th Cir.: Younger abstention inapplicable to Medicaid claim
  • SCOTUS: Title IX doesn’t preclude § 1983
  • SCOTUS overhauls qualified immunity procedure
  • N.D.Ill.: No class certification in sex bias case
  • D.D.C.: Nurses have standing under Medicare, but can’t force more staffing
  • 5th Cir.: No § 1983 rights re: public housing demolitions
  • S.D.Ohio: Rooker-Feldman doctrine misinterpreted to bar Medicaid claim
  • 2d Cir.: Contractual ban on class actions unenforceable
  • 9th Cir. limits preemption of airline injury suits
  • 5th Cir.: RLUIPA does not provide damages
  • 9th Cir.: ADEA precludes § 1983/14th Am. claims
  • 10th Cir. Occupational Heath & Safety Act does not preempt Oklahoma gun law
  • 3rd Cir.: No Section 1981 suit against state actors
  • W.D.Wis.: IDEA tuition award does conflict with Spending Clause
  • Supreme Court narrows standing in 5-4 environmental ruling
  • S.Ct. holds 6-3 tort suits based on drug labels not preempted by FDA approval
  • 7th Cir.: Change of ADA claim from HIV to AIDS violates pleading standard
  • 10th Cir. upholds fees in naturalization case
  • 9th Cir.: Appeals court can’t second-guess fees for mooted claims
  • Alaska S.Ct.: No estoppel defense from food stamp recoupment
  • S.Ct.: Hawaii case takes on “rights-creating verbs”
  • M.D.Pa.: § 1983 rights in Medicaid anti-lien/recoupment provisions; qualified immunity
  • S.Ct.: Union workers can be forced to arbitrate ADEA claims
  • Iowa/Mass.: Mixed results on FMLA immunity
  • 9th Cir.: Medi-Cal cuts create irreparable injury for hospitals
  • En banc 1st Cir. rejects fees in naturalization case
  • SCOTUS addresses stay standard in immigration case
  • SCOTUS: Harmful error can’t be presumed veterans’ cases
  • In “indecency” case, SCOTUS eases APA test for policy reversals
  • En banc 9th Cir. upholds abrogation of immunity under Govt. Employee Rights Act
  • 4th Cir.: EAJA fees go to claimants, not lawyers
  • SCOTUS: Pensions based on ’70s pregnancy discrimination are OK
  • SCOTUS tightens pleading standards
  • D.Haw.: Medicaid managed care provisions enforceable under § 1983
  • SCOTUS: States can’t bar jurisdiction over § 1983 claims in state court
  • 4th Cir.: State protection & advocacy agency cannot sue other state officials in federal court
  • 5th Cir.: No enforceable rights in Uniform Relocation Act provisions
  • SCOTUS: Due process required recusal in “judge for sale” case
  • NSCLC Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
  • Supreme Court Rejects Mixed Motive in Age Discrimination Case
  • S.Ct Upholds Private School Reimbursement under IDEA
  • S.Ct Rejects Challenge to Constitutionality of Voting Rights Act
  • CA4: Abandons prior standard in wake of Winter
  • CA9: Twombly/Iqbal applied to free speech pleading
  • CA8: Attorney fees denied following settlement
  • CA3: Absent formal procedure, conflict preemption denied
  • CA11: Allegations of foreign violence fail Twombly/Iqbal
  • CA3: Attorneys’ Fees awarded despite Nominal Damages Award
  • D.D.C.: Extends Gross beyond ADEA
  • CA7: The demise of notice pleading may be exaggerated
  • CA9: ADA Regulation Not Privately Enforceable
  • CA3: Standards of Pleading are not Standards of Proof
  • S.D.Ohio: Attorney’s Fees Awarded for Mandating Compliance with Law
  • CA3: Iqbal leads to rejection of Legal Conclusion in Complaint in First Amendment Case
  • D.Minn: New Law Does not Lower Qualified Immunity Standards
  • In the Wake of Gross
  • N.D.Ohio: Anti-Discrimination Consent Decree “No Longer a Necessity”
  • CA7: Gross Applies to “All Suits Under Federal Law”
  • N.D.Cal.: District Court Halts Reduction in Crucial Services for Elderly and Disabled
  • N.D.Cal.: Cuts to Optional Medicaid Services Allowed to Proceed
  • E.D.N.Y.: Lower Court Claims Second Circuit has not Adopted a Heightened Test for Injunctions
  • CA9: Ashcroft’s Unconstitutional Use of Federal Material Witness Statute is Plausible
  • CA10: No Private Right of Action for Trusts’ Exemption from Medicaid Calculation
  • CA3: Concurrence Argues that Gross May Apply to Race Discrimination Under § 1981
  • W.D.Wash.: Injunction Grants Anonymity to Signers of Petition Opposing Civil Rights Law
  • M.D.Tenn.: State’s Attempt to Vacate EPSDT Consent Decree Denied
  • C.D.Cal.: Police Raids on African-American Barbershops were Plausibly Unconstitutional
  • CA8: Qualified Immunity Denied for Prison Guard who Shackled Woman During Childbirth
  • N.D.Fla.: State Agency Cannot Prevent Federal Appeal of Medicaid Benefits Hearing Denial
  • CA9: Local Anti-Eviction Law for Subsidized Housing not Preempted by HUD Regulations
  • CA6: En Banc Rehearing Evenly Splits on Whether NCLB is Binding Absent Sufficient Federal Funds
  • CAD.C.: Private Contractor Liability Under State Law Preempted Wherever There are “Combat Activities”
  • CA9: Injunction Preventing Public Disclosure of Anti-Civil Rights Referendum Petitions Reversed
  • N.D.Cal.: District Court Enjoins Cut of Medicaid Services to Disabled and Elderly
  • N.D.Cal.: SSA Must Provide Blind and Visually-Impaired Beneficiaries Equal Communications Access
  • N.D.Iowa: Comprehensive Remedial Scheme in Statute Does Not Preclude § 1983 as Remedy
  • W.D.Tenn.: Over Objections of U.S., Court Modifies Remedial Order Because of Economic Downturn
  • CA5: Standing Granted to Sue Companies that Contribute to Global Warming
  • D.Puerto Rico: Older American Act Unenforceable Under § 1983
  • N.D.Ill.: District Court Terminates Chicago Public School System Desegregation Decree
  • S.D.Fla.: District Court Holds Mixed-Income Housing Development not Racially Discriminatory
  • CA9: Entering Circuit Split, Ninth Circuit Holds Rehabilitation Act Applies to Independent Contractors
  • CA5: Factors Offered in Immigration Profiling Stop Not Considered Plausible for Reasonable Suspicion

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  • E.D.Ky.: State MR facility operator not a state actor
  • 6th Cir.: States off hook for NCLB costs
  • Miss.App.: Nursing home can force arbitration
  • W.D.Mo.: Qualified immunity in Medicaid lien suit
  • S.Ct. narrows securities fraud right of action
  • 9th Cir.: Rehab Act education regs enforceable
  • 9th Cir. stays SF health plan preemption
  • 3d Cir: Interstate Compact not enforceable
  • Mo.App.: Medicaid recovery from spouse’s estate improper
  • N.D.Okla.: Limit on nursing home arbitration preempted
  • D.Me.: Medicaid not a “taking”
  • E.D.Mo.: Anti-immigrant law not preempted
  • D.Ariz.: Anti-immigrant law not preempted
  • 9th Cir.: No sovereign immunity for private entities
  • Cal.S.Ct.: Food label suits not preempted
  • S.D.Miss: No immunity for ADA prison suit
  • 7th Cir.: Medicaid info provisions not enforceable
  • Supreme Court decides three preemption cases
  • 9th Cir.: Ariz. must comply with English ed. judgment
  • S.Ct.: 4-4 affirmance in drug preemption case
  • E.D.N.Y.: Housing, inspection standards not enforceable
  • D.D.C.: Providers can’t force HHS to enforce Medicaid
  • N.D.Cal.: Ruling on ADA immunity, regulations, class cert.
  • E.D.N.Y.: Gun law too “vague, amorphous” for § 1983
  • N.C.Cal.: No standing, ripeness in Spending Clause/abortion case
  • DC Ct. App. rejects 3d party beneficiary claim
  • 2d Cir.: NY Passenger Bill of Rights preempted
  • S.Ct. takes restrictive view of arbitration review
  • N.D.Ga.: Waiver by removal in ADA Title I case
  • E.D.Va.: Immunity under Rehabilitation Act rejected (again)
  • D.D.C.: Clean Water regulation violates APA
  • 11th Cir.: Voter groups have standing, but Fla. rule not preempted
  • Ill. S. Ct. rejects preemption of Medicaid spousal recovery
  • 3d Cir.: Some drug warning claims preempted
  • 2d Cir. clarifies pro bono fees, again
  • Good magistrate decision on ADA/Olmstead, Medicaid/1983
  • SCOTUS Upholds Voter ID Law
  • 2d Cir.: Tort preemption not barred by Commerce Clause
  • Tex. S. Ct.: Product suit preempted despite saving clause
  • W.D.N.Y.: Bad decision on ADA, Rehabiliation Act immunity
  • 9th Cir.: Ledbetter applied to twist Fair Housing time limit
  • S. Ct.: § 1981, ADEA bar retaliation
  • S.Ct.: Paralegal fees against US are at market rate
  • D.D.C.: VRA reauthorization upheld
  • N.D.Tex.: Anti-immigrant housing law preempted, vague
  • N.D.Cal.: Housing Act notice provision enforceable under § 1983
  • Two courts strike sex offender laws under Commerce Clause
  • 8th Cir. applies preemption amendment to save railroad suits
  • D.Haw. rejects § 1983 for Medicaid HMO suit, misses Supremacy Clause
  • 9th Cir. Upholds Medicaid Claims under Supremacy Clause
  • Four important attorneys fees decisions
  • M.D.Tenn.: Private Medicaid mgmt. is state actor, not immune
  • 5th Cir.: FMLA immunity remains, but reinstatement OK
  • M.D.La.: Mixed Medicaid §1983, Supremacy Clause decision
  • D.C. Cir.: No standing to challenge chaplaincy preference
  • D.D.C.: Miers/Bolten case: Declaratory Judgment Act, implied constitutional rights of action
  • No § 1983 rights to challenge Medicaid exclusion
  • D.Me.: Mixed Medicaid/1983/preemption decision
  • S.D.N.Y.: Aid groups have assocational standing in speech case
  • C.D.Cal.: Medi-Cal cuts enjoined under Equal Access
  • E.D.Cal.: No immunity for prison library ADA claim
  • Two courts find no waiver for RLUIPA damages
  • W.D.Mich.: Medicare “swing-bed” reg does not preempt
  • E.D.Pa.: Medicaid/§ 1983 and ADA/504 integration
  • 11th Cir.: Commerce Clause permits standalone tort preemption
  • 3rd Cir.: No preemption by agency inaction in tuna case
  • 11th Cir.: No removal in Medicare Advantage suit
  • 3d Cir.: Stated waived immunity from ADEA suit but not damages
  • E.D.Pa.: No § 1983 right under Privacy Act
  • W.D.Mich.: No damages under RLUIPA; limited reading of PLRA
  • 6th Cir.: Ohio mortgage law preempted
  • N.C.App: No sovereign immunity for 3PB contract claims
  • D.Haw.: Negative Medicaid § 1983, ripeness case
  • Wash.S.Ct.: Consumer-friendly ruling on preemption, arbitration
  • 9th Cir. opinion in Medi-Cal/Supremacy Clause case
  • 9th Cir. MMA preempts misrepresentation claims against Part D plan
  • 9th Cir.: Arizona worker verification law not preempted
  • N.D.Ohio: Section 8 termination procedures create § 1983 rights
  • 9th Cir.: Preemption/§ 1983 ruling involving Medicaid provider
  • N.D.N.Y.: Sex offender law violates Commerce Clause
  • 7th Cir.: No class rescission suits under Truth in Lending Act
  • D.Conn.: Sovereign immunity bars RLUIPA damages
  • D.Utah.: Another bad ADA immunity decision
  • N.D.N.Y.: Another Commerce Clause ruling against SORNA
  • M.D.Ala.: Partial class cert. in Medicaid HCBS suit under § 1983
  • N.M.: Involuntary treatment ordinance preempted by state law
  • N.M.: Involuntary treatment ordinance preempted by state law
  • E.D.Pa.: No § 1983 rights under Title X
  • 11th Cir.: No en banc on attorney fees; now to SCOTUS?
  • 11th Cir.: No § 1983 rights in Weatherization Act
  • 3d Cir.: A favorable Medicaid annuity decision under § 1983
  • S.D.N.Y.: NYC mileage rule preempted
  • Cal.Ct.App.: Medicaid Act can be enforced in state court
  • S.D.N.Y.: Contract, consumer claims against bank not preempted
  • Cal.S.Ct.: No settlement effort required for atty. fees
  • D.N.J.: Prisoner ADA suit goes forward under U.S. v. Georgia
  • W.D.Pa: Title IX, Spending Clause permit emotional damages
  • 3d Cir.: No § 1983 rights in No Child Left Behind
  • 6th Cir.: Voting rights suit survives mootness, immunity claims
  • 2d Cir.: Rehab Act claims barred by sovereign immunity
  • S.D.Fla.: Fourth court holds registration law violates Commerce Clause
  • SCOTUS: “Good” news on tobacco preemption
  • 1st Cir.: Medicaid wraparound payments enforceable
  • S.D.Ind.: Failed class certification attempt tolls time limit for new class action

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  • SCt Patent Case re Art. III jurisdiction
  • Tex. App. Court rejects sov. immunity claim by Medicaid agency
  • S.Ct. Cert in 2 cases
  • Flo. Dt. Ct. section 1983 decision
  • 4th Cir. defers to fed govt in Medicaid case
  • Fed.Cir. 11th Am. Case
  • S.Ct. Prisoner Court Access Case
  • Dt. Ct. Abstains from hearing Foster Care case
  • Fourth Circuit Holds that ERISA Preempts Maryland’s health care law
  • 3d Cir. Upholds ADA in Public Education
  • 11th Cir. Commerce Clause case re Endangered Species
  • 2d Cir. Consent Decree Interpretation Case
  • Blue Cross Immunity Claim Rejected by 5th Cir.
  • 10th Cir. 11th Am. Abortion Free Speech case
  • D.Minn. rejects 1983 action in HUD Act case
  • 11th Cir. upholds 1983 enforcement in Driver Privacy case
  • New Orleans Fair Housing Dt. Ct. decision
  • 1st Cir. Preemption Case re Duals in Puerto Rico
  • 3rd Party claim against nursing home upheld
  • Younger Abstention in Medicaid 1983 case
  • IDEA Spending Clause case
  • Cal. state ct enforces Medicaid 30(A) via mandamus
  • Ninth Circuit EPSDT Decision
  • 5th Cir. finds 11th Am immunity in Rehab Act
  • Environmental Win at S.Ct.
  • EDNY finds no 1983 rights in LIHEAA
  • Louisiana state court Medicaid preemption case
  • Supreme Court holds state banking laws preempted
  • Washington S.Ct. Medicaid comparability case
  • Illinois Dt. Ct. Settlement enforcement case
  • 7th Cir. Rejects Taxpayer Standing
  • 8th Cir. rejects jurisdiction in child support/credit protection case
  • 11th Cir. holds no sovereign immunity in bankruptcy case
  • S.Ct. Holds Parents Can Sue Pro Se Under IDEA
  • 9th Cir. rules against Medicaid expansion populations
  • Third Circuit 1983/IDEA/504 decision
  • Supreme Court holds pay discrimination claim time barred
  • S.Ct. denies fees for preliminary injunction
  • Dt. court holds claim for Medicaid refund barred by 11th Am.
  • S.Ct. rejects federal removal by private co.
  • S.Ct. defers to agency re no overtime pay
  • S.Ct. permits co. to sue fed govt to recover clean up costs
  • S.Ct. defers to fed. govt re ERISA
  • S.Ct. expands deference to fed. agency in securities context
  • S.Ct. upholds abrogation of foreign sovereign immunity
  • S.Ct. holds no equitable exceptions to statutory filing deadline
  • S.Ct. rejects taxpayer standing to challenge exec. branch
  • Standing Decision in School Integration Case
  • NDNY preemption standing case
  • Va.S.Ct. holds prisoner 3d pty bene of medical contract
  • 9th Cir. holds Med. free choice provisions enforceable under section 1983
  • 7th Cir. opinion re class, 1983, Medicaid waiver
  • EDNY holds NY county health law preempted by ERISA
  • Positive 9th Cir. decision on § 1983
  • E.D.Pa: Medicaid enforceable re special needs trust
  • 6th Cir.: IV-D not enforceable under 1983
  • M.D. Pa. strikes down city law re aliens
  • S.D. Ohio upholds state vocational rehabilitation limits
  • W.D.Ala: Medicare state law claims preempted
  • 3d Cir. holds fraud law preempted
  • 5th Cir. invalidates federal regs re tribal gaming
  • 8th Cir. dismisses mental disability Voting Rights case
  • Fla. magistrate: no MMA preemption
  • 10th Cir. standing/preemption case
  • D.Or. rejects elder abuse 1983 claim
  • D.Mass. upholds VRA for disparate impact
  • D. Utah rejects preemption in Zyprexa case
  • E.D.Cal.: Green orgs may intervene in park suit
  • Commerce Clause: E.D.N.C. strikes commitment law
  • Two dist. ct. decisions on FHA, ADA, sovereign immunity
  • 4th Cir.: Positive Mediciaid/1983 ruling
  • S.D.Fla.: Tort preemption violates Commerce Clause
  • D.Del.: Medicaid policy violates right to travel
  • 9th Cir.: No 1983 parent suit under IDEA
  • M.D.Ala.: Subclasses req’d for Medicaid suit
  • Va. D.Ct.: no Title II damages for prisoner
  • Ga. S.Ct.: Physicians may sue on patients’ behalf
  • Cal.App.: Class approved for community care suit
  • Supreme Court to tackle key work bias cases
  • D.Haw.: Advocacy org. may enforce Dev. Disabilities Act
  • No removal in Medicare suit; preemption left open
  • 11th Cir.: Damages under RLUIPA, but no individual suit
  • 5th Cir.: Title IV-D provisions unenforceable
  • S.D.Ill.: No damages under RLUIPA
  • Equally divided S.Ct. upholds IDEA reimbursement
  • Cal. dt. ct. denies stay due to sov. immunity
  • Dist. ct. declines to tackle Gonzaga
  • 2d Cir. upholds RLUIPA land use provisions
  • N.D.Okla: Medicaid provision enforced
  • Magistrate denies dimissal of ADA damages
  • S.D.Ohio: State denied judgment on pleadings in Medicaid case
  • 11th Cir. holds Rehab Act claim not moot
  • 2d Cir: NY not liable for NYC welfare violations
  • 7th Cir: No taxpayer standing in prayer case
  • Md.App.: Hearing req’d for denial of institutional care
  • D.Idaho: 20-year decree vacated in child mental health case
  • D.Haw.: ADA, Rehab Act claims against state go forward
  • M.D.Pa.: Providers can’t enforce Medicaid out-of-state provision
  • 9th Cir.: Immunity blocks Title VII suit against Governor
  • S.D.Ind.: No employment claim under ADA Title II
  • 11th Cir.: Garrett loses on Rehab Act merits
  • S.D. Miss. rejects Title II for prisons
  • Section 8 evidence standard enforceable (D.Mass.)
  • Cal. dt ct rejects enforcement of IDEA regs
  • 4th Cir. permits Medicaid reimbursement suit
  • 9th Cir.: no action under §1981 against state
  • D.Minn.: State Medical Board immune from Title II damages
  • 3d Cir.: No implied right of action in postal law
  • 7th Cir.: State univ. bd. of trustees immune from ADEA
  • 10th Cir. clarifies preemption/standing decision
  • N.D.Cal.: Medicare preempts state arbitration rules
  • N.D.Ohio: No ADA Title II immunity for state schools

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  • Good Decision On Reasonable Promptness Claims From Southern District of New York
  • Ninth Circuit Case on Fourteenth Amendment
  • Hawaii District Court 1983 Decision
  • Good 6th Cir. Title IX Case
  • Bad 8th Cir. Class Cert/11 Am. Case
  • Ohio District Court Dismisses Rehab Act Complaint
  • Good 5th Cir. Consent Decree Decision
  • Sixth Circuit Rules on ADA Title II
  • Supreme Court Preempts State Laws that Impose Medicaid Liens on Beneficiary Settlement Proceeds Greater than Proportion Attributable to Health Care Costs
  • Supreme Court Upholds ADA Damages Against States For Constitutional Violations In Prisons
  • Good Holding, Bad Dicta in District Court Case
  • High Court Defers to Legislatures on Takings for “Public Use”
  • N.D. Cal. Holds 1983 Enforceable by Providers
  • State Law Private Cause of Action Upheld
  • Sixth Cir. Decision in Part 2 of Westside Mothers
  • Fees Denied in Pendent 1983/Preemption Case
  • Supremes Hear Preemption Case Important to Senior and Consumer Advocates
  • No Private Enforcement of ADA Regulations
  • No 1983 Right in Voting Rights Case
  • Illinois Appellate court preemption decision
  • Alaska Supreme Court Upholds 1983 Rights
  • 2 Prisoner Religious Freedom 4th Cir. Cases

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  • ‘Federalism’ Justifies Vacating Consent Decree
  • Commerce Clause Issues Raised in Clean Water Act Certs
  • Cert. Granted in Dormant Commerce Clause, Taxpayer Standing Case
  • No Expert Fees under IDEA
  • 9th Cir. Rejects 1983 Claim to Enforce Medicaid Methods and Procedures Provision
  • 9th Cir. Rejects Another Sec. 1983 Medicaid Claim
  • Supreme Court Grants Cert in Federal Diversity Case
  • High Court Defers to Legislatures on Takings for “Public Use”
  • Supreme Court Upholds Broad Congressional Power in Marijuana Case
  • Religious Act Upheld; Radical Thomas Concurrence
  • No Standing if Third Party Breaks Causal Chain; Second Chance to Show Standing
  • Is the New Deal Under Attack?
  • NY Times: Lauren Saunders of NSCLC Quoted in Article on How Courts are Limiting Rights of Poor   People to Use Legal System to Fight for Medicaid Benefits
  • TCA Creates Sect. 1983 Rights
  • Nuclear Option Fizzling on Launchpad
  • Supreme Court to Review Whether Bankruptcy Laws Can Abrogate States’ Immunity
  • Medicaid Act Enforceable by State as 3rd Party Beneficiary of Federal Contract
  • Supreme Court: ADEA Authorizes Disparate Impact Suits
  • Jackson v. Birmingham Board Is a Bit of a Throwback
  • Voting Rights Act Claim Against State Not Barred by Sovereign Immunity
  • No 1983 for FAA and AAIA
  • Garrett Back, Briefly; Everyone “Missed Something Big”
  • 5th Cir Upholds Preemption Claim Without 1983 “Rights”
  • No State Waiver of Immunity Under RCRA or CERCLA
  • The Balance Between the Commerce Clause and the 14th Amendment in Protecting Individual Rights
  • Easterbrook on the Gonzaga “Oxymoron”; Roberts on Overturning Thiboutot

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  • Some Courts Wary of Expanding Defense of Sovereign Immunity
  • Court Upholds FMLA Self-Care Provision Against Sovereign Immunity Defense
  • Not All Waivers of Sovereign Immunity Construed Narrowly
  • Court Finds Medicaid Nursing Home Provisions Enforceable Under 1983
  • Gonzaga Contagion Quarantined?
  • D.C. Circuit Rejects Scalia, Thomas Views on Enforcement of Spending Clause Legislation
  • Court Restricts Congress’ Power to Legislate on Behalf of Disabled
  • Three Supreme Court Cases Upholding Congressional Power
  • Supreme Court Upholds ADA Title II Protection Of Access To Court Facilities
  • Preemption/Supremacy Clause Developments
  • States More Sovereign Than Sovereign Nations
  • Employee’s Rehabilitation Act Money Damages Claim Against State Agency Is Upheld
  • Fifth Circuit Allows ADA Title II Suit Against State Officials
  • 11th Circuit: ADA Unconstitutional As Applied to State Prisons
  • Supremacy Clause Cause of Action to Enforce Medicaid
  • Medicaid Recipients Enforce the Medicaid Act
  • Supremacy Clause/§1983 Upheld Unanimously In Provisional Vote Cases; DOJ Opposed
  • Court Upholds Congressional Spending Clause Power To Protect Rights

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  • Spending Power Legislation Upheld
  • Supreme Court Sharply Limits Punitive Damages
  • County Covered By 11th Amendment Immunity
  • Sovereign Immunity of States Does Not Protect Counties
  • Rebuttal to Garcia on Waiver of Immunity
  • Congressional Power and the “Necessary and Proper” Clause
  • Two Justices Could Make Medicaid Suits An Endangered Species
  • Post-Hibbs Decision Suggests the FMLA Battle is Not Over
  • Medicaid Act Enforced Under Supremacy Clause Claim
  • 10th Circuit Reads Sandoval Narrowly, ADA Broadly
  • Commerce Clause Attacks Continue

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  • Suing the State (and Other Government Entities) in the Twenty-First Century
  • Appeals Court Reverses Westside Mothers; Medicaid Statute Enforceable Against States
  • Supreme Court Strongly Reaffirms Ex parte Young
  • No State Immunity to Suit by Federal Government
  • Risk of Loss of Medicaid Funds Not Coercive Under Tenth Amendment
  • Spending Clause View of Justice Scalia
  • Supreme Court Tightens Scope of Rights Enforceable Under 1983
  • Conservative Judge Raps Supreme Court Majority
  • May States Refuse to Enforce Federal Law?
  • Fourth Circuit Debates Congressional Power Under the 14th Amendment
  • Clean Air Act Enforceable Against States Under Ex parte Young
  • Enforcing Federal Rights Through 1331/Supremacy Clause Jurisdiction

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  • Supreme Court Avoids Commerce Clause Question Through Narrow Construction of Clean Water Act
  • Supreme Court Holds Constitution Does Not Authorize Abrogation of State Immunity in Damage Action Against a State for Employoment Discrimination Under ADA Title I
  • Life After Garrett: Enforcing the ADA and Section 504 Against States, and State Officials
  • No Private Right to Enforce Title VI Disparate Impact Regulation: Alexander v. Sandoval
  • Two Courts Reject Westsider Mothers Decision, Enforce Medicaid Statute
  • Ex Parte Young: Memorandum on Historical Background
  • Supreme Court Invalidates Catalyst Theory for Court Awarded Attorneys Fee
  • ADA Title II and Section 504 Enforceable Under Ex parte Young and Section 1983
  • Supreme Court Briefs in Ferderalism Cases Available
  • DOJ Briefs in ADA Title II Sovereign Immunity Cases

 

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