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- M.D.Ala: Eviction Notice Not Specifying Factual Basis Could Violate Due Process
- 6th Cir Grants Rehearing En Banc Re Constitutional Amendment Banning Race Preferences
- D.Ariz: Standing to Challenge Policy Re Arresting Migrants
- 4th Cir: Dismisses 2 challenges to ACA’s Constitutionality
- S.D.N.Y.: Cost not basis for modifying injunction
- 8th Cir.: Sides with Deference to SSA in Circuit Split
- W.D.Tex. partially enjoins anti-abortion law
- 1st Cir: First Amendment protects recording police in pub
- 2d Cir: Ricci not bar disparate impact claim
- M.D.N.C.: Enjoins NC Law Barring Funds to Planned Parenthood
- E.D.La: denies motion to dismiss lawsuit alleging voting rights violations
- D.Hi.: No dismissal but no PI for reduction of immigrants’ medical benefits
- D.Md: Allows Claims Re Failure to Permanently Modify Mortgage to Proceed
- D.D.C.: No standing to challenge lack of Medicaid notice
- 9th Cir: 2:1 holds claim against Sheriff survives Iqbal
- NSCLC and AARP file S.Ct. amicus brief re notice in arbitration case
- W.D.Mo: Rejects Challenge to Congress’s Authority to Abrogate Sovereign Immunity
- 7th Cir: Wis. Inmate Sex Change Prevention Act Violates Eighth Amendment
- 11th Cir: Individual Mandate Unconstitutional but severable
- D.Kan: enjoins state law cutting off Planned Parenthood funding
- S.D. South Dakota: enjoins anti-abortion law
- 11th Cir: Panel Vacates Prior Opinion that ADA Regs Unenforceable
- Certiorari Sought in Health Care Reform Case
- S.D.N.Y.: Enjoins NYC law requiring disclosure of abortion referrals
- D.R.I.: systemic foster care claims survive abstention and § 1983 challenge
- E.D.Pa: No Cause of Action For Lead Paint Poisoning
- 2d Cir: Speech Requirement in Spending Clause Statute Violates 1st Am.
- D.N.J.: Denies Motion to Dismiss Claim Against State Medicaid Regulations
- D.D.C.: Dismisses some but not all claims to compel EPA to regulate emissions
- S.D.Ind: Restrain Fee Reduction Without HHS Approval
- 9th Cir: Municipality Liable for damages under RLUIPA
- S.D.Ind: Enjoins Defunding of Planned Parenthood
- D.Colo: No enforcement of Nursing Home Reform Amendments under Section 1983
- D.Mass: Deny Dismissal of HAMP class action for borrowers in Trial Period Plan
- D.Md: Pro Se ADA and Rehabilitation Claims Go Forward
- N.D.Ga: Enjoins Georgia Illegal Immigration Law
- D.Ct: RLUIPA valid under Commerce Clause
- 5th Cir: Narrowly Denies En Banc re Racial Considerations in University Admission
- 6th Cir: State Constitutional Amendment banning race preferences Violates US Constitution
- S.Ct.: Criminal Defendant has prudential standing to raise federalism defense
- S.Ct.: Restriction on Sale of Videos to Kids Violates 1st Am.
- 6th Cir: Individual Mandate Within Congress’s Commerce Clause Power
- C.D.Mo: Permanent Injunction prevents denial of Medicaid coverage for incontinence supplies
- S.Ct.: Arizona Election Financing Law Violates 1st Am.
- S.Ct.: Vermont’s Prescription Confidentiality Law Vioalates 1st Am.
- S.Ct.: Bankruptcy court cannot enter judgment on state law counterclaim
- S.Ct.: State Law Tort Claims against Generic Drugs Preempted
- S.Ct. Entitled to alternative procedural safeguards when incarcerated for failure to pay child support
- S.Ct.: federal dt ct cannot enjoin class cert in state court
- S.Ct.: Clean Air displaces federal common law
- SCt: No class action for Title VII disparate impact case
- 5th Cir: Undocument Individuals are Not People for 2nd Am.
- S.Ct.: Narrows Implied Private Right of Action
- S.Ct.: Uses Originalism to Interpret 1st Amendment
- S.Ct.: defer to agency’s interpretation of its own regs
- S.Ct.: defendant gets fees only for frivolous claims
- D.Conn: HHS not Violate FOIA in withholding documents of Part C Contractors
- S.Ct.: Injunction Against Hazelton Ordinances Invalidated
- N.D.Ill: Not dismiss state claims involving HAMP violations
- 9th Cir: Defendant has Burden to Prove Compliance with Consent Decree
- N.D.Miss: Nursing Home Resident is Third Party Beneficiary to Arbitration Agreement
- S.Ct.: Arizona Law Sanctioning Hiring Undocumented Individuals Not Preempted
- S.Ct.: Upholds Order to Reduce California Prison Population
- W.D.Ok: No Sovereign Immunity to Medicaid Claim under 1983
- EDVa: Dismiss third party contract claim under HAMP but allow claim of breach of implied good faith
- SDNY: Dismiss MMA third party contract claim but unjust enrichment claim not preempted by MMA
- 2dCir: ADA regulations are not privately enforceable
- 2dCir: HUD disability regs not enforceable via 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or implied right of action
- CtAppKan: Denial of Medicaid Authorization Violates Free Exercise of Religion
- 8th Cir.: discriminatory intent needed for ADA and Rehabilitation Act claims
- D.N.D.: defer to CMS letter interpreting Medicaid statute
- S.D.Tex: sovereign immunity bars ADA Title II and Rehabilitation Act claims
- S.Ct.: Cert denied in Ind. FSA v. IPAS
- D.N.Mex: dismiss ADA and Rehabiliation Act claims for failure to show has disability
- S.Ct.: Cal. Law Re Unconscionable Arbitration Agreement Preempted by FAA
- D.N.Mex: dismiss ADA and Rehabiliation Act claims for failure to show has disability
- S.Ct.: Statute uses “Claim” and “Cause of Action” to refer only to Facts, Not Relief
- S.Ct.: “Appropriate Relief” Does Not Adequately Inform States of Liability for Damages
- 5th Cir: No Enforcement of Full Faith & Credit Clause via § 1983 in federal court
- NDNY: Nursing Home Reform Amendments enforceable under § 1983
- S.Ct.: Permits State Agency P&A to Sue State Officials
- D.N.J.: Violations of State Law Not Actionable Under § 1983
- CtApp Minn: Medicaid free choice requires contract with chosen provider
- D.C. Cir: Deny Injunction due to insufficient evidence of disparate impact
- 9th Cir: Arizona Immigration Law Preempted as Obstacle to Objectives of Congress
- S.D.Ind: Private contractor processing Medicaid applications is state actor
- S.Ct.CT: eliminating immigrant only program not violate Equal Protection
- 9th Cir: Hopsice Reg Conflicts with Statute
- 4th Cir: Failure to Timely Provide Appropriate Placement Violates Medicaid Reasonable Promptness
- S.Ct. rejects Third Party Beneficiary Claim
- S.Ct.: statutory objective resolves textual ambiguity
- S.Ct.: Claim Plausible and Warrants Discovery
- N.D. Cal: enjoins hospital Medicaid rate freeze
- M.D. Tenn: EPSDT provisions enforceable and require delivery of services
- D.S.C.: preliminary injunction to prevent institutionalization
- D.Kan: Medicaid annuity claim may proceed under § 1983
- N.D. Ohio denied motion to dismiss Medicaid delay case
- SCt: Complaint need not develop legal theory & No Rooker-Feldman
- S.Ct.: Deadline for filing VA appeal not jurisdictional
- W.D.Ky: Medicare fraud and breach of contract claims not preempted
- S.D.Ind: denial of therapy to kids violates Medicaid statute
- 2 S.Ct. Preemption Decisions
- D.C. Cir: denies motion to vacate Medicaid order re dental services
- W.D.Wa: TRO stops state budget cut of food assistance for legal aliens
- 10th and 1st Circuit remand to permit amendment of claims dismissed under Iqbal
- N.D.Fla: Entire ACA Unconstitutional due to Individual Mandate
- 4th Cir.: Upholds Consent Decree Despite Suter and Horne
- S.Ct: Title VII Cause of Action for Retaliation Against Fiancé
- Ind. App.: Due Process & ADA Violations in Denial of Benefits
- En banc 10th Cir: No Prudential Standing for Environmental Preemption Claim
- D.Mass.: Enforceable Rights and No Younger Abstention in Child Welfare Case
- Colo.App.: State Definition of Community Spouse Preempted by Medicaid Statute
- 6th Cir: Misrepresentation Claims Plausible and Not Preempted
- C.D. Mo: PI to stop denial of Medicaid coverage of incontinence supplies
- W.D. Ky: No Sov. Immunity for Title V of ADA
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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
