United States Supreme Court - February 2002 Opinion Summaries

RAYGOR v. REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF MINNESOTA

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
The federal supplemental jurisdiction statute, 28 U.S.C. section 1367, will not toll the statute of limitations for state law claims made against...

PORTER v. NUSSLE

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
The Prison Litigation Reform Act and its exhaustion requirement are applicable to all inmate lawsuits regarding prison life, regardless of whether the...

SWIERKIEWICZ v. SOREMA N.A.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
An employment discrimination complaint need not contain specific facts establishing a prima facie case under the framework set forth in McDonnell...

WISCONSIN DEPT. OF HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVS. v. BLUMER

Government Benefits, Health Law
The "income-first" method used by most states to calculate Medicaid eligibility for nursing home residents, which requires that potential income...

OWASSO INDEP. SCH. DIST. NO. I011 v. FALVO

Civil Rights, Education Law
Peer grading, or allowing students to grade one another's tests, papers, and assignments while teachers explain the correct answers to the entire...

BARNHART v. SIGMON COAL CO.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The plain language of the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 does not permit the Commissioner to assign health care benefit premiums of...