all - Opinion Summaries

FONTANA v. WHITE

Education Law, Government Benefits, Military Law
Lieutenant colonels serving as Army physicians have not completed their service obligations under agreements whereby they received free undergraduate...

GREEN-YOUNGER v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In failing to accord controlling weight to the treating physician's opinion, an administrative law judge (ALJ) erroneously denied plaintiff disability...

KAI v. ROSS

Government Benefits, Health Law
District court erred in denying plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction requiring the Director of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human...

SHIELDS v. JUDGES' RET. SYS. OF ILLINOIS

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
A retired judge whose pension benefits were forfeited as a result of a felony conviction is entitled to a full refund of his contributions to the...

COLLINS v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
An administrative law judge's decision, that a disability claimant's minor child's functioning was not markedly impaired by his Attention Deficit...

JONES v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
Decision that a Supplemental Security Income claimant was not disabled because, although she did suffer from mental retardation, she did not have the...

ALLEN v. COMM'R OF LABOR

Cyberspace Law, Government Benefits, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
An employee who regularly works from her out-of-state residence by electronic link-up to her employer's workplace in New York is not entitled to...

HENSLEY v. BARNHART

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of an application for social security disability benefits is remanded for consideration whether, if still impaired, the claimant is able to...

VAKILIAN v. SHAW

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law
A state attorney general's office agent was not entitled to absolute immunity for alleged constitutional rights violations during the state's...

PUB. CITIZEN, INC. v. US DEP'T OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVS.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
The Peer Review Improvement Act's command to inform a Medicare beneficiary complainant of the "final disposition" of a complaint requires more than...