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STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEP'T OF SOC. SERVS. v. THOMPSON

Family Law, Government Benefits
Receipt of funds under the federal Aid to Families with Dependent Children Foster Care Program (AFDC) does not depend on whether a child is living in...

CARREON v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MGMT.

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Because plaintiff's "indefinite" appointment and subsequent employment met the statutory requirements (5 U.S.C. section 8342(a) (2000)), and because...

LUKE v. DEP'T OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVS.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Because plaintiff failed to satisfy all of the statutory requirements for obtaining law enforcement officer retirement benefits, he is not entitled to...

WITTLINGER v. WING

Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law
Denial of a request for attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, in connection with litigation for public assistance benefits, was not...

IN THE MATTER OF SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM TO JANE DOE, ESQ.

Elder Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law
In response to subpoenas issued by a grand jury conducting a Medicaid fraud investigation, certain nursing home records created or generated for...

WASHINGTON STATE DEP'T OF SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVS. v. GUARDIANSHIP ESTATE OF KEFFELER

Government Benefits, Government Law
A state's use of Social Security benefits to reimburse itself for some of its initial expenditures does not violate a Social Security Act provision...

SCARBOROUGH v. PRINCIPI

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
On remand form the US Supreme Court, and after consideration in light of Edelman v. Lynchburg College, 535 U.S. 106, 122 S. Ct. 1145 (2002), the...

BROSELOW v. FISHER

Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Product Liability
Pennsylvania Medicaid recipients with smoking-related illnesses were not entitled to a portion of tobacco settlement funds obtained by the...

GREEN v. WHITE

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Military Law
The Army Board for Correction of Military Records' (ABCMR) decision, thirty-one years after plaintiff was discharged from the military, was a final...

US EX REL HAMPTON v. COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE CORP.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
False Claims Act section 3730(b)(5) bars any action incorporating the same material elements of a fraud as an action filed earlier, thus the district...