all - Opinion Summaries

STATE OF ARIZONA v. THOMPSON

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
A Department of Health and Human Services directive barring states from using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grants to pay for all of...

SMITH v. PRINCIPI

Government Benefits
Under the "no-interest rule," a veteran who is the victim of the VA's error in determining a disability rating may not collect interest on a...

LEWIS v. BARNHART

Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits
In a Social Security disability action, the required focus of a judicial review of the district court's remand of a Commissioner's finding of the lack...

BARNETT v. OKEECHOBEE HOSPITAL

Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law
Because plaintiff presented an uncontradicted claim that he mailed a completed form to the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) in a properly addressed...

SMYTH v. RIVERO

Attorney's Fees, Family Law, Government Benefits
Where plaintiff-welfare applicants initially obtained a preliminary injunction and later reached a settlement of their claims with the defendant, they...

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...

MASON v. SYBINSKI

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
Under the Social Security Act (the Act), state hospitals appointed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) as representative payees may, without a...

FOSTER v. HALTER

Government Benefits
Because appellant did not establish that her impairment meets or equals the applicable listing for mental retardation, the ALJ properly denied...

DONAHUE v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
In an administrative proceeding on an application for supplemental security income, when there is a discrepancy between the testimony of a vocational...

DAVIS v. PRINCIPI

Government Benefits
Under 38 USC 1153, in order for military service to aggravate a preexisting psychological condition, applicant must show an overall worsening of the...