Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Government Benefits : From 10/01/02 To 07/01/03
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | NEVADA DEP'T OF HUMAN RES. v. HIBBS |
| Date: | 05/27/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1368 |
| Summary: | Employees of the state of Nevada may recover money damages in the event of the state's failure to comply with the family-care provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and such a claim is not barred by the Eleventh Amendment. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Remedies |
| Title: | PHARM. RESEARCH & MFRS. OF AM. v. WALSH |
| Date: | 05/19/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-188 |
| Summary: | A preliminary injunction preventing implementation of a state program reducing prescription drug prices for state residents was improper, where an association of non-resident drug manufacturers could not show probability of success on Commerce Clause claims. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury And Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation |
| Title: | NORFOLK & W. RY. CO. v. AYERS |
| Date: | 03/10/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-963 |
| Summary: | Mental anguish damages resulting from the fear of developing cancer may be recovered under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, by a railroad worker suffering from actionable injury asbestosis caused by work-related asbestos exposure. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Government Benefits, Government Law |
| Title: | WASHINGTON STATE DEP'T OF SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVS. v. GUARDIANSHIP ESTATE OF KEFFELER |
| Date: | 02/25/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1420 |
| Summary: | 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 protecting benefits from "execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process", 42 U.S.C. section 407(a). |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | BARNHART v. PEABODY COAL CO. |
| Date: | 01/15/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-705 |
| Summary: | An initial assignment of an extant operating company or related entity to a coal industry retiree, for funding of benefits under the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefits Act, made after the date designated for such assignment under 26 U.S.C. section 9706(a) is valid despite its untimeliness. |