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Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Government Benefits : From 10/01/02 To 07/01/03

Number of summaries found: 5
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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.

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