Read our analysis and commentary on court cases from 2006.

• Ohio District Court Dismisses Rehab Act Complaint
In a case concerning payment of college tuition as part of vocational rehabilitation services for people with disabilities, an Ohio federal district court dismissed without prejudice a complaint seeki...
• Bad 8th Cir. Class Cert/11 Am. case
Although the plaintiffs sought only declaratory and injunctive relief, the Eighth Circuit reversed class certification based, in part, on concerns about sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment...
• Good 6th Cir. Title IX Case
The Sixth Circuit held that Title IX does not preclude relief for constitutional claims under § 1983. ...
• State Law Private Cause of Action Upheld
Florida’s highest court held that there is a cause of action for breach of a third-party beneficiary contract based on allegations that a health maintenance organization (HMO) violated the state’s...
• Hawaii District Court 1983 Decision
The district court of Hawaii held that Gonzaga University v. Doe, 536 U.S. 273 (2002), overruled Ninth Circuit precedent, so that § 1983 is no longer available to enforce the Admission Act, the feder...
• Ninth Circuit Case on Fourteenth Amendment
The Ninth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the application of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) to the denial of a land use permit....
• Good Decision On Reasonable Promptness Claims From Southern District of New York
The federal district court for the Southern District of New York ordered officials from New York City and New York State to improve their procedures to fix errors that led to the denial of Medicaid an...
• Procedural Due Process Notice Victory
A plaintiff class of disabled Medicaid applicants prevailed on their claim for summary judgment alleging that the state’s denial notices violated procedural due process requirements. ...
• N.D. Cal. Holds 1983 Enforceable by Providers
The federal district court of the Northern District of California held that the provider reimbursement provisions of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act are enforceable pursuant to § 1983....