Read NSCLC's analysis of court decisions from 2005

• 9th Cir. Rejects Another Sec. 1983 Medicaid Claim
In a brief unsigned, unpublished memorandum, the Ninth Circuit has reversed a district court that had allowed Medicaid recipients to challenge California's reduction in the reimbursement rates paid to...
• Supreme Court Grants Cert in Federal Diversity Case
The Supreme Court has agreed to interpret the term “located” in a federal statute providing that national banking associations are citizens of the states in which they are located for purposes of ...
• High Court Defers to Legislatures on Takings for “Public Use” PDF document — 118 KB
The Supreme Court has upheld the City of New London’s plan to acquire private waterfront homes for private economic development, ruling that courts must defer to legislatures about whether a taking ...
• Supreme Court Upholds Broad Congressional Power in Marijuana Case
In a case with implications for congressional power in widely ranging areas, the Supreme Court held by a 6-3 vote that Congress has the power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize the noncommercial...
• Religious Act Upheld; Radical Thomas Concurrence
The Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a facial Establishment Clause challenge to section 3 of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1(a)(1)-...
• No Standing if Third Party Breaks Causal Chain; Second Chance to Show Standing
The Fourth Circuit has held that a gun-show promoter and a gun-show exhibitor do not have standing to challenge a county law that denies public funding to venues owned by third parties that display an...