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In family’s lawsuit against public nursing home, court revisits private rights of action and the spending clause

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Talevski’s wife and legal guardian brought a Section 1983 action on his behalf against VCR, HHC, and other entities, alleging violations of his FNHRA rights. The district court dismissed the action, but the U.S. HHC frames this case within the court’s broader rejection of judicially implied rights of action.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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The stakes in the case are high: The challengers argue that the current deferential standard is unconstitutional, while the Biden administration contends that overturning the existing doctrine would be a “convulsive shock to the legal system.” The doctrine at the center of the case is known as the Chevron doctrine.