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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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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

1983 — which allows private suits for state and local deprivations of rights secured by federal law—to enforce federal statutes enacted under Congress’ spending clause power. VCR is a government nursing facility in Indiana owned by petitioner Health and Hospital Corp., Background. a municipal entity.

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APRIL 27, 2022

Animal Legal Defense Fund , involving the constitutionality of a Kansas statute criminalizing trespass by deception at animal facilities with intent to damage the enterprise. Goertz , involving the question of what statute of limitations state prisoners face when raising claims seeking DNA testing of crime-scene evidence.

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

Private rights of action, overtime pay, and the constitutionality of a billboard tax

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