SCOTUSBlog

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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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 18, 2022

The relevant statute , regulating disability benefits, provides that “the United States will pay [compensation] to any veteran” who is “disabled” as a result of (1) “personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty,” or (2) “aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty.” military veterans.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 11, 2022

This week they’re replaced by three new relists, all involving government petitions in one way or another. Both cases present the question whether statutes that authorize appellate courts to review final agency adjudications implicitly strip district courts of jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to those proceedings.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Justice John Paul Stevens set out a two-part test for courts to review an agency’s interpretation of a statute it administers. If it has not, the court must uphold the agency’s interpretation of the statute as long as it is reasonable.

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