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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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VCR is a government nursing facility in Indiana owned by petitioner Health and Hospital Corp., 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. a municipal entity. The district court dismissed the action, but the U.S.

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

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Animal Legal Defense Fund , involving the constitutionality of a Kansas statute criminalizing trespass by deception at animal facilities with intent to damage the enterprise. Gorgi Talevski was a resident of Valparaiso Care and Rehabilitation, a state-run nursing facility near his family home in Indiana.

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