Legal Opinion
Texas Rural Legal, Aid, Inc. v. Legal Services Corp.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 13, 1992No. Civ. A. 89-3442PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GESELL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs continue efforts to set aside a final regulation of the Legal Services Corporation (“LSC”) prohibiting a legal aid organization receiving its funds from participating in a redistricting case, even when the organization has determined under procedures set out in the enabling statute that the litigation is necessary to benefit the poor. The LSC Act, as amended, is found at 42 U.S.C. §§ 2996, et seq., and the regulation in dispute, adopted August 3,1989, is at 45 C.F.R. Part 1632, 54 Fed.Reg. 31594 (1989).
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Rust v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc. v. Legal Services CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- Kansas State Network, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
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- REGIONAL MANAGEMENT CORP. v. Legal Services Corp.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1998
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