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Blessing Vs. Freestone

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 21, 1997

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  1. Livadas Vs. Bradshaw US Supreme Court · Jun 13, 1994
  2. Maine Vs. Thiboutot US Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1980
  3. U.S. 329 (1997) October Term, 1996 Syllabus Blessing, Director, Arizona Department of Economic Security V. Freestone
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  4. redress must assert the violation of a federal right, not merely of federal law. Golden State Transit Corp. v. Los
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  5. and (3) whether the statute imposes a binding obligation on the State. See, e. g., Wilder v. Virginia
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  6. remedy, Smith v. Robinson
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  7. enforcement, Livadas v. Bradshaw
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  8. such rights because the plaintiffs articulated, and lower courts evaluated, welldefined claims. See, e. g., Wright v. Roanoke
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  9. carefully tailored scheme. That scheme is far more limited than those at issue in Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National
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  10. Sea Clammers Assn., 453 U. S. 1, and Smith v. Robinson
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  11. ruled in favor of the Director. Relying primarily on a decision of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Carelli v. Howser
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  12. and whether the statute imposes a binding obligation on the State. Id., at 1147 (quoting Wilder v. Virginia
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  13. liability in Wright v. Roanoke
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  14. We have held that this provision safeguards certain rights conferred by federal statutes. Maine v. Thiboutot
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  15. must assert the violation of a federal right, not merely a violation of federal law. Golden State Transit Corp. v. Los
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  16. that 3 Compare Wehunt v. Ledbetter
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  17. cert. denied, 494 U. S. 1027 (1990), with Carelli v. Howser
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  18. remedy), with Al biston v. Maine
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  19. have an enforceable right to prompt disbursement of their child support payments under Title IV-D), and with Howe v. Ellenbecker
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  20. cause of action against state officials to enforce Title IV-D. Next, she asks us to overrule Maine v. Thiboutot
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  21. see also Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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  22. Smith v. Robinson
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  23. as required by a particular provision in the Medicaid statute. 496 U. S., at 511-512. And in Suter v. Artist
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  24. Wilder, 496 U. S., at 521 (quoting Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National
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  25. in Sea Clammers, supra, and Smith v. Robinson
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  26. with whom JUSTICE KENNEDY joins, concurring. I agree with the Court that under the test set forth in Wright v. Roanoke
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  27. Redevelopment and Housing Authority, 479 U. S. 418 , 423 (1987), and Wilder v. Virginia
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  28. and spending agreement-such as Title IV -D-to bring suit. As we explained in Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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  29. Syllabus Blessing, Director, Arizona Department of Economic Security V. Freestone
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  30. Golden State Transit Corp. v. Los
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  31. Wilder v. Virginia
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  32. Wright v. Roanoke
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  33. Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National
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  34. and Smith v. Robinson
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  35. the Sixth Circuit, Carelli v. Howser
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  36. Compare Wehunt v. Ledbetter
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  37. Carelli v. Howser
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  38. Howe v. Ellenbecker
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  39. Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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  40. Suter v. Artist
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  41. and Wilder v. Virginia
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