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DCFS violates due process of teacher accused of sexual abuse By Leon Fox Administrative Law, June 2004 We are all familiar from our law school days with the procedural due process rights required under Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976), where a liberty interest is involved.
Exhaustion of issues in agency hearings By Leon Fox Administrative Law, March 2001 We are all familiar with the doctrine of exhaustion of administrative remedies before judicial review is permitted.
Sovereign immunity bars nursing homes from raising counterclaims against overpayments made to the state By Leon Fox Administrative Law, March 2001 A recent Illinois Appellate Court case has dealt a fatal blow to healthcare vendors seeking a set off of underpayments against overpayments made to the Illinois Department of Public Aid. In Alden Nursing Center-Lakeland, Inc. v. Patla, 317 Ill. App. 3d 1 (1st Dist. 2000), the court concluded that the Court of Claims has exclusive jurisdiction over counterclaims for money damages against the State of Illinois.

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