USDOL/OALJ Reporter
ARN Decisions -- Cases Involving Attestations by Facilities Using Nonimmigrant Aliens as Registered Nurses

The caselist below displays selected decisions of general interest.  It also includes significant case history such as appellate decisions of the Administrative Review Board and the courts.

H1-A Cases
Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989; 20 C.F.R. Part 655, Subparts D and E

1993-ARN-1 INTERNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC./NAVAL HOSPITAL ADS ADMINISTRATOR, EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION, WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

  • Posthearing Order Number Six Order to Provide Additional Documentation (ALJ Mar. 9, 1994) (James Guill) HTML
  • Posthearing Order Number Seven Denial of Stay (ALJ May 20, 1994) HTML
  • Decision & Order (ALJ Mar. 18, 1996) HTML
  • Notice of Final Agency Action (ARB May 30, 1996) HTML

1994-ARN-1 ADMINISTRATOR V. HCA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL

  • Order of Remand (ARB June 28, 1996) HTML
  • Decision & Order on Remand (ALJ July 14, 1997)(Edward C. Burch) HTML
  • Second Order of Remand (ARB June 30, 1999) HTML
  • Final Order (ALJ Jan. 28, 2000) HTML

1994-ARN-2 ADMINISTRATOR, WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION v. MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL

  • Order Dismissing Respondent's Request for a Hearing (ALJ Sept. 9, 1994) (Robert D. Kaplan) HTML

1995-ARN-2 HURT V. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF GARDENA, CA

  • Decision & Order Approving Settlement (ALJ Feb. 9, 1996)(Samuel J. Smith) HTML

1996-ARN-2 NURSES PRN OF DENVER, INC., AND NURSES PRN SUNCOAST, INC. v. COLUMBIA DADE CITY HOSPITAL

  • Dismissal of Appeal With Prejudice (ALJ May 30, 1996)(David W. Di Nardi) HTML

1996-ARN-3 ADMINISTRATOR V. ALDEN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.

  • Order Granting Motion to Compel and Granting Motion for Extension (ALJ Sept. 26, 1996)(John M. Vittone) HTML
  • Interlocutory Order Granting in Part Administrators Motion for Summary Judgment (ALJ Nov. 3, 1998) (Jeffrey Tureck) HTML | PDF
  • Decision & Order (ALJ Nov. 19, 1999) HTML | PDF
  • Decision & Order of Remand (ARB Aug. 20, 2002) HTML | PDF
  • Order on Remand (ALJ Oct. 28, 2003) HTML
  • Decision & Order on Remand (ALJ Dec. 20, 2005) PDF
  • Alden Mangement Services, Inc. v. Chao , No. 1:06-CV-01262 (N.D.Ill. Oct. 23, 2007) HTML | PDF
  • Alden Mangement Services, Inc. v. Chao , No. 07-3828 (7th Cir. June 25, 2008) HTML | PDF

1996-ARN-4 ADMINISTRATOR v. ATLANTIC CITY HOSPITALITY CARE, INC.

  • Decision & Order (ALJ Dec. 30, 1998)(Pamela Lakes Wood) HTML

1996-ARN-5 ADMINISTRATOR v. LANDMARK HEALTHCARE, INC.

  • Decision & Order (ALJ Oct. 24, 1996)(Ralph A. Romano) HTML

1997-ARN-1 ADMINISTRATOR v. COUNTRYSIDE HEALTHCARE CENTRE

  • [Consolidated with 97-ARB-2 through 9]
  • Decision & Order Accepting Settlement Agreement & Consent Findings & Order of Dismissal (ALJ Jan. 9, 1998)(John M. Vittone) HTML

1997-ARN-11 ADMINISTRATOR v. HAMPTON PLAZA HEALTHCARE CENTRE OPERATIONS, L.P.

  • Decision and Order Accepting Settlement Agreement and Consent Findings and Order of Dismissal (ALJ Dec. 1, 1997)(John M. Vittone) HTML

1998-ARN-1 SHABBONA HEALTHCARE CENTER, INC.

  • Decision and Order Accepting Settlement Agreement and Consent Findings and Order of Dismissal (ALJ Feb. 12, 1998)(John M. Vittone) HTML

1998-ARN-3 ADMINISTRATOR v. BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

  • Decision & Order on Administrator's & Respondent's Cross Motions for Summary Judgment (ALJ Feb. 4, 1999)(Alfred Lindeman) HTML
  • Beverly Enterprises, Inc. v. Herman , 50 F.Supp.2d 7 (D.D.C. 1999)
  • Beverly Enterprises, Inc. v. Herman , 119 F.Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C. 2000)
  • Decision & Order of Remand (ARB July 31, 2002) HTML
  • Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement (ALJ Jan. 29, 2003) (Russell D. Pulver) HTML

H1-C Cases
Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act; 20 C.F.R. Part 655, Subparts L and M

2002-ARN-1 ADMINISTRATOR, WAGE & HOUR DIVISION v. GREATER SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

  • Order Granting Request to Withdraw Appeal (ALJ Mar. 13, 2002) (Linda S. Chapman) PDF | HTML

2002-ARN-2 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

  • Order of Dismissal (ALJ June 7, 2002) (Thomas M. Burke) PDF | HTML