HOUSING DISCRIMINATION ASSIGNMENTS
Numbers in parentheses refer to pages in the course materials.
Numbers preceded by SS refer to pages in the Statutory Supplement.
Numbers preceded by AA refer to pages in Massey & Denton, American Apartheid
WED JAN 16
ALL:Information Memo #1 (Introductory Material)
Kramarsky (1-2)
42 U.S.C. §1982 (SS1)
Discussion Questions 1-2 (2)
MarinaPoint (2-7)
Discussion Questions 3-6 (8)
FRIJAN 18
ALL:Discussion Questions 7-14 (8-9)
American Apartheid Chapter 2 (AA17-59) (optional)
Read for a Sense of History (Not Doctrine):
Buchanan (9-14)
Shelley (14-20)
Fajer, A Time for Reflection (20-23)
Jones (24-28)
WED JAN 23
ALL:Fuller, The Case of the Speluncean Explorers (1949) (28-46)
The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Contemporary Proceedings (1993) (46-56)
Discussion Questions 15-16 (56)
Students with Last Names A-D (Truepenny & Paul)
Students with Last Names E-K (Handy & Tatting)
Students with Last Names L-Q (Keen & Miller)
Students with Last Names R-Z (Foster & Stein)
FRI JAN 25
CANCELLED
WED JAN 30
ALL:Blatt, Interpretive Communities [Overview] (57-64)
Discussion Question 17 (64)
Breaking Down Barriers (In-Class Video)
Start Date for Written Assignment I: (On Course Page)
FRI FEB 1
ALL:Introduction to Proof Issues (69-70)
IOWA: Sorenson (70-72)
Discussion Questions 18-20 (72-73)
WYOMING: Marable (73-78)
Discussion Questions 21-22 (78)
WED FEB 6
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Rizzo (79-89)
Discussion Questions 23-25 (89)
ALL:Discussion Question 26 (89)
FRI FEB 8
ALL: Overview of the Burden-Shift (90-92)
American Apartheid Chapters 3-4 (AA60-114) (optional)
MICHIGAN: Asbury (92-97)
Discussion Questions 27-29 (97)
SOUTH CAROLINA: Frazier (97-101)
Discussion Questions 30-31 (101)
IOWA: Pinchback (102-06)
Discussion Questions 32-35 (106)
WED FEB 13
ALL:Written Assignment I Due
Eskridge & Frickey, How a Bill Becomes Federal Law (107-12)
Note: Dialogue Between Courts and Legislatures (112-16)
Note: The Special Problem of Mixed Motives (117)
42 U.S.C. §§2000e-2(m) & 2000e-5(g) (SS1-2)
Cato (117-24)
Discussion Questions 39-41 (125)
Start Date for Written Assignment II (On Course Page)
IOWA: Pinchback (102-06)[Continued]
Discussion Questions 32-35 (106)
WYOMING:Discussion Questions 36-38 (124-25)
FRI FEB 15
ALL:Understanding Administrative Law (excerpts) (125-42)
24 CFR §§100.50-100.90 (SS20-25) (read for plot)
Insurance Redlining Statutes and Regulations:
i) 42 U.S.C. 3604-05 (SS4-5)
ii) 24 CFR §100.70(d)(4) (SS23)
iii) Wisc. Stat. §106.50 (2)(e)(SS39)
iv) Miami Beach Code §62-88 (a)(5) & (7) (SS44)
SteeringStatutes & Regulations
i) 42 U.S.C. 3604 (a)-(d) (SS4)
ii) 24 CFR §100.70(c) (SS22)
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Discussion Question 43 (143)
Cisneros (143-49)
Discussion Questions 44-47 (149)
MICHIGAN:Heights(Facts & Section III) (149-52)
Llanos(155-58)
Discussion Questions 48-51 (158)
WED FEB 20
ALL:Blockbusting Statutes and Regulations
i) 42 U.S.C. 3604(e) (SS4)
ii) 24 CFR §100.85 (SS24)
iii) Wisc. Stat. §106.50 (2m) (SS40)
iv) Miami Beach Code §62-88 (a)(9)-(11) (SS44-45)
SOUTH CAROLINA: Heights(Section IV) (152-54)
Discussion Questions 52-54 (158-59)
FRI FEB 22
ALL:Brief Introduction To First Amendment Principles(159-60)
Discriminatory Advertising Statutes and Regulations
a. 42 U.S.C. §3604(c) (SS4)
b. 24 CFR §100.75 (SS23)
c. Wisc. Stat. §106.50 (1m)(ad) & (2)(d) (SS38-39)
d. Miami Beach Code §62-88 (a)(6)(SS44)
Hunter (168-73)
Ragin (173-80)
IOWA: Shaffer (160-68)
Discussion Questions 55-57 (168)
WYOMING: Discussion Questions 58-61 (181)
WED FEB 27
ALL:Written Assignment II Due
Saunders (196-203)
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Discussion Questions 62-64 (181)
MICHIGAN:Discussion Questions 65 (181)
Discussion Questions 66-67 (190)
FRI FEB 29
ALL:Discussion Questions 68-70 (190)
Written Assignment III (Will be Posted on Course Page)
(Read Instructions; I’ll answer questions in class)
WEDMAR 5
MICHIGAN:Discussion Questions 66-67 (190) (cont’d)
SOUTH CAROLINA: McDonald (191-96)
Discussion Questions 71-72 (196)
St.FrancisCollege(196-99)
Discussion Questions 73-75 (200)
IOWA:Shaare Tefila (200-01)
Discussion Questions 76-78 (201)
Cardona (201-03)
Discussion Questions 79-80 (203)
FRI MAR 7
WYOMING:Wisc. Stat.§106.50 (SS38)
Miami Beach Code §62-31 (“Marital Status”) (SS43)
Norman(203-10)
Smith (210-15)
Discussion Questions 81-85 (215)
***SPRING BREAK***
WED MAR 19
SEE UPDATE E-MAILED TO CLASS
ALL:Written Assignment III Due
Written Assignment IV (Will be Posted on Course Page; Due 4/9)
(Read Instructions; I’ll answer questions in class)
Eskridge & Frickey, Legislative Drafting (215-20)
Dickerson, Materials on Legal Drafting (220-29)
Statutory Drafting Exercises (229-30)
(See Group Assignment for 3/19 on Course Page)
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Swanner (249-60)
Discussion Questions 92-94 (260)
FRI MAR 21:CLASS CANCELLED
WED MAR 26: (TWO-HOUR CLASS 11:00-1:00)
ALL:American Apartheid Chapters 1, 5, 6, 7 (optional)
MICHIGAN: Sprague (261-63)
Discussion Questions 95-97 (263)
Reece (263-64)
Wisc. Stat. §106.50(5m)(em) (SS42)
Discussion Questions 98-99 (264-65)
SOUTH CAROLINA: Braunstein (265-69)
Discussion Questions 100-102 (269)
FRI MAR 28:
ALL:42 U.S.C. §3602(h) & 3604(f)(9) (SS2, 4)
24 CFR §100.201 (“Handicap”) (SS27)
Baxter (230-37)
Discussion Questions 86-88 (237)
FranklinBuilding(238-41)
Southern Management (241-48)
Discussion Questions 89-91 (248)
WED APR 2:
ALL:Qs onWritten Assignment V(Posted on Course Page)
SOUTH CAROLINA: Discussion Question102 (269)
IOWA: StarrettCity (269-79)
Discussion Questions 103-106 (279)
FRI APR 4:
ALL:Qs on Written Assignment VI(Posted on Course Page)
(Read Instructions; I’ll answer questions in class)
WYOMING: 42 U.S.C. §§3602(b) & 3607(a) (SS2, 6)
Columbus Country Club (284-94)
Lorantffy Carecenter (294-96)
Discussion Questions 107-08 (297)
WED APR 9:(TWO-HOUR CLASS 11:00-1:00)
ALL:Written Assignment IV Due
42 U.S.C. §3603(b)-(c) (SS3-4)
Wisc. Stat. §106.50 (5m)(em) (SS42)
Singleton (297-300)
Lamb (300-02)
Hogar Agua (302-09)
WYOMING: Discussion Questions 109-12 (297)
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Discussion Questions 113-16 (300)
MICHIGAN:Discussion Questions 117, 120 (309)
SOUTH CAROLINA:Discussion Questions 118-19(309)
FRI APR 11:
ALL:42 U.S.C. §3607(b)(1)(S8)
City of Edmonds(309-18)
Discussion Questions 121-25 (318)
IOWA: Huntington Branch I (322-35)
Huntington Branch II (336-37)
Discussion Questions 126-30 (337)
WED APR 16:(TWO-HOUR CLASS 11:00-1:00)
ALL:Written Assignment V Due
42 U.S.C. §§3604(f) & 3615(SS4-5, 17)
24 CFR §§100.202-204 (SS27-29)
WYOMING:Betsey (338-42)
Note: Statistics and Disparate Impact (342-43)
Discussion Questions 131-32 (344)
Congdon (344-48) (Facts & Disparate Impact Analysis)
Discussion Questions 133-34 (348)
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Shapiro(352-58)
Discussion Questions 139-43 (358)
FRI APR 18:
MICHIGAN: Congdon (344-48) (Reasonable Accommodation Analysis)
Freer (358-60)
Discussion Questions 144-48 (360-61)
ALL:See Group Assignments for 4/18 (to be posted online)
Discussion Questions 133-37 (348-49)
Note: Using Legislative History (349-51)
Discussion Question 138 (351)
WED APR 23:
SOUTH CAROLINA: 42 U.S.C. §3604(f)(9) (SS5)
Roe (361-63)
Discussion Questions 149-50 (363)
Bangerter (364-71)
Discussion Questions 151-53 (371)
FRI APR 25:
ALL: Pulcinella (371-74)
Mountain Side (374-77)
Key, The Star-Spangled Banner (1814) (378)