HOUSING DISCRIMINATION FALL 2011:
DAILY ASSIGNMENTS (8/16-10/17)
Numbers in parentheses refer to pages in the course materials.
Numbers preceded by SS refer to pages in the Statutory Supplement.
Numbers preceded by IM refer to pages in the Information Memos.
Numbers preceded by AA refer to pages in Massey & Denton, American Apartheid
TUE 8/16
ALL: Information Memo #1 (IM 1-10)
Read for Plot:
Braunstein (1-4)
Babin (4-9)
City of Memphis (10-13)
THU 8/18
ALL: American Apartheid Chapter 2 (AA17-59) (optional)
Read for Plot:
Buchanan (14-18)
Shelley (19-24)
Fajer, A Time for Reflection(25-28)
Jones (28-33)
TUE 8/23
ALL: Review; I’ll Take Questions on:
General Instructions for all Written Assignments (46-47)
Specific Instructions for Written Assignment #1 (47-49)
Grading Contract (to be posted by mid-day Monday)
Background Reading
Overview: Sources of Authority & Covered Conduct (in IM #2 to be posted by mid-day Monday August 22)
Sample Statutory Provisions listed with DQs 1.01-1.04 (see 33)
Discussion Questions 1.01-1.04 (33)
THU 8/25
ALL:Kramarsky (34-35)
42 U.S.C. §1982 (SS1)
Discussion Questions 1.05-1.06 (35)
Marina Point, Ltd. v. Wolfson (Cal. 1982) (35-40)
Discussion Questions 1.07 (40)
Background Reading: Sample Statutory Provisions listed with DQs 1.12-1.15 (see 42)
TUE 8/30
ALL: Discussion Questions1.08-1.15 (40-42)
(Be particularly prepared for 1.08, 1.09, 1.13, 1.14)
Fuller, The Case of the Speluncean Explorers(49-66)
The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Contemporary Proceedings(67-77)
Discussion Question 1.17 (77)
Blatt, Interpretive Communities [Overview] (2001) (78-85)
AS NOTED:
- Discussion Question 1.16 (77):
- Tatting & Truepenny & Paul (Nettleton, Saaed)
- Foster & Miller(N.Garrett, Thompson, Webner)
- Keen(Ceavers, J.Garrett, Pandolfi)
- Handy & Stein (Holmes, Levine)
- Discussion Question 1.18 (85)(Ceavers, J.Garrett, Pandolfi)
THU 9/1
ALL: Rizzo (86-95)
AS NOTED: Discussion Questions 2.01-2.04 (96)(Ceavers, J.Garrett, Pandolfi, Webner)
TUE 9/6
ALL: GRADING CONTRACT DUE 4:00 p.m.
Sorenson (96-98)
Marable (99-104)
AS NOTED: Discussion Questions 2.05-2.07 (99)(Holmes, N.Garrett, Nettleton)
Discussion Questions 2.08-2.09 (104)(Levine, Saeed, Thompson)
WED 9/7: ASSIGNMENT I DUE 9:00 pm
THU 9/8
ALL: Asbury (107-10)
Frazier (110-14)
Pinchback (114-18)
AS NOTED:
Discussion Questions 2.10-2.13 (110, 114) (Ceavers, N.Garrett, Thompson, Webner)
Discussion Questions 2.14-2.18 (119)(J.Garrett, Levine, Nettleton)
TUE 9/13
ALL: Recommended: Complete American Apartheid Chapters 3 & 4
Written Assignment II (137-38) (Review; I’ll Take Qs in Class)
Eskridge & Frickey, How a Bill Becomes Federal Law (119-24)
Note: Dialogue Between Courts and Legislatures (124-28)
Note: The Special Problem of Mixed Motives (129)
42 U.S.C. §§2000e-2(m) & 2000e-5(g) (SS1-2)
Cato (129-36)
Discussion Question2.21 (136)
Plus if you haven’t already: Overview of the Burden-Shift (105-07)
AS NOTED: Discussion Questions 2.19-2.20, 2.23 (136)(Holmes, Pandoklfi, Saeed)
THU 9/15
ALL:Discussion Question2.22 (136)
Eskridge & Frickey, Legislative Drafting (139-43)
Dickerson, Materials on Legal Drafting (143-52)
ASNOTED:
Review Problem 3A (153) (Ceavers, J.Garrett, Levine, Nettleton, Webner)
Review Problem 3B (153) (Holmes, N.Garrett, Pandolfi, Saeed, Thompson)
TUE 9/20: CLASS CANCELLED
MON 9/26: ALL: ASSIGNMENT II DUE 9:00 pm
THU 9/22 & TUE 9/27
ALL: Wisc. Stat.§106.50 (1) & (1m)(h) (SS32)
Miami Beach Code §62-31 (“Marital Status”) (SS37)
Norman (154-60)
Smith (161-65)
Swanner (166-77)
Review Written Assignment III (178) (I’ll Take Qs in Class)
AS NOTED:
Discussion Questions 3.01-3.04 (166) (N.Garrett, Pandolfi, Saeed)
Discussion Questions 3.05-3.07 (166, 177) (Holmes, Nettleton, Webner)
THU 9/29: NO CLASS (ROSH HASHANAH)
TUE 10/4
ALL: Discussion Question 3.08 (177) (Submit Survey in Advance)
Review 42 U.S.C. §§1981-82 (SS1)
Note: Background & MacDonald (179)
St. Francis (179-82)
Shaare Tefila (182-83)
Cardona (184-85)
AS NOTED:
Discussion Questions 3.09-3:16 (183-84, 186)(Ceavers, J.Garrett, Levine, Thompson)
Review Problem 3D (186) (Levine, Nettleton, Pandolfi, Thompson)
THU 10/6
ALL:42 U.S.C. 3602(b) (SS2)
Wisc. Stat.§106.50 (1m)(i) (SS32)
Miami Beach Code §62-31 (“Housing”) (SS37)
Columbus Country Club (187-90)
Fox, Understanding Administrative Law (excerpt) (191-92)
Louisiana ACORN (192-95)
Angstman (195-97)
AS NOTED:
Review Problem 3C Parts (a) & (b) (186) (Ceavers, Holmes, J.Garrett, N.Garrett)
Discussion Questions 3.17-3.18 (190) (Saeed, Webner)
Discussion Questions 3.19-3.22 (197) (Ceavers,Saeed,Thompson)
TUE 10/11 & THU 10/13: NO CLASS (BREAKING YOUR FALL)
MON 10/17: ALL: ASSIGNMENT III DUE 9:00 pm
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