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How To Limit The Downstream Costs Of Racially Restrictive Covenants, Randall K. Johnson
How To Limit The Downstream Costs Of Racially Restrictive Covenants, Randall K. Johnson
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This essay, which is part of the University of Kansas Law Review Symposium on the seventy-fifth (75th) anniversary of Shelley v. Kraemer, is the first to explain how a current successor in interest to a racially restrictive covenant may limit more of their own downstream costs through the use of self-help options. By definition, a downstream cost is any expense that arises after the formation, and in the course of performance, of a valid common law contract. Examples of downstream costs include the time, money and energy that property owners may expend in removing racially restrictive covenants.
The essay does …
Why Illinois Should Reevaluate Its Video Tolling (V-Toll) Subsidy, Randall K. Johnson
Why Illinois Should Reevaluate Its Video Tolling (V-Toll) Subsidy, Randall K. Johnson
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Tolls are levies with a limited base. This base is made up of drivers that pay user fees, in cash or via electronic transponder, in exchange for access to state-administered roads. In Illinois, every single toll is a function of three factors: vehicle characteristics, tollway entry point, and how far a driver goes on state-administered roads.
It is commonly assumed that any toll violation, i.e., any failure to pay, results in a traffic ticket, administrative fees and state-imposed sanctions. Such an assumption, however, is only partly true due to overly forgiving Illinois state policies. Examples include the Traffic Ticket Exemption, …