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Title Vi And The Warren County Protests, Bradford Mank
Title Vi And The Warren County Protests, Bradford Mank
Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal
One part of the 1982 civil rights struggle against building a Polychlorinated Biphenyls (“PCB”) landfill in Warren County, North Carolina, was an unsuccessful suit by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (“NAACP”) under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act . The NAACP alleged that the state of North Carolina, a recipient of United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “the Agency”) funds, had discriminated against minorities by building the landfill in Warren County, which had the highest percentage of minorities among all the counties in the state, while ignoring several alternative suitable or superior sites …
Preserving A Racial Hierarchy: A Legal Analysis Of The Disparate Racial Impact Of Legacy Preferences In University Admissions, Kathryn Ladewski
Preserving A Racial Hierarchy: A Legal Analysis Of The Disparate Racial Impact Of Legacy Preferences In University Admissions, Kathryn Ladewski
Michigan Law Review
Many public and private universities around the country employ legacy admissions preferences in order to give children of alumni special consideration in the admissions process. Such preferences disproportionately benefit white applicants at the cost of their nonwhite counterparts, because past generations of college students were less diverse than today's applicant pool. However, universities argue that their legacy preferences are justified because they assist in alumni fundraising efforts. This Note presents a statistical analysis to argue that legacy preferences are prohibited by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because they have a discriminatory effect on minority college applicants and have not …
How Supplemental Environmental Projects Can And Should Be Used To Advance Environmental Justice, Douglas Rubin
How Supplemental Environmental Projects Can And Should Be Used To Advance Environmental Justice, Douglas Rubin
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Using Disparate Impact Analysis In Fair Housing Act Claims: Landlord Withdrawal From The Section 8 Voucher Program, Rebecca Tracy Rotem
Using Disparate Impact Analysis In Fair Housing Act Claims: Landlord Withdrawal From The Section 8 Voucher Program, Rebecca Tracy Rotem
Fordham Law Review
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) outlaws discrimination in housing based on race, color, religion, national origin, and sex. A plaintiff can win an FHA claim using a disparate impact theory by showing that the defendant’s actions had a disproportionately adverse impact on a protected class. This Note will address a circuit court split on whether a landlord can be held liable for discrimination under the FHA for withdrawing from the Section 8 voucher program. Section 8 is a government program that provides low-income citizens with vouchers to pay a portion of their rent. Many voucher recipients are minorities or persons …
A Conversation About Problem-Solving Courts: Take 2, Jane M. Spinak
A Conversation About Problem-Solving Courts: Take 2, Jane M. Spinak
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
The Effects Of Net-Widening On Minority And Indigent Drug Offenders: A Critique Of Drug Courts, Joel Gross
The Effects Of Net-Widening On Minority And Indigent Drug Offenders: A Critique Of Drug Courts, Joel Gross
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
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