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The Parma Housing Racial Discrimination Remedy Revisited, W Dennis Keating
The Parma Housing Racial Discrimination Remedy Revisited, W Dennis Keating
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
In 1980, the city of Parma, Ohio, Cleveland's largest suburban city was found guilty of violating the Fair Housing Act. Federal District Court Judge Frank Battisti imposed an extensive remedy upon Parma. Upon approval by the Sixth Circuit of the imposed remedy, its implementation began in 1982. Controversy surrounded much of the remedy, and fourteen years later following Battisti's death, Federal District Court judge Kathleen O'Malley approved a new settlment aimed at ending the court's supervision of the modified remedy after another two years. Along with the Gautreaux, Mt. Laurel, and Yonkers cases, the Parma case represents a longstanding remedy …
Responsibilities Of Employers Toward Mentally Disabled Persons Under The Americans With Disabilities Act, Karin M. Mika, Denise Wimbiscus
Responsibilities Of Employers Toward Mentally Disabled Persons Under The Americans With Disabilities Act, Karin M. Mika, Denise Wimbiscus
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This article discusses the standards of the American with Disabilities Act with respect to accommodating mental illness in the workplace. It argues that the ADA definitions are not precise enough in apprising employers of what their obligations are regarding mentally ill persons in the workplace. It additionally suggests revising the statue and regulations to achieve this goal.
The Parma Housing Racial Discrimination Remedy Revisited, W. Dennis Keating
The Parma Housing Racial Discrimination Remedy Revisited, W. Dennis Keating
Cleveland State Law Review
In 1980, the city of Parma, Ohio, Cleveland's largest suburban city was found guilty of violating the Fair Housing Act. Along with the Gautreaux, Mt. Laurel, and Yonkers cases, the Parma case represents a longstanding remedy aimed at eliminating a pattern and practice of municipal discrimination in housing. It raises the issue of how far courts and the federal judiciary in particular, are willing and able to go in order to address systematic patterns of housing segregation. This article reviews the original decision and its appeal, the implementation of the original remedy, and the more recent remedy and its prospects …
Book Review, S. Candice Hoke
Book Review, S. Candice Hoke
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The author reviews Federalism and Rights by Ellis Katz and G. Alan Tarr and To Make a Nation: The Rediscovery of American Federalism by Samuel H. Beer.