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Three Out Of Four Economists Recommend Raising The Minimum Wage! A Closer Look At The Debate Surrounding Seattle's Minimum Wage Ordinance, Erica Bergmann 2016 Seattle University School of Law

Three Out Of Four Economists Recommend Raising The Minimum Wage! A Closer Look At The Debate Surrounding Seattle's Minimum Wage Ordinance, Erica Bergmann

Seattle University Law Review

This Note will discuss the implications of a high minimum wage by examining the debate around the Seattle Ordinance with a particular focus on the IFA lawsuit. To analyze the possible impacts of the Seattle Ordinance, current and historical arguments both in support of and in opposition to minimum wage laws are considered. This Note ultimately concludes that the U.S. District Court rightly denied the IFA’s motion for a preliminary injunction, which would have frustrated Seattle’s experiment before it began. Seattle’s plan to implement a $15 minimum wage, and similar experiments, should be permitted to proceed because the problem of …


Thinking Outside The Bun: How Chicago Can Combat Food Deserts And Obesity Through Public Health Policies And The Law, Calvin Edwards 2016 DePaul University

Thinking Outside The Bun: How Chicago Can Combat Food Deserts And Obesity Through Public Health Policies And The Law, Calvin Edwards

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


The Real Social Security Disability Fraud(S), Steve Berenson 2016 Thomas Jefferson School of Law

The Real Social Security Disability Fraud(S), Steve Berenson

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


A Victims’ Family Member On Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences: “Brutal Finality” And Unfinished Souls, Jeanne Bishop 2016 DePaul University

A Victims’ Family Member On Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences: “Brutal Finality” And Unfinished Souls, Jeanne Bishop

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Restorative Justice In Domestic Violence Cases, Roni Elias 2016 DePaul University

Restorative Justice In Domestic Violence Cases, Roni Elias

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


An Inside Job: The Role Correctional Officials Play In The Occurrence Of Sexual Assault In U.S. Detention Centers, Kristine M. Schanbacher 2016 Northwestern University

An Inside Job: The Role Correctional Officials Play In The Occurrence Of Sexual Assault In U.S. Detention Centers, Kristine M. Schanbacher

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

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Organizing In Detroit Soup Kitchens For Power And Justice, Gregory B. Markus 2016 University of Michigan

Organizing In Detroit Soup Kitchens For Power And Justice, Gregory B. Markus

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari. Flowers V. Troup County School District, 136 S.Ct. 2510 (2016) (No. 15-1144), 2016 Wl 1042969, Eric Schnapper, Ruth W. Woodling 2016 University of Washington School of Law

Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari. Flowers V. Troup County School District, 136 S.Ct. 2510 (2016) (No. 15-1144), 2016 Wl 1042969, Eric Schnapper, Ruth W. Woodling

Court Briefs

QUESTION PRESENTED Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc., held in an action under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, that a plaintiff may ordinarily prove the existence of an unlawful motive by establishing a prima facie case and demonstrating the falsity of the employer’s proffered explanation for the disputed employment, and that a plaintiff who does so need not also offer some other additional evidence of discrimination. The Eleventh Circuit held in this Title VII action that the existence of an unlawful motive may not be established in that manner; a plaintiff who establishes a prima facie case and the …


Road School: Ada And Title Vi: Remaining Eligible For Funding, Erin L. Hall 2016 INDOT

Road School: Ada And Title Vi: Remaining Eligible For Funding, Erin L. Hall

Purdue Road School

Compliance with nondiscrimination and accessibility requirements is a contractual and ethical obligation for subrecipients of federal funds. Come learn how to achieve compliance with State and Federal regulations to remain eligible for federal funds, , avoid legal liability and better serve your community by ensuring projects and programs developed with public funds are deigned to benefit all.


Ada And Title Vi: Remaining Eligible For Funding, Cathy Gross 2016 City of Monticello, Indiana

Ada And Title Vi: Remaining Eligible For Funding, Cathy Gross

Purdue Road School

Learn how to effectively implement ADA and Title VI nondiscrimination and accessibility requirements in your community to become and remain compliant and eligible for federal funds. In this session we will present changes to the law and requirements effective in 2015 and beyond. You will learn what resources are available to get and keep your community on track and find out how several Indiana communities are making strides in ADA and Title VI compliance.


United States V. Ramirez-Soberanes: Is Sympathy Towards Minorities A Race-Neutral Reason Under Batson V. Kentucky?, Thomas Galan 2016 Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

United States V. Ramirez-Soberanes: Is Sympathy Towards Minorities A Race-Neutral Reason Under Batson V. Kentucky?, Thomas Galan

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Village Of Willowbrook V. Olech On Disparate Treatment Claims, J. Michael McGuiness 2016 Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

The Impact Of Village Of Willowbrook V. Olech On Disparate Treatment Claims, J. Michael Mcguiness

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Implementation Of The Prison Litigation Reform Act, Lois Bloom 2016 Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Implementation Of The Prison Litigation Reform Act, Lois Bloom

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Punitive Damages In Section 1983 Actions, John R. Williams 2016 Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Punitive Damages In Section 1983 Actions, John R. Williams

Touro Law Review

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Municipal Liability Under Section 1983 Independent Of Employee Liability, Karen M. Blum 2016 Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Municipal Liability Under Section 1983 Independent Of Employee Liability, Karen M. Blum

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Fundamentals Of Section 1983 Litigation, Martin A. Schwartz 2016 Touro Law Center

Fundamentals Of Section 1983 Litigation, Martin A. Schwartz

Touro Law Review

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Discrimination Cases In The 2000 Term, Eileen Kaufman 2016 Touro Law Center

Discrimination Cases In The 2000 Term, Eileen Kaufman

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Role Of The Courts In Creating Racial Identity In Early New Orleans, Jack M. Beermann 2016 Boston University School of Law

The Role Of The Courts In Creating Racial Identity In Early New Orleans, Jack M. Beermann

Faculty Scholarship

Reviewing Kenneth R. Aslakson, Making Race in the Courtroom: The Legal Construction of Three Races in Early New Orleans (New York University Press 2014).


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The racial history of New Orleans is unique among American cities, as is Louisiana's among the history of American states. In the antebellum period, there were more free people of color in New Orleans than in any other city in the South, and free people of color lived, and often prospered, throughout Louisiana. The presence of so many free people of color in New Orleans, and Louisiana more generally, arose from many factors, including the …


Public Law Litigation In The U.S. And In Argentina: Lessons From A Comparative Study, Martin Oyhanarte 2016 Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Public Law Litigation In The U.S. And In Argentina: Lessons From A Comparative Study, Martin Oyhanarte

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


At Fifty, Title Vii Needs A Facelift: Two Reforms That Would Ensure Title Vii Works To Prohibit All Racial Discrimination In Employment, Joshua P. Thompson, Ralph W. Kasarda 2016 St. John's University School of Law

At Fifty, Title Vii Needs A Facelift: Two Reforms That Would Ensure Title Vii Works To Prohibit All Racial Discrimination In Employment, Joshua P. Thompson, Ralph W. Kasarda

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

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