HOUSING DISCRIMINATION ASSIGNMENTS THROUGH 3/28
Numbers in parentheses refer to pages in the course materials.
Numbers preceded by SS refer to pages in the Statutory Supplement.
Numbers preceded by AA refer to pages in Massey & Denton, American Apartheid
WED JAN 16
ALL: Information Memo #1 (Introductory Material)
Kramarsky (1-2)
42 U.S.C. §1982 (SS1)
Discussion Questions 1-2 (2)
Marina Point (2-7)
Discussion Questions 3-6 (8)
FRI JAN 18
ALL: Discussion Questions 7-14 (8-9)
American Apartheid Chapter 2 (AA17-59) (optional)
Read for a Sense of History (Not Doctrine):
Buchanan (9-14)
Shelley (14-20)
Fajer, A Time for Reflection (20-23)
Jones (24-28)
WED JAN 23
ALL: Fuller, The Case of the Speluncean Explorers (1949) (28-46)
The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Contemporary Proceedings (1993) (46-56)
Discussion Questions 15-16 (56)
Students with Last Names A-D (Truepenny & Paul)
Students with Last Names E-K (Handy & Tatting)
Students with Last Names L-Q (Keen & Miller)
Students with Last Names R-Z (Foster & Stein)
FRI JAN 25
CANCELLED
WED JAN 30
ALL: Blatt, Interpretive Communities [Overview] (57-64)
Discussion Question 17 (64)
Breaking Down Barriers (In-Class Video)
Start Date for Written Assignment I: (On Course Page)
FRI FEB 1
ALL: Introduction to Proof Issues (69-70)
IOWA: Sorenson (70-72)
Discussion Questions 18-20 (72-73)
WYOMING: Marable (73-78)
Discussion Questions 21-22 (78)
WED FEB 6
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Rizzo (79-89)
Discussion Questions 23-25 (89)
ALL: Discussion Question 26 (89)
FRI FEB 8
ALL: Overview of the Burden-Shift (90-92)
American Apartheid Chapters 3-4 (AA60-114) (optional)
MICHIGAN: Asbury (92-97)
Discussion Questions 27-29 (97)
SOUTH CAROLINA: Frazier (97-101)
Discussion Questions 30-31 (101)
IOWA: Pinchback (102-06)
Discussion Questions 32-35 (106)
WED FEB 13
ALL: Written Assignment I Due
Eskridge & Frickey, How a Bill Becomes Federal Law (107-12)
Note: Dialogue Between Courts and Legislatures (112-16)
Note: The Special Problem of Mixed Motives (117)
42 U.S.C. §§2000e-2(m) & 2000e-5(g) (SS1-2)
Cato (117-24)
Discussion Questions 39-41 (125)
Start Date for Written Assignment II (On Course Page)
IOWA: Pinchback (102-06) [Continued]
Discussion Questions 32-35 (106)
WYOMING: Discussion Questions 36-38 (124-25)
FRI FEB 15
ALL: Understanding Administrative Law (excerpts) (125-42)
24 CFR §§100.50-100.90 (SS20-25) (read for plot)
Insurance Redlining Statutes and Regulations:
i) 42 U.S.C. 3604-05 (SS4-5)
ii) 24 CFR §100.70(d)(4) (SS23)
iii) Wisc. Stat. §106.50 (2)(e)(SS39)
iv) Miami Beach Code §62-88 (a)(5) & (7) (SS44)
Steering Statutes & Regulations
i) 42 U.S.C. 3604 (a)-(d) (SS4)
ii) 24 CFR §100.70(c) (SS22)
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Discussion Question 43 (143)
Cisneros (143-49)
Discussion Questions 44-47 (149)
MICHIGAN: Heights (Facts & Section III) (149-52)
Llanos (155-58)
Discussion Questions 48-51 (158)
WED FEB 20
ALL: Blockbusting Statutes and Regulations
i) 42 U.S.C. 3604(e) (SS4)
ii) 24 CFR §100.85 (SS24)
iii) Wisc. Stat. §106.50 (2m) (SS40)
iv) Miami Beach Code §62-88 (a)(9)-(11) (SS44-45)
SOUTH CAROLINA: Heights (Section IV) (152-54)
Discussion Questions 52-54 (158-59)
FRI FEB 22
ALL: Brief Introduction To First Amendment Principles (159-60)
Discriminatory Advertising Statutes and Regulations
a. 42 U.S.C. §3604(c) (SS4)
b. 24 CFR §100.75 (SS23)
c. Wisc. Stat. §106.50 (1m)(ad) & (2)(d) (SS38-39)
d. Miami Beach Code §62-88 (a)(6)(SS44)
Hunter (168-73)
Ragin (173-80)
IOWA: Shaffer (160-68)
Discussion Questions 55-57 (168)
WYOMING: Discussion Questions 58-61 (181)
WED FEB 27
ALL: Written Assignment II Due
Saunders (196-203)
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Discussion Questions 62-64 (181)
MICHIGAN: Discussion Questions 65 (181)
Discussion Questions 66-67 (190)
FRI FEB 29
ALL: Discussion Questions 68-70 (190)
Written Assignment III (Will be Posted on Course Page)
(Read Instructions; I’ll answer questions in class)
WED MAR 5
MICHIGAN: Discussion Questions 66-67 (190) (cont’d)
SOUTH CAROLINA: McDonald (191-96)
Discussion Questions 71-72 (196)
St. Francis College (196-99)
Discussion Questions 73-75 (200)
IOWA: Shaare Tefila (200-01)
Discussion Questions 76-78 (201)
Cardona (201-03)
Discussion Questions 79-80 (203)
FRI MAR 7
WYOMING: Wisc. Stat.§106.50 (SS38)
Miami Beach Code §62-31 (“Marital Status”) (SS43)
Norman (203-10)
Smith (210-15)
Discussion Questions 81-85 (215)
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WED MAR 19
SEE UPDATE E-MAILED TO CLASS
ALL: Written Assignment III Due
Written Assignment IV (Will be Posted on Course Page; Due 4/9)
(Read Instructions; I’ll answer questions in class)
Eskridge & Frickey, Legislative Drafting (215-20)
Dickerson, Materials on Legal Drafting (220-29)
Statutory Drafting Exercises (229-30)
(See Group Assignment for 3/19 on Course Page)
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Swanner (249-60)
Discussion Questions 92-94 (260)
FRI MAR 21 :
UGOOD FRIDAY: LECTURE ONLY; WILL BE TAPED
ALL: 42 U.S.C. §3602(h) & 3604(f)(9) (SS2, 4)
24 CFR §100.201 (“Handicap”) (SS27)
Baxter (230-37)
Discussion Questions 86-88 (237)
Franklin Building (238-41)
Southern Management (241-48)
Discussion Questions 89-91 (248)
WED MAR 26: (TWO-HOUR CLASS 11:00-1:00)
ALL: American Apartheid Chapters 1, 5, 6, 7 (optional)
MICHIGAN: Sprague (261-63)
Discussion Questions 95-97 (263)
Reece (263-64)
Wisc. Stat. §106.50(5m)(em) (SS42)
Discussion Questions 98-99 (264-65)
SOUTH CAROLINA: Braunstein (265-69)
Discussion Questions 100-102 (269)
IOWA: Starrett City (269-79)
Discussion Questions 103-106 (279)
FRI MAR 28:
ALL: Written Assignment V (Will be Posted on Course Page; Due 4/16)
(Read Instructions; I’ll answer questions in class)
WYOMING: 42 U.S.C. §§3602(b) & 3607(a) (SS2, 6)
Columbus Country Club (284-94)
Lorantffy Carecenter (294-96)
Discussion Questions 107-12 (297)