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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

2001) (Fourth Amendment interests will only be abrogated by officer immunity if the officer can establish imminent danger when shooting an individual’s pet while on owner’s property)). 2008); San Jose Charter of Hells Angels v. at 287–88 (citing Brown v. Muhlenberg Twp. , 3d 205, 212 (3d Cir. Bethards , 826 F.3d 3d 1252 (10th Cir.

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

At the height of the foreclosure crisis post-2008, a group of elected officials, community development practitioners, and lawyers came together to craft a strategy to respond to the hemorrhaging real estate market in Ohio. Ohio’s Traditional Land Bank Law. Everything seemed to work as planned—until 2008.

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Policy Minute: Exclusionary Zoning

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Long Island’s housing production fell by 58 percent from the 2001-2008 period to the 2009-2018 period and in the northern suburbs, production fell by 50 percent during the same period. The median rent of a housing unit in Westchester County increased by roughly 2.5 times from 1990 to 2018.

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