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

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

Courts consider the breed of the dog for the dog’s aggressive nature, the dog’s location and behavior, and any dog owner’s negligence or lack of supervision or control. City of High Point, N.C. , 3d 194 (4th Cir. However, these cases are very fact specific. See Dempsey v. Kootenai County , No. 08-CV-294-N-EJL, 2009 WL 3823106 (D.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

It did so, for example, in 2004 to cover the budget year 2003, when its estimate was $3.2 19] See CBO letter to Senator Richard Shelby dated April 8, 2004. However, the FHLBB was eliminated by Congress in 1989 due to its failure to adequately supervise the safety and soundness of the Federal S&Ls that it also regulated.

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