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

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

2018, 56 L. 2005); Altman v. 2005); Warboys v. In short, “the law does not require the officer to wait until the approaching animal is within biting distance or is leaping at him before taking protective action.” Dep't of Soc. 658, 694, 98 S. 2d 611 (1978).” The Monell claim was dismissed. Davis , 826 F.3d Eyre , 547 F.3d

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CED and Affordable Housing: How Does Manufactured Housing Fit In?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Differences in state laws affecting manufactured housing’s purchase or ownership, as well as local laws affecting zoning and siting, can also complicate the manufactured housing landscape.” (p. Further complicating manufactured housing finance is that owned manufactured homes can be sited on owned or rented land.

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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Since 2005 or 2006 I have been recommending that the city create Traffic Management Districts as a way to coordinate transportation management and improvements at the commercial district scale (e.g. Sometimes there are issues, admittedly, but mostly it's recklessness. hits 16-year high on traffic deaths ," Washington Post ).

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Denver and Rio Grande Rail Trail in Davis County, Utah: a great foundation, full of (missed) opportunity

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's an old rail corridor that was acquired by the Utah Transit Authority (" From rails to trails ," Deseret News , 2005) and is a joint project with the communities it passes through. This was the only working repair stand and air pump on the stretch of the trail I rode, probably because it was both newer and sponsored by a law firm.

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Vast resources are now devoted to distorting the picture, and all three superpowers are busy utilising them (Druzin and Gordon 2018, Merrin 2019, Rudick and Dannels 2019). Since the late 20th century, the concept of anomie has been reinterpreted (Allan 2005, pp. Gordon 2018. Law and Social Inquiry 43(4): 1427-1457.