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

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

731, 735 (2011)). 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.” at 287 (quoting Ashcroft v. al-Kidd , 563 U.S. On appeal, the court determines a pa rty’s entitlement to immunity based on the “face of the complaint.”

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 26, no. Decker, Andrew. White, K. (Ed.).

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Uber: criminal?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

124,000 files from Uber were leaked to the Guardian and they found that " Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals." And they did this at the expense of the success of public transit as well as adding to traffic and congestion even while arguing they did the opposite.

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A Study of Low-Income Communities and School-to-Prison Pipelines

The Lowe Down

Black students, representing only 16% of student enrollment, make up 27% of students referred to law enforcement and 31% of students subjected to school-related arrests. In our analysis, we used total suspension rates by county from the California Department of Education for academic years 2011-12 through 2015-16.

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Racial Inequities in New York City’s Property Tax System

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Our 2011 State of the City report serves as a primer, explaining how these property taxes are calculated and revealing the potential for ongoing inequity in the city’s tax system. This notoriously complex system, which varies significantly from the rest of the country, often adversely impacts low-income residents of color.

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Options for Expanding Property Tax Relief for Lower Income Homeowners

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

That question is one of policy, not law, and the School of Government is neutral on issues of policy. Instead, my goal is to discuss a related question of law: If the General Assembly chose to expand the circuit breaker, could it constitutionally do so in a way that allowed for variety in its application across the state?

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

State law requires each board of county commissioners to levy and collect taxes as necessary to meet the county’s allocated share of the cost of mandated social services programs. Counties may also levy property taxes for any purpose for which the county is authorized by law to appropriate money, subject to voter approval.