Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales, No. 04-78 (U.S. June 27, 2005)
A decade and half ago, in DeShaney v. Winnebago County Dept. of Social Services, 489 U.S. 189 (1989), the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed the case of local child-protection officials who failed to protect a young child from beatings by his…
Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing, No. 04-603 (U.S. June 13, 2005)
We’re oversimplifying the example here, but let’s say you bring a lawsuit in state court asserting state law claims. The parties are “non-diverse” because everyone resides in the same state, so there is no basis for federal diversity jurisdiction. But…
U.S. Supreme Court: Podcasting for the hoi polloi
The famed Oyez multimedia site for several years has made audio recordings of U.S. Supreme Court arguments available for download. Now you can mainline your Supremes audio feed using their Oyez Supreme Court Podcast, which currently is highlighting a cluster…
Fair housing testing guidebook for persons with disabilities
On the heels of the study, Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities – Barriers at Every Step (previously blogged), HUD has also issued an excellent comprehensive guidebook on fair housing testing for persons with disabilities. Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities: Testing…
San Remo Hotel, L.P. v. City and County of San Francisco, 125 S.Ct. 2491 (2005)
We know we have said this before, but this time the San Remo Hotel’s battle with San Francisco’s SRO conversion ordinance really is over, and the City has won. The United States Supreme Court has held that San Remo may…
Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., 125 S.Ct. 2074 (2005).
It took 25 years, but the Supreme Court restored some sanity to Takings Clause jurisprudence, requiring that there be, well, a taking. In so doing, the Court protected most rent control statutes and other land use regulations from Takings Clause…
A better “take” on Kelo
Confused about the warm fuzzy feelings you’ve had toward Antonin Scalia of late, or, conversely, toward your local sales-tax grabbing councilmember who would displace an entire low-income community as fast as you can say “mega auto mall”? For the community-based…
Like it matters
“The average American Internet user is not sure what podcasting is, what an RSS feed does, or what the term ‘phishing’ means,” according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Calculating poverty “concentration,” among other things
The U.S. Census Bureau is the mother lode of core economic data we all use to harvest, evaluate and comprehend U.S. poverty statistics, and it continues to tweak its website to provide new reports and new ways to find that…
New study on barriers to housing for persons with disabilities
The Department of Housing and Community Development (HUD) announced a new comprehensive study on housing discrimination against persons with disabilities. Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities – Barriers at Every Step shows that persons with disabilities face discrimination in up to…
