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Federal & State: Codes and Cases....: Searching & Practice

2019

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1. Hansberry v. Lee - Federal Case/Supreme Court- find the deciding case reversing earlier decisions.. (311 U. S. 32) 

     Shepardize on the right menu to find out what has happened since this decision.

2. Find out what the correct or needed legal citation is for the Fair Housing Act.  Use the  The United States Code Popular Name Table.

  •   On the right click on the letter "F". 
  •   You will see several citations for the Fair Housing Act
  •   As you look through those from 42. U.S. C. 3601 you will see this:
  •   42 stands for  TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE in the United States Code.  Chapter 45 is Fair Housing. 
  •   Continue through the sections; 42 U.S.C. 3604 deals with "Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and other  prohibited  practices".
  •   Click any hyperlinked 42 U.S.C. 3601 to open this.
  •   If you click through the United States Code (U.S. C.) you will see that 42 is TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE.
  •   You click through by hitting the red Next on the top.  
  •  Write down the citation. 32 U.S.C. 3601  To see the complete act follow 3 below.

3. Now that you have the citation.  Use Nexis Uni to find the complete Fair Housing Act.

  •  Open this database from the HCU Library Database Page.
  •  Use "Get a Document Assistance".
  •  Under Content Type pick Statutue & Legistlation. Then Jurisdiction/ U.S. Federal/ Find the general USCS or
  •  United States Code Service, USCS [US]                    USCS @
  •  Search By Citation for 42 U.S.C. 3601

Under the notes/ short notes you will see this " Act April 11, 1968 ... provides: "This title may be cited as the 'Fair Housing Act'.". Such Act appears generally as 42 USCS §§ 3601 et seq.; for full classification, consult USCS Tables volumes."  Continue reading through the sections as you hit Next on the top if the page.

 

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More practice.

Can you find the Federal Military Court case involving William L. Calley? The citation is 46 C.M.R. 1131.

Can you find Scott v. Sandford, the deciding case in the late 1850's? (60 U.S. 393; 15 L. Ed. 691; 1858 U. S. Lexis 472 or 19 HOW 393)

Owasso v. Falvo (peer grading) case?

The Scopes Trial?

How about these:

Federal Education Code and the Texas Education Code (Texas Code of Education).

Irving Independent School District v. Tatro

Toll v. Moreno

Upton v. Clovis Municipal School District

Community Notification Act or Megan's Laws under the Wetterling Act

Find Ramona v. Superior Court- repressed memory and sodium amytal case.

National Labor Relation Act  (may be under a different name).

Kumho Tire Co. v. Patrick Carmichael

Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaaceuticals Inc.

No Child Left Behind Act.

N. Y. Times v. Sullivan

N. Y. Times v. Gertz

Small Business Act.

Arthur Young & Company v. United States.

526 U. S. 137

Nursing Practice Act

42 CFR 483. 10 (Code of Federal Regulations).

Lunsford v. Board of Nurse Examiners.  (648 S.W. 2d 391)

Nursing Home Reform Act 

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 

Title 15. U.S. C. section 7201 or Sarbanes-Oxley Act