In proving a case of adverse disparate impact discrimination under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, a plaintiff in its prima facie case must show a significant disparity between an affected population and an appropriate comparison population. Both government agencies and commentators have neglected to address the crucial issue of how to elect and define a comparison population. Title VI cases often look to Title VII cases for guidance. Title VII cases require that a comparison population should be similarly situated to the affected population. In 2000, the Environmental Protection Agency ( the EPA or the Agency ) issued draft Title VI guidance addressing this issue, but the Agency failed to address how to select a similarly situated...
President Bill Clinton created an executive order in 1994 mandating that all Federal agencies incorp...
Since the 1970s, there has been a growing awareness that environmental hazards are disproportionatel...
Environmental justice litigants have used federal courts to challenge actions on the part of federal...
In proving a case of adverse disparate impact discrimination under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights...
Title VI prohibits federal agencies from providing funds to state or local agencies that discriminat...
Over the past decade, environmental Justice commentators and advocates increasingly have focused on ...
Disparate-impact regulations promulgated by EPA pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
Government takings of private land for public purposes are permitted by the United States Constituti...
Not in my backyard! This simple statement and the vigorous efforts to enforce it have resulted over...
This article argues that the Third Circuit, and the courts that have implicitly approved private dis...
This article will suggest what is required to prevail under the purposeful discrimination standard u...
One effect of the environmental justice movement has been to draw attention to the prejudices inhere...
This Article proposes a new risk-based approach to representing and compensating not only minorities...
Since the 1970s, there has been a growing awareness that environmental hazards are disproportionatel...
Some economic analyses find evidence of environmental injustice--minorities and/or low-income person...
President Bill Clinton created an executive order in 1994 mandating that all Federal agencies incorp...
Since the 1970s, there has been a growing awareness that environmental hazards are disproportionatel...
Environmental justice litigants have used federal courts to challenge actions on the part of federal...
In proving a case of adverse disparate impact discrimination under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights...
Title VI prohibits federal agencies from providing funds to state or local agencies that discriminat...
Over the past decade, environmental Justice commentators and advocates increasingly have focused on ...
Disparate-impact regulations promulgated by EPA pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
Government takings of private land for public purposes are permitted by the United States Constituti...
Not in my backyard! This simple statement and the vigorous efforts to enforce it have resulted over...
This article argues that the Third Circuit, and the courts that have implicitly approved private dis...
This article will suggest what is required to prevail under the purposeful discrimination standard u...
One effect of the environmental justice movement has been to draw attention to the prejudices inhere...
This Article proposes a new risk-based approach to representing and compensating not only minorities...
Since the 1970s, there has been a growing awareness that environmental hazards are disproportionatel...
Some economic analyses find evidence of environmental injustice--minorities and/or low-income person...
President Bill Clinton created an executive order in 1994 mandating that all Federal agencies incorp...
Since the 1970s, there has been a growing awareness that environmental hazards are disproportionatel...
Environmental justice litigants have used federal courts to challenge actions on the part of federal...