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Sex In the Subdivision
A Greenwood homeowner’s association has voted to keep sex offenders out of their sub-divison.  They passed a ban on sex offenders taking up residence in the sub-division as well as anyone who is convicted of a crime that would qualify them as a sex offender would have to move...

Subdivision Gets Second Look due to Lawsuit
Dover, MA: A few months ago, a group of residents in Dover thought they had found the perfect solution to prevent a large development project from taking place within their peaceful community on Colonial Road...

"The Speech Police Tackle a Subdivision"
George Will has written this interesting column....

Discovery: The Miracle of subdivision (f) of Rule 56
(f) When Affidavits Are Unavailable. If a party opposing the motion shows by affidavit that, for specified reasons, it cannot present facts essential to justify its opposition, the court may: (1) deny the motion; (2) order a continuance to enable affidavits to be obtained, depositions to be taken, or other discovery to be undertaken; or (3) issue any other just order...

No Duty* to Halt Perceived Nuisances OUTSIDE of the Subdivision
*part 1 of a 2-part article that explores the duty that {generally} does not attach to property owner associations for nuisance conduct or incidents occurring outside the Subdivision's boundaries; part 2 will examine at least one scenario where the "no duty rule" does not apply to nuisances external to a subdivision's boundaries...

Is the Democratic Party "A Political Subdivision" under Section 5 of the VRA?
This Houston Chronicle story about oral argument over LULAC's "Texas two step" challenge suggests that maybe NAMUDNO is going to cause some rethinking of political party coverage under section 5...