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Assignment 1: Learning by Doing

Using library or Internet resources provide a full citation for each of the following items:

1. Your state's statute that defines what is considered to be a public record that must be made available to the public upon request.

2. The pre-World War I opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court holding, on re-argument, that a federal income tax was unconstitutional.

3. The federal statute authorizing the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to make payments to states for the value of materials stockpiled near federal highway construction projects in conformity with the project specifications.

4. The federal joint regulation of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Department of Commerce, identifying the factors for listing, delisting, or reclassifying endangered species.

5. Your state's administrative regulations specifying the licensure process for real estate agents.

6. The local ordinance in your municipality governing noise.

7. The most recent opinion of your state's highest appeals court describing the extent to which the state constitution requires that the power of eminent domain be exercised only for a public use.

8. A recent federal trial court decision in your federal district describing the standard for summary judgment in federal court.

9. A law-review article published within the past five years about libel law and political campaign advertisements.