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Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Law Resource GuideThis selective guide highlights major electronic and print resources available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs students researching issues in Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Law. Please contact your Law Library Research Services librarians during their regularly scheduled hours, or via email to research.services@law.csuohio.edu for assistance in suggesting research strategies, and/or locating/using these or other resources to meet your needs. The links to resources available on LexisNexis Academic, an OhioLINK research database, are only available on the CSU Campus or via remote authentication to those with a current CSU ID. Some journals available electronically, such as those via HeinOnline, are only available on the CSU Campus or CSU Network. Links below which lead to Westlaw and LexisNexis files require a valid Law student Westlaw or LexisNexis password for access. Call number links are to records in the Law Library catalog, SCHOLAR, and are especially important to check for location/availability information.
Major Ohio Treatises and Practice GuidesMajor General Treatises and Practice Guides Additional Titles on Selected Topics Study
Aids Journal Articles and Current Awareness Services Aggregate Files and Other Web Resources Government Reports and Other Resources
IntroductionIssues covered in Land Use Control ( LAW 608) "include the nature and purpose of zoning; comparison with other systems of land use control; constitutional bases and limitations; zoning legislation and regulations; urban redevelopment; platting and planning; and variances and spot zoning." While the primary focus of this guide is to support student and faculty research related to this course, it is hoped that these resources will also be of value to others interested in land use, real estate, development, and/or local government matters. For background information concerning basic Property Law concepts, please see the
Legislative Sources
Ohio: The Ohio Revised Code's statutes (laws) regarding Planning and Zoning for various forms of Ohio local government may be found in Title 3 (Counties), Title 5 (Townships) and Title 7 (Municipalities). Depending on your research issue, there may be other sections of the Code that you may need to check as well - for example: Title 53 contains the laws passed by the Ohio General Assembly on Real Property. So, start with the Index to the ORC, and then go to the Title and section. Note if there are definitions related to the code provisions, and check annotations and supplementation. Ohio Revised Code (LAWRiter - from the State of Ohio website) Unannotated For annotated versions of the ORC, see the Code from either of the 2 major publishers of the Code: Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (print) / West Pub. Co., 1994 - Reference, Ohio Room, and Reserve KFO 30 1953 .A4 (Westlaw - OH-ST-ANN) Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (print) / Anderson Pub. Co., 1953 - Reference, Ohio Room, and Reserve KFO 30 1953 .P3 LexisNexis Academic: Ohio Code (Please note: This OhioLINK research database is only available on the CSU campus or via remote authentication to those with a CSU ID) LexisNexis: ( Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Ohio > Statutes & Regulations > OH - Ohio Statutes, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined ) _______________________
Other States: The Law Library has a current print annotated code for most states. The sets are shelved by call number, alphabetically by state, on the Atrium Level of the Law Library, beginning with KFA (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona), KFC (California), etc. Code arrangement will vary by state. Start with the index, and make sure to check the pocket part supplement for amendments to the law and newer annotations to court decisions. LexisNexis Academic State Codes Click on the specific state and search in the same manner as in other LexisNexis Academic databases. Code arrangement will vary by state. Legal Information Institute(LII) (Cornell Univ.): State Law _______________________
U.S. (Federal): United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.) (Thomson West), Print: Reference or 2nd Level United States Code Service (USCS) (LexisNexis), Print: Reference KF62 .L38 (Also available via LexisNexis Academic) Both publishers' print codes have a multi-volume subject index. Start there and then go to the Title and Section number. Remember to check the pocket part supplement or pamphlet under the same Title and Section number for updated information -- any amendments to the Code, references to newer court decisions, etc. United States Code (Via GPO Access) Unannotated. Legal Information Institute (LII) (Cornell Univ.): Federal Law _______________________
Municipal Codes/Ordinances Codified Ordinances of the City of Cleveland Updated by the City Record (Check under Codified Ordinances in the Index at the end of each issue) [Example of an ordinance: Part 3, Title VII - Zoning Code - Chapter 341 Public Land Protective District ] Links to Many Ohio Municipal Codes Cleveland Public Library's Public Administration Library Has many Ohio, and municipal codes from a number of major cities. Seattle Public Library Municipal Codes Online http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=collection_municodes _______________________________________________________________________________
In addition to researching law, administrative regulations of agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (both Federal and State) may be important to check: Example - for regulations relating to wetlands, or brownfields, or underground storage tanks. Code of Federal Regulations (via GPO Access) CFR via LexisNexis Academic CFR -- Current year in print on the First Level rotunda (Reference Area) of the Law Library KF 70 .A3. The previous two years in print - Second Level; complete backrun on microfilm and microfiche - Base Level. Federal Register (via GPO Access) (Daily; proposed and final regulations; notices) FR via LexisNexis Academic FR -- print current and prior year - First Level rotunda (Reference Area) of the Law Library KF70 .A2 Complete backrun on microfilm and microfiche on the Base Level. Ohio Administrative Code (print) / West Pub. Co., 1994 - KFO 34.5 .O35 Ohio Administrative Code ( Anderson's Online Documents - from State of Ohio website) Ohio Monthly Record (print) / West 1977 - ) KFO 35 .A23 O35 Updates the Ohio Administrative Code _______________________________________________________________________________
If you have a citation to a federal or state reported court case, and want to read it, try LexisNexis Academic's Get a Case. To search full-text for cases, try the following resources: LexisNexis Academic: Legal Research > Federal Case Law LexisNexis Academic: Legal Research > State Case Law > Ohio > Ohio All Courts (all types of cases) To identify significant cases related to a specific issue, take advantage of annotations following sections of codes, or footnotes in journal articles or in treatises such as those listed below. Tables of Cases in many of the titles listed below may be an excellent source for citations to the cases and/or to specific sections of the treatise where the case is discussed. West's Ohio Digest (print) / West Pub. Co., 1949 - Reference & Ohio KFO 57 .W47 For Key Number topical researching of Ohio caselaw. Start with the Index, then to volume that includes the topic and subtopic (the key number) to identify court cases on an issue. Check the pocket part supplement for newer cases. Check the cases themselves. Shepards (available at the Law Library research workstations) can be used to check a citation for newer cases citing your case. Law review articles citing your case may also be listed on Shepards. Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio Appellate Court Opinions from the Ohio Supreme Court website (for more recent years): http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/newpdf/ _________________________________________________________________________________
Major Ohio Treatises and Practice Guides Selected treatises and practice guides in the Law Library collection which provide a foundation for land use law issues in Ohio include the following: Ohio Planning and Zoning Law (Baldwin’s Ohio Handbook Series) / West Group, 1997 - / annual. Reference and Ohio Room KFO 458 .M42 A basic comprehensive useful current title. Local Government Law -- Municipal / John E. Gotherman, Harold W. Babbit, and James F. Lang / Cleveland: Thomson/West, 2004 - current. 2 vols. KFO 431 .A6 G67 (Westlaw - OHMUNL) Local Government Law -- Township / Rebecca C. Princehorn / Cleveland: West, 2004 - . KFO 430 .A3 2004 (Westlaw - OHTWPL) Ohio Jurisprudence 3d / West Group, 1977 - Ohio's legal encyclopedia -- Start with the index to this multivolume set, under topics such as Zoning. Reference and Ohio Room KFO 65 .O3543 Ohio Real Estate Law, 3rd ed. / Kenton L. Kuehnle with Jack S. Levey (Baldwin's Ohio Practice) / Thomson/West, 2003 - 3 vols. Reserve KFO 112 .H362 (Westlaw - OHRELP ) Ohio Real Estate Law Handbook / Cincinnati, OH : Anderson Pub. Co., 1997- Reserve and Reference KFO 112 .Z9 O55 Ohio Real Estate Transactions, 3rd ed. / Samuel S. Wilson, Thomas J. Sherman / [Cincinnati, Ohio] : Anderson Pub. Co., 2003 - Reserve and Reference KFO 126 .W54 2003 LexisNexis - (Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Real Estate > Treatises & Analytical Materials > Ohio Real Estate Transactions ) Ohio Real Property Law and Practice, 5th ed. / Robert M. Curry and James Geoffrey Durham / Michie, 1996 - . KFO112 .M32 1996 LexisNexis - ( Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Real Estate > Treatises & Analytical Materials > Ohio Real Property Law and Practice ) Takings Litigation Handbook - Defending Takings Challenges to Land Use Regulations / Douglas F. Kendall, et al. / Cincinnati, OH: American Legal Pub., 2000. KF 5698 .K45 2000
Developments in Ohio law are often reflected in continuing legal education materials such as: Land Use and Zoning Law[s] / Ohio State Bar Assn. CLE Institute, Vol. 06-130. Land Use and Zoning / Columbus, OH: OSBA CLE Institute, 2004. In 2 parts. Ohio Room KFO 458 .Z9 L36 2004
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Major General Treatises and Practice Guides
Selected significant treatises and practice guides in the Law Library collection which provide a foundation for land use law issues include the following: American Jurisprudence Legal Forms 2d - Land Use and Zoning Practice (Westlaw - AMJURLF-ZONPL) American Land Planning Law (Rev. Ed.) (Westlaw - ALPLAW) American Law of Property ; a Treatise on the Law of Property in the United States / Little, Brown, 1952 - Reserve & Stacks KF 560 .A5 American Law Reports (ALR) (Westlaw - ALR-ZONING)
American Planning Law - Land Use and the Police Power / Norman Williams, Jr. and John M. Taylor / Wilmette, Ill.: Callaghan, 1974 - Multi-vol. set. KF 5698 .W54 Anderson's American Law of Zoning, 4th ed. / Kenneth H. Young / Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1996 - 5 vols. KF 5698 .A76 1996 (Westlaw - AMLZONING) Current Trends and Practicial Strategies for Land Use Law and Zoning / Patricia E. Salkin, ed. / Chicago: American Bar Association, Section on State and Local Government Law, 2004. KF 5698 .T74 2004 Environmental Land Use Planning and Management / John Randolph / Washington: Island Press, 2004. HD 108.3 .R36 2004 Federal Land Use Law & Litigation / Brian W. Blaesser, Alan C. Weinstein, and Daniel R. Mandelker / Eagan, MN: Thomson West, 2005 - Annual. KF 5698 .F43 From Sprawl to Smart Growth - Successful Legal, Planning, and Environmental Systems / Robert H. Freilich / Section of State and Local Government Law, American Bar Association, 1999 KF 5692 .F74 1999 Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook: Model Statutes for Planning and the Management of Change / Chicago: Growing Smart Program of the American Planning Association, 2002. 2 vols. and User Manual. KF 5692.Z9 G76 2002 Handling the Land Use Case: Land Use Law, Practice & Forms, 3rd ed. / John J. Delaney, Stanley D. Abrams, Frank Schnidman / Eagan, MN: Thomson/West, 2005 - 3 vols. (West's Zoning and Land Use Law Library Series) KF 5698 .D45 2005 Institute on Planning, Zoning, and Eminent Domain. Proceedings / M. Bender, 1971 - Land Use Law, 5th ed. / Daniel R. Mandelker / LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2003 - Land Use Planning and Control Law / Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer and Thomas E. Roberts / West Group, 1998 (West Hornbook Series) KF 5692 .J84 1998 The Law of Municipal Corporations, 3rd ed. / Eugene McQuillin; Clark A. Nichols and others; Ray Smith, ed. in chief. / Callaghan, 1949 - current . Multi-vol. set. KF 5305 .M33 (Westlaw - MUNICORP) The Law of Real Property (Powell on Real Property) / by Richard R. Powell; revision editor Patrick J. Rohan / Matthew Bender , 1977- KF 570 .P6 LexisNexis - ( Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Real Estate > Treatises & Analytical Materials > Matthew Bender(R) > Powell on Real Property ) The Law of Real Property, and Other Interests in Land 3d ed. /by Herbert Thorndkie Tiffany/ Callaghan [c1970] KF570 .T53 1970 (Westlaw - TIFFANY-RP ) The Legal Guide to Affordable Housing Development / ed. by Rochelle E. Lento and Tim Iglesias / Chicago: American Bar Association, 2005. Reference KF 5729 .L44 2005 Local Government Law / C. Dallas Sands and Michael E. Libonati / Callaghan, 1981 - current . 4 vols. KF 5300 .S26 Local Regulation of Adult Businesses / Deerfield, IL: Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1992 - Annual. (Zoning and Land Use Law Library Series) KF 5699 .L62 A Model Land Development Code: Complete Text, Adopted by the American Law Institute at Washington, D.C., May 21, 1975, and Reporters' Commentary / Philadelphia: The Institute, 1976. KF 5697 .A441 Model Subdivision Regulations: Planning and Law: A Complete Ordinance and Annotated Guide to Planning Practice and Legal Requirements, 2nd ed. / Robert H. Freilich and Michael M. Schultz / Chicago: Planners Press, American Planning Association, 1995. KF 5698 .F7 1995
Municipal Ordinances: Text and Forms, 2nd ed. /
Thomas A. Matthews and Byron S. Matthews / Callaghan,
1972-3 - Multi-volume set.
KF
5313 .M3 1972 New Solutions to Environmental Problems in Business & Real Estate Deals / Practising Law Institute, 2000 - (Real Estate Law and Practice Course Handbook Series) Nichols on Eminent Domain LexisNexis -- ( Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Real Estate > Treatises & Analytical Materials > Matthew Bender(R) > Nichols on Eminent Domain ) Perspectives
on Property Law 3d ed. / Robert C. Ellickson, et. al., eds. /
Aspen Law & Business, 2002. KF
562 .E25 2002 Rathkopf's The Law of Zoning and Planning, 4th ed. / Arden H. Rathkopf and Daren A. Rathkopf / New York: C. Boardman Co., 1975 - 5-vol. looseleaf set. . KF 5698 .R37 (Westlaw - RLZPN) Real Estate Law & Practice Course Handbooks / Practising Law Listitute (PLI) (Westlaw - PLI-REAL) Regulatory
Takings, 3rd ed. / Steven J. Eagle / LexisNexis, 2005
KF
5698 .E18 2005 Subdivision Law and Growth Management, 2nd ed. / James A. Kushner / St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2001 - 2 vols. KF 5698 .K872 Suggested State Legislation / Council of State Governments, 1941 - KF 165 .C68 Thompson on Real Property, 2nd ed. / David A. Thomas, editor-in-chief/ Lexis Law Publishing, 1998 - KF 570 .T46 Zoning Law and Practice, 4th ed. / E.C. Yokley / Charlottesville, Va.: Michie Co., 1978 - Multi-vol. set. KF 5698 .Y62 1978 _______________________________________________________________________________
Additional Titles on Selected Topics:
Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act / Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council / Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2001. KF 5624 .C66 2001 Conservation Trusts / Sally K. Fairfax and Darla Guenzler / Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2001. KF 736 .L3 F35 2001 The Endangered Species Act: Law, Policy, and Perspectives / Donald C. Baur and William Robert Irvin / Chicago: Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, American Bar Association, 2002. KF 5640 .A315 E53 2002 Environment, Property, and the Law - Federal and State Case Decisions and Journal Articles / ed. Ronald H. Rosenberg / New York: Garland Pub., 1997. 3 vols. (Controversies in Constitutional Law Series) KF 3775 .E4655 1997 Environmental Regulation of Real Property / Nicholas A. Robinson / New York: Law Journal Seminars-Press, 1982 - KF 5698 .R6 1982 Nature-Friendly Ordinances: Local Measures to Conserve Biodiversity / James M. McElfish Jr., / Washington, D.C.: Environmental Law Institute, 2004. NIMBY: A Primer for Lawyers and Advocates / Chicago: American Bar Association, 1999. KF 5692 .N55 1999 The Signage Sourcebook: A Signage Handbook / Sherwood, OR: Signage Foundation, 2003. KF 5710 .S5 2003 Small Town America in an Era of Big Box Development / Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 2005 Symposium / South Royalton, Vt.: Vermont Law School, 2005. HT 392 .V47 2005 Taking Sides on Takings Issues: The Impact of Tahoe-Sierra / Thomas E. Robert ed. / Chicago: Section of State and Local Government Law, American Bar Association, 2003. Takings Litigation Handbook: Defending Takings Challenges to Land Use Regulations / Douglas T. Kendall, et al. / Cincinnati: American Legal Pub., 2000. KF 5698 .K45 2000 Urban Economics and Land Use in America: The Transformation of Cities in the Twentieth Century / Alan Rabinowitz / Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2004. HT 1230 .R22 2004 Wetlands Law and Policy: Understanding Section 404 / Kim Diana Connolly, et al. / Chicago: Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, American Bar Association, 2005. _______________________
Bringing the Law Back in: Essays in Land, Law, and Development / Patrick McAuslan / Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2003. K 3534 .M38 2003 Taking Land: Compulsory Purchase and Regulation in Asian-Pacific Countries / Tsuyoshi Kotaka and David L. Callies, eds. / Honolulu: Univ. of Hawai'i Press, 2002. _______________________________________________________________________________
Land Use in a Nutshell, 5th ed. / John R. Nolon, Patricia E. Salkin / Thomson/West, 2006. Coastal and Ocean Management Law in a Nutshell, 3rd ed. / Donna R. Christie and Richard G. Hildreth / St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2007. KF 5627 .Z9 C48 2007 Local Government Law in a Nutshell, 5th ed. / David J. McCarthy, Jr., Laurie Reynolds / Thomson/West, 2003. KF 5300 .Z9 M3 2003 Modern Public Land Law in a Nutshell, 3rd ed. / Robert L. Glicksman and George Cameron Coggins / West Group, 2006. KF 5605 .G58 2006 Property: Takings / David A. Dana and Thomas W. Merrill / New York: Foundation Press, 2002. KF 5599 .Z9 D36 2002 Real Property in a Nutshell, 4th ed. / Roger Bernhardt, Ann M. Burkhart / West Group, 2000. Reserve KF 570.Z9 B4 2000 Real Estate Transactions : Examples and Explanations, 4th ed. / D. Barlow Burke / Aspen Publishers, 2006. KF 665 .Z9 B865 2006 Understanding the Law of Zoning and Land Use Controls / Barlow Burke / LexisNexis, 2002. KF 5698 .B87 2002 Understanding Property Law / by John G. Sprankling / Lexis Pub., 2000. KF 561 .S67 2000
Ohio Board of Bar Examiners, Outline of Subjects Tested on Essay Portion of Ohio Bar Examination (Columbus, OH: Supreme Court of Ohio 1984-) Reserve KFO 76 .Z9 O8546 Outlines the subjects tested on the essay portion of the Ohio Bar Examination in order to provide a guide to bar examiners in drafting the essay questions. Within the Property section in the November 2002 edition are citation to legal authorities as a convenience to the bar examiners and includes outlines for: Real Property, Public Land Use Control: I. Zoning, II. Eminent Domain.
___________________________________________________________________________________ Searching Scholar and OhioLINK : (Scholar Hands-on Instruction) Search the main subject heading Land Use – Law and Legislation – United States in SCHOLAR and OhioLINK catalogs, and also the following related subject headings for additional materials: City Planning and Redevelopment Law -- United States Coastal zone management -- Law and legislation Community Development--Law and Legislation Future Interests – United States Land Subdivision--Law and Legislation Real Property -- United States Shore protection -- Law and legislation If a title or copy is not available at Cleveland State University, consider checking OhioLink. __________________________________________________________________________________
Journal Articles and Current Awareness ServicesSee Finding Articles in Law Reviews, Journals and Other Legal Periodicals for an explanation of the legal periodical indexes and databases available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students and the CSU community. _______________________ Consider starting with an Index: Because there are likely to be pertinent articles in subject-specific as well as general law reviews, you are strongly encouraged to utilize indexes to identify articles, and then go to the full text of the articles. There are two major indexes you will want to check, under such topics as Land use, Land use planning, Land trusts, Eminent domain, and Zoning. Because there are different editorial staffs at the two publications, more specific topics may be different. Each index also includes a listing of articles by name of court decision. Current Law Index / Information Access, 1980 - Reference Area K 33 .C87 (LexisNexis ) (Westlaw - LRI) Index to Legal Periodicals
/ H.W. Wilson, 1926 - Reference Area
KF 8 .I54 (Lexis )(Westlaw - ILP) _______________________ To get to the full-text of the journal articles:
LexisNexis Academic: Legal Research > Law Reviews (Full text of articles from all types of law reviews/journals) Hein Online Access it on Campus from a Quick Link on the drop-down menu at the top right of the Law Library Home Page. Provides retrospective law review coverage with full-text searchability, and pdf format of the articles. Request current print journal issues at the Law Library Information Services Desk. Older volumes are shelved generally on the Base Level by call number, beginning at K1. Check SCHOLAR for call number for the journal title and issue/volume availability. Print law review or journal titles which could have articles of interest related to Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Law issues, to which the Law Library subscribes, include the following. Columbia Journal of Law and
Social Problems Planning & Environmental Law (formerly Land Use Law & Zoning Digest) / American Planning Association. (Westlaw - PEL) (Planning & Environmental Law - from Expanded Academic ASAP) Real Estate/ Environmental Liability News / Washington, D.C.: Buraff Publications." The biweekly report on litigation, regulation & industry practice."(via LexisNexis Academic 1995 - ) Real Estate Law Journal K 18 .E14 Quarterly. (Westlaw - WGL-RELJ )
Zoning and Planning Law Report / New York: Clark Boardman, vol. 1 - KF 5697 .A15 Z66 Zoning Practice / Chicago: American Planning Assn., 2004 - Reserve Current binder. Continues Zoning News. HT 169.7 .Z66
Urban Land Institute (ULI) - Publications available from the ULI website include Urban Land ; Urban Land Europe + Asia Land Use Digest / Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute, Vol. 1 - (Nov. 1968) - Vol. 29 (June 1996.: HD 7285 .L36 From 2002 on see ULI E-Newsletters available from the ULI website. Includes LUD (Land Use Digest) Europe Westlaw Topical Highlights - Real Property ( WTH-RP ) LexisNexis ( Legal > Secondary Legal > CLE Materials > Individual ALI-ABA Course of Study Materials > ALI-ABA Course of Study - Land Use Institute ) __________________________________________________________________________________
Aggregate Files and Other Web Resources:Westlaw - (All Databases > Topical Materials by Area of Practice > Real Property ) Searchable databases include state cases relating to interests in and transfers of real property, public information, records and filings, real property texts, treatises, forms, periodicals and practice materials. Westlaw - Land Use & Zoning: Texts & Forms ( ZONPL-TEXTS )
Searchable databases include federal and state cases, court rules, statutes and legislative materials, administrative materials and regulations, legal reference materials, other journals, news and references, law reviews and journals, treatises and analytical materials, legal and general news. Westlaw -- West KeySearch – Real Property (All Topics > Property – Real) “A research tool powered by the West Key Number System that identifies the terms and key numbers most relevant to your legal issue and creates a query for you.” For searching Westlaw state and/or federal caselaw, encyclopedias and treatises, and/or journals and law reviews, utilizing the West Key Number topical approach for Real Property, or a subset of Real Property under one of the following topics (or even a more specific topic within many): Adjoining Landowners, Adverse Possession, Boundaries, Brokers, Condominium, Conveyances and Restrictions, Dedication, Deeds, Easements, Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation, states; Future Interests, Fixtures, Gifts, Homestead, Improvements, Joint Ownership, Land Trusts, Landlord and Tenant, Licenses, Liens, Mechanics’ Liens, Mineral Rights and interests, Mobile Homes and parks, Mortgages, Nuisance, Owners Liability, Perpetuities, Public lands, Records, Recording, and Torrens, Registers of Deeds, Remedies, Status as Real or personal, Title and Title Insurance, Trespass, Water Rights and Pollution, Waterfront property, Zoning, Planning, and Building Codes) LexisNexis Search Advisor -- ( All Topics > Real & Personal Property Law ) Explore Legal Topics: Adverse Possession; Brokers; Condominiums, Cooperatives & Homeowner Associations; Dedication; Deeds & Recording; Eminent Domain Proceedings; Environmental Regulation; Estates, Rights & Titles; Fraudulent Transfers; Insurance; Landlord & Tenant; Liens; Mortgages & Other Security Interests; Personal Property; Property Valuation; Quieting Title & Determining Adverse Claims; Sales, Exchanges & Remedies; Taxation; Zoning & Land Use. FindLaw > Legal Subjects > Property Law Legal Information Institute: Law About... Real Property (land law): an overview _______________________ News articles, whether from direct electronic sources or via LexisNexis Academic, LexisNexis, Westlaw, ProQuest, etc., or from print newspapers or newsletters, can frequently give clues to facilitate your research on legal issues in this subject area - names of parties in court cases, date of decision, which court, judge's name, some words or phrases which may be useful for a full-text search, etc. the Guided News Search screen (use the tab to get there) gives steps and drop-down menus for the various options. For comprehensive coverage of national level issues: In Step One: Select the news category: General News, and in Step Two: Select a news source: Major Papers to search full text of the New York Times, Washington Post, and many others. For Ohio articles, in Step One select: U.S. , and in Step Two: Ohio. For international articles, in Step One select: World News, and in Step Two, select a region. Use date qualifiers in Step Four that aren't too great a time span. Search using the same techniques as in the Legal databases. _________________________________________________________________________________
Government Reports and Other Resources Government Reports and Other Resources, whether in print format or electronically available, can be important for land use research. Federal, state, regional, county, special district, and local government web sites may include search capability, and may include full text of reports or other documents. Print publications, even older items, may be available locally. Example: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Also in print: Reference HC 110 .P63 U53a The current comprehensive guide to federal grants programs. Index to Current Urban Documents / Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, Vol. 1 (1972/73) - vol. 32 (2003-2004) Reference Z 7165 .U5 I654 The Public Administration Library at Cleveland City Hall has a subscription to the microfiche of the documents indexed. The Law Library is a U.S. Government Depository Library and we can assist you in locating Federal government publications, whether published electronically or in print .
__________________________________________________________________________________ And, to conclude: For answers to some general questions, please see: Law Library Services for CSU Grad and Undergrad Services Law Library web site - For links to additional resources to assist you. This guide is available on the web at http://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/LandUsePlanningandZoningLawResourceGuide.htm
Marie Rehmar Head of Reference Services Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library Cleveland State University Rev.: 6/29/2007; rev 8/14/07 |