Cases

High Mountain Sheep Dam (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

This case examines the decision facing the Federal Power Commission (FPC) of whether to license hydroelectric development of Idaho's Snake River. After providing background on the area's wilderness value and on the FPC, it describes a series of...

California Welfare Reform

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1984, conservative secretary of the California Health and Welfare Agency David Swoap and liberal San Francisco assemblyman Art Agnos began to discuss work and job training programs that might shrink California's burgeoning welfare rolls and...

Tacoma Neon Wars (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1984, the Tacoma, Washington, City Council voted to accept the proposal of artist Stephen Antonakos for a $280,000 neon sculpture to be placed in the new Tacoma Dome sports and convention facility. The artwork would be paid for with funds...

Tacoma Neon Wars (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1984, the Tacoma, Washington, City Council voted to accept the proposal of artist Stephen Antonakos for a $280,000 neon sculpture to be placed in the new Tacoma Dome sports and convention facility. The artwork would be paid for with funds...

Tacoma Neon Wars (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1984, the Tacoma, Washington, City Council voted to accept the proposal of artist Stephen Antonakos for a $280,000 neon sculpture to be placed in the new Tacoma Dome sports and convention facility. The artwork would be paid for with funds...

Falklands/Malvinas: The Haig Mediation Effort (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

On April 2, 1982, Argentine forces overran the British-controlled Falklands, thus triggering a confrontation between the two nations over possession of the barren South Atlantic islands. Students can read Part A to learn about the history of the...

AIDS and the Insurance Industry

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In December 1986, Massachusetts Commissioner of Insurance Peter Hiam ordered life and health insurance companies operating in the state to stop testing insurance applicants' blood for antibodies to the AIDS virus. Hiam expressed concern that the...

Peabody's Trailer Parks

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In the late 1984, when the owners of trailer parks housing 2,000 residents of Peabody, Massachusetts, threatened to evict their tenants and redevelop the land for other uses because they cannot get satisfactory rent increases under the city's...

Plastic in the Public Sector

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

This five-paragraph case sketches a debate in the state of Minnesota about whether to allow to pay for their annual $15 park permits by credit card. The debate took place in the context of a larger Department of Natural Resources effort to...

Ellen Schall and the Department of Juvenile Justice

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

This "Innovations in State and Local Government" case begins in January 1983, when Ellen Schall is appointed commissioner of New York City's Department of Juvenile Justice, an agency in upheaval. DJJ was established to detain seven- to...

Department of Transportation and Airport Landing Slots (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

The ability of commercial airlines to fly their planes means little without a space in which to land them. In some congested US airports, the times and spots for landing are known as "landing slots" and have been assigned to airlines at the...

Department of Transportation and Airport Landing Slots

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

The ability of commercial airlines to fly their planes means little without a space in which to land them. In some congested US airports, the times and spots for landing are known as "landing slots" and have been assigned to airlines at the...