Notes The Early Years: The Emergence of an Idea n 1 William Dennis Keating &Norman Krumholz, CLEVELAND: A METROPOLITAN READER 43 (Kent State University Press, ed. 1995). n 2 Id. n 3 348 U.S. 26, 36 (1954). n 4 Id. at 32-33. n 5 See Ray Dorsey, Councilmen Back Open-Type Garage <strong>for</strong> Parking in City, THE PLAIN DEALER, Apr. 5, 1950, at 2 (discussing attendance of Cleveland City Council members at the conference, and their favorable impressions of the Baltimore Housing Court). n 6 John G. Blair and Odell M. Smith, Cleveland Lags Far Behind Baltimore in Housing, Visitors Find, THE PLAIN DEALER, Apr. 16, 1954, at 1A. n 7 Fix Up Slums, Says Editor to Owners, THE PLAIN DEALER, Apr. 30, 1950, at 6F. n 8 Baltimore Aide Views Rigid Codes as Key to City Fixup, THE PLAIN DEALER, Sept. 25, 1952, at 22. n 9 Bankers Prodded on Urban Tasks: St. James A.M.E. Pastor Asks Redevelopment Aid, THE PLAIN DEALER, June 13, 1953, at 8. n 10 Report Says Housing Code Important in Fight on Slums, THE PLAIN DEALER, July 19, 1953, at 3E. n 11 Eugene Segal, Full Time Housing Court Called Need by Corrigan, THE PLAIN DEALER, Apr. 25, 1954, at 22B. n 12 Editorial, Too Much Wrist Slapping, THE PLAIN DEALER, Oct. 6, 1959, at 12. n 13 Urban League Backs Better Housing Push, THE PLAIN DEALER, Apr. 14, 1961, at 25. n 14 Donald Sabath, Praise of Two Landlords Brings on Heated Debate, THE PLAIN DEALER, Jan. 21, 1964, at 17. n 15 Pilot Rehabilitation Urged in Ward 21, THE PLAIN DEALER, Feb. 1, 1965, at 16. Social and Political Change Bolsters the Call <strong>for</strong> a Housing Court n 16 Clinic Sought to Aid Fight on Blight, THE PLAIN DEALER, Apr. 4, 1965, at 28A. n 17 Stokes Pledges War on Landlords, THE PLAIN DEALER, Sept. 9, 1965, at 67. n 18 See OHIO REV. CODE §§ 5321.01-5321.19. n 19 Donald Sabath, City Is Losing Battle to Stem Urban Blight, THE PLAIN DEALER , Mar. 23, 1972, at 2B. n 20 William C. Barnard, Housing Fines Here Average Only $15, THE PLAIN DEALER, Dec. 23, 1966, at 1. n 21 Roldo Bartimole, City in Housing Crisis, PATH Study Concludes, THE PLAIN DEALER, Mar. 14, 1967, at 1. n 22 Robert E. Miller, Bill Would Set Up Courts to Fight Slumlords, THE PLAIN DEALER, Feb. 15, 1979, at 26A. n 23 Housing Court Is Proposed, WEST SIDE SUN (Cleveland), Feb. 8, 1979. n 24 See, e.g., Katherine L. Hatton, The Time <strong>for</strong> Cleveland Housing Court Is Now, THE PLAIN DEALER, Mar. 4, 1979, at 29; F. Ross Ellis, Letter to the Editor, Housing Judge Idea Backed, THE PLAIN DEALER, Mar. 23, 1979, at 22A; Councilmen Testify in Favor of Housing Court Bill, THE PLAIN DEALER, Mar. 31, 1979, at 10E. n 25 See S.B. 35, 113th Gen. Assemb. (Ohio 1979), codified at OHIO REV. CODE § 1901.011. n 26 Special City Housing Court Born as Rhodes Skips Veto, THE PLAIN DEALER, Jan. 1, 1980. n 27 Robert Jaquay, Cleveland’s Housing Court: A Grassroots Victory 25 Years Ago Paved the Way <strong>for</strong> a Reliable, Much Needed Institution, SHELTERFORCE ONLINE (NAT’L HOUSING INST.), no. 141, 2005, available at http://nhi.org/ online/issues/sf141.html. After a Slow Start, Housing Advocates Win the Day n 28 Id. n 29 Bob Schlesinger, Judge Malaga Nudges Delinquent Owners to Repair Their Run- Down Properties, THE CLEVELAND PRESS, Apr. 13, 1981. n 30 See W. Dennis Keating, Judicial Approaches to Urban Housing Problems: A Study of the Cleveland Housing Court, 19 THE URBAN LAWYER 345 (1987) Proactive Court n 31 Angela D. Chatman, Judge Wants to Get Housing in Order, THE PLAIN DEALER, Feb. 15, 1992, at 31. n 32 Dave Davis, Contempt <strong>for</strong> Dumping: Cleveland Judges Drop Gavel on Illegal Junk, THE PLAIN DEALER, Mar. 4, 1992, at 1B. n 33 David Plata, Stadler Citation, Penalties Being Sought, THE PLAIN DEALER, May 12, 1994, at A1. New Challenges Test the Court...the 2000’s n 34 Mallach, Levy, Schilling, CLEVELAND AT THE CROSSROADS, 5 (2005). n 35 Mallach, Levy, Schilling, CLEVELAND AT THE CROSSROADS (2005). n 36 Hon. Raymond L. Pianka, Abandoned Properties: Facing the Challenge, available at http://www. clevelandhousingcourt.org/hc_rd_b.html. n 37 Bob Paynter, From Ramshackle to Riches: A Boom in Houses of Cards, THE PLAIN DEALER, Aug. 28 2000, 1A. n 38 See Alex Kotlowitz, All Boarded Up, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Mar. 4, 2009, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/ magazine/08Foreclosure-t. html?pagewanted=all&_r=0. n 39 Bob Paynter, From Ramshackle to Riches: A Boom in Houses of Cards, THE PLAIN DEALER, Aug. 28 2000, 1A. n 40 Id. n 41 Id. n 42 Bob Paynter, Entrepreneur to Serve Time in Condemned Rental House, THE PLAIN DEALER, Aug. 31, 2000, 1A. n 43 Local Real Estate Flipper Sentenced to Federal Prison, THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS (Cleveland), Jan. 25, 2006. n 44 C.C.O. § 659.02. n 45 Am. Fin. Serv. Ass’n v. Cleveland, 112 Ohio St.3d 170, 2006-Ohio-6043, 858 N.E.2d 776. n 46 C.C.O. § 367.12. n 47 C.C.O. §§ 601.99(a), (c). n 48 Thomas Ott, Housing Judge Hammers the Banks, THE PLAIN DEALER, Mar. 15, 2006, at B3. n 49 Joe Milicia, Cities Fight Glut of Vacant Houses, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 2, 2008, http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2008Feb05/0,4675, ForeclosureCrisisAbandonedHomes,00.html. n 50 Sandra Livingston, Program Uses Decorative Boards to Try to Blend Vacant Homes into Cleveland Neighborhoods, THE PLAIN DEALER, Aug. 25, 2010. n 51 Id. Revitalization and Resilience n 52 Shawn Rech, Holding Court in a Crisis: Cleveland Housing Court Judge Raymond Pianka, SUITES MAGAZINE, Fall 2009, at 16-17. n 53 See Alex Kotlowitz, All Boarded Up, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, Mar. 8, 2009, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/ magazine/08Foreclosure-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 (“The city estimates that 10,000 houses, or 1 in 13, are vacant. The county treasurer says it’s more likely 15,000.”); see also PBS News Hour, Raze the Roof Cleveland Levels Vacant Homes to Revive Neighborhoods, (original broadcast July 5, 2011), available at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec11/makingsense_07-05.html (“Cleveland alone host some 13,000 vacant homes, and the numbers keep piling up.”); 60 Minutes, There Goes the Neighborhood (original broadcast Dec. 18, 2011), available at http://www.cbsnews. com/8301-18560_162-57344513/there-goes-the-neighborhood/ (Cuyahoga County ripped down 1,000 [vacant homes in 2011]. And they have 20,000 more to go.”). n 54 2009-2012 OHIO SUPREME COURT REPORTS FOR CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL COURT, HOUSING DIVISION (on file at Cleveland Housing Court, and available upon request). n 55 2012 OHIO SUPREME COURT REPORTS FOR CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL COURT, HOUSING DIVISION (on file at Cleveland Housing Court, and available upon request). n 56 Mark Frater, Colleen Gilson, Ronald J.H. O’Leary, CITY OF CLEVELAND CODE ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP (2009), available at http:// www.communityprogress.net/filebin/pdf/ CLE_CE_Partnership.pdf. n 57 Sylvia Gets a Makeover, CUYAHOGA LAND BANK (Apr. 16, 2012), http://blog.cuyahogalandbank.org/2012/04/sylviagets-a-makeover/. n 58 Ted Kortan, Ribbon-Cutting Caps Building Renovation in Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway Neighborhood, NEWSNET5.COM (May 15, 2012), http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/ news/local_news/cleveland_metro/Ribbon-cutting-caps-building-renovation-in-Clevelands-Detroit- Shoreway- neighborhood. n 59 Ted Kortan, Cleveland Woman Returns to Her Home Since 1945 After Renovation, NEWSNET5.COM (May 28, 2012), http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_ news/cleveland_metro/Cleveland-woman-returns-to-her-home-since-1945-after-renovation n 60 Id. n 61 LARCHMERE PORCH FEST, http://larchmereporchfest.org/ (last visited May 15, 2013). n 62 CornUCopia Place, BURTON, BELL, CARR DEVELOPMENT, INC, http://www. bbcdevelopment.org/cornucopia-bbcd/ (last visited May 15, 2013); Welcome to Bridgeport Café, BRIDGEPORT CAFÉ CLEVELAND, http://www.bridgeportcafe.com/ (last visited May 15, 2013). n 63 VINEYARDS OF CHATEAU HOUGH, http://chateauhough.org/ (last visited May 15, 2013). n 64 Joe Pagonakis, Could Goats Replace Lawn Mowers in Maintaining Cleveland Inner City Vacant Lots?, NEWSNET5.COM (June 12, 2012), http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/money/consumer/ troubleshooter/could-goats-replace-lawn-mowers-in-maintaining-cleveland-inner-city-vacant-lots. n 65 About, THE CLEVELAND FLEA, http://theclevelandflea.com/about/ (last visited May 15, 2013). n 66 See Clint O’Connor, Capitol Theater’s Unexpected Success Spurs Revival of Cleveland’s Gordon Square Arts District, THE PLAIN DEALER, Oct. 16, 2012, available at http://www.cleveland.com/ moviebuff/index.ssf/2012/10/capitol_theatres_unexpected_su.html; see also Neighborhood Residencies “At Home”, THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA, http://www.clevelandorchestra.com/at-home.aspx (last visited May 9, 2013). n 67 Donna J. Miller, City Pledges to Help with Mt. Pleasant Cleanup, THE PLAIN DEALER, Oct. 5, 2010, at B2 n 68 Pat Galbincea, Cleveland Residents Confront Landlord, THE PLAIN DEALER, Aug. 11, 2011, at B6; Direct Action Against Slumlords Karla Shim and Evon Gocan, THE ESOP BLOG (Sept. 14, 2011), http://esopblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/direct-action-againstslumlords-karla-shim-and- evon-gocan/. n 69 See Cleveland v. Karla Shim, No. 2009 CRB 16953 (Clev. Mun. Ct. 2011) (showing fine paid in full). n 70 See Ben Franklin Community Garden, OLD BROOKLYN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/ BFCG/ (last visited May 13, 2013).Treadway Creek Greenway Restoration and Trail Fact Sheet, OLD BROOKLYN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/ Treadway/treadway.html (last visited May 13, 2013). n 71 Events, OLD BROOKLYN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/specialevents.html (last visited May 13, 2013). n 72 Id. n 73 The Hooley on Kamm’s Corners Offers Fun All Day, 13 KAMM’S CORNERS MAGAZINE, no. 2, 2013 at 8, available at http://www.kammscorners.com/Magazine/13Spring.pdf. n 74 A Place <strong>for</strong> the Arts in West Park?, 13 KAMM’S CORNERS MAGAZINE, no. 2, 2013 at 15, available at http://www.kammscorners.com/Magazine/13Spring.pdf. n 75 See Joe Crea, Waterloo Road Renaissance Underway in Cleveland’s Collinwood Neighborhood, THE PLAIN DEALER, Feb. 20, 2013, available at http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/02/waterloo_road_ renaissance_unde.ht ml; see also Waterloo Arts Fest, ARTS COLLINWOOD, http://waterlooartsfest. com/new/ (last visited May 14, 2013). n 76 See Living Active, BROADWAY SLAVIC VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT, http://slavicvillage.org/livingactive/morganaruntrail (last visited May 14, 2013); see also Mission, Vision, and History – Cleveland Velodrome, FAST TRACK CYCLING, http:// clevelandvelodrome.org/# (last visited May 14, 2013). The Work Continues n 77 See, e.g., SUPREME COURT OF OHIO, 2011 COURTS STATISTICAL REPORT 194, available at http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/<strong>publication</strong>s/annrep/11OCS/2011OCS.pdf; SUPREME COURT OF OHIO, 2010 COURTS STATISTICAL REPORT 193, available at http://www.supremecourt.ohio. gov/Publications/annrep/10OCS/2010OCS.pdf. n 78 See, e.g. Heather K. Way, Michelle McCarthy, John Scott, BUILDING HOPE: TOOLS FOR TRANSFORMING ABANDONED AND BLIGHTED PROPERTIES INTO COMMUNITY ASSETS, A REPORT ON DALLAS, TEXAS 17 (Univ. of Texas School of Law, Cmty. Dev. Clinic 2007), available at https://www.utexas.edu/law/clinics/community/ buildersofhope.pdf; see also Frannk C. Bracco, AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH TO IMPROVING CODE ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE IN CLAYTON COUNTY, GA (Clayton Archway Partnership 2010), available at http://archwaypartnership.uga.edu/wp- content/uploads/2010/03/codeen<strong>for</strong>cement_march2010.pdf. n 79 Sandra Livingston, Making Absentee Owners Pay: Judge Wants Them to Cover the Losses that Neighbors Sustain, THE PLAIN DEALER, Aug. 2, 2010, at A1. 32
Cleveland Housing Court Judges From Founding To Present Joseph F. McManamon April 1980-November 1980 Robert S. Malaga November 1980-December 1982 Eddie Corrigan January 1982-December 1984 Clarence L. Gaines January 1984-December 1989 William F. Corrigan January 1990-December 1995 Raymond L. Pianka January 1996-Present
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