PROPERTY C1 & E1FALL 2010: Assignments (8/18-10/7)

PROPERTY C1 & E1FALL 2010: Assignments (8/18-10/7)

Numbers in parentheses preceded by P indicate pages in Property Law: Ownership, Use & Conservation; numbers preceded by S indicate pages in the instructor’s Supplemental Materials; numbers preceded by IM indicate pages in Information Memos available on the course page; numbers preceded by E indicate pages in Estates and Land & Future Interests (3d ed.).

WED 8/18 & THU 8/19

ALL: Information Memo #1 (IM1-15)

Notes on “The Right to Exclude” and “Trespass” (P53-54)

Jacque Notes 1-4, 6 (P54-59)

Discussion Questions 1-4 (S1-2)

FRI 8/20

ALL:Common Law Privileges: Notes 1-2 (P83-84)

Civil Rights Laws: Notes 4-5 (P84-85)

Discussion Questions 5-7 (S2)

MON 8/23 & TUE 8/24

ALL:Brooks& Note 3 (P79-84)

Discussion Questions 8-9 (S2)

WED 8/25 & THU 8/26

ALL:J.M.B. Realty Corp. & Notes 1-3 (P85-93)

Discussion Questions 10-12 (S2-3)

State v. Shack (N.J. 1971)(S7-11)

Discussion Questions 17-24 (S11-12)

FRI 8/27

ALL: Federal Fair Housing Act: Selected Provisions (S3-6)

Discussion Questions 13-16 (S7)

Discussion Question 22 (S12)

MON 8/30 & TUE 8/31

BARLEY: Discussion Questions 17-20 (S11)

CORN: Discussion Questions 21, 23-25 (S12)

WED 9/1 & THU 9/2

ALL: Overview of Adverse Possession Doctrine (S14-15)

Color of Title: Note (S15) & Note 5 (P120)

Justifications for Adverse Possession (Note 1) (P108-10)

Sample Statutes (skim) (S15-17)

VanValkenburgh (S17-23)

Actual Use: Note 1 (S27) & Note 3 (P119)

CORN: Discussion Question 25 cont’d (S12)

OATS: Discussion Questions 26-27 (S12)

RICE:Discussion Questions 28-29 (S27)

Discussion Question 30 (S28)

FRI 9/3

BARLEY: Review Problem 1A (S12) (Arguments for Gabriel)

CORN: Review Problem 1A (S12) (Arguments for LON)

TUE 9/7 & WED 9/8

ALL: Ray (P102-05)

East. 13th St. (P105-08)

Bell (S23-26)

Open & Notorious: Note 2 (S28) & Note 4 (P119-20)

WHEAT: Discussion Questions 31-32 (S28)

Discussion Questions 33-35 (S29)

MON 9/13 & TUE 9/14

ALL:ASSIGNMENT #1 DUE @ START OF CLASS

Review Problem 2D (S44) (skim)

Exclusive: Note 3 (S29) & Note 7 (P121)

Continuous: Note 4 (S30); Note 4 (P111); Note 6 (P113); Note 8 (P121-22)

WHEAT: Completion of Discussion Questions 31-35

OATS: Discussion Questions 36-38 (S29-30)

Discussion Question39 (S30)

RICE:Discussion Questions 40-41 (S30)

WED 9/15THU 9/16

ALL: Adverse/Hostile/State of Mind: Notes 5-6 (S31); Note 3 (P110); Note 6 (P120-21)

Other Issues: Note 7 (S32)

Boundary Disputes: Special Issues: Note 8 (S32)

Dorschner, Nightmare on 68th Street (1992) (S33-42)

RICE:Discussion Questions 42-43 (S31)

WHEAT:Discussion Questions 44-46 (S43)

FRI 9/17

ALL:Squatting (Note 5) (P111-13)

Environment (Note 6) (P127-28)

Discussion Question 47 (S43)

Introductory Note (P128-29)

McCarty (P129-33)

BARLEY: Discussion Questions 48-49 (S60)

MON 9/20 & TUE 9/21

OATS: Review Problem 2A (S43)

1. Is five months too great an interruption in ten year statute
2. If it would be, is there enough evidence of M’s presence at house to meet the element anyway (cf. Ray)?
3. Legal significance of friend not doing what he was instructed to do?

RICE: Review Problem 2B (S43)

1. Assume trees constitute sufficient actual use.
2. Be prepared to discuss possible significance of each fact in problem.
3. Be prepared to discuss whether, as a policy matter, we should treat this kind of encroachment as open & notorious.

ALL: Maguire Notes 1-7, 9-10 (P59-68)

WED 9/22 & THU 9/23

ALL:Chart: Four Approaches to Private Nuisance (S60)

Notes 2, 4-5 (P134-36) & Note 5 (P145)

Carpenter. I (S61-72)

Carpenter II (S72-73)

Discussion Question 61 (S74)

FRI 9/24

CORN: Discussion Questions 50-52(S73)

WHEAT: Discussion Questions 53-60(S74)

BARLEY: Note 8 (P66-67); Notes 6-7 (P136-38); Notes 2-4 (P143-45)

Discussion Questions 62-63 (S74)

MON 9/27 & TUE 9/28

ALL: Overview of Public Nuisance Law (P145-51)

Note 1 (P75-76)

Spur Industries Notes 2-5(P158-66)

Armory Park(S75-81)

Notes 6-7 (P166-67)

Overview of Intestate Succession (S85-86)

Florida Intestacy Statutes (S86-88) (skim)

Overview of Selected Wills Issues (S88-92)

Selected Florida Laws Relating to Wills (S92-95) (skim)

OATS: Discussion Questions 64-67 (S74-75)

CORN:Discussion Questions 68-73(S81-82)

WED 9/29-THU 9/30

WHEAT: Review Problem 3A (S82)

BARLEY:Review Problem 3B (S82)

ALL: Estate of Weiss (S96-97)

Estate of Stasis (S97-100)

In re Strittmater’s Estate (S100-01)

RICE:Discussion Questions 74-75 (S100)

Discussion Questions 78-79 (S106)

***FRI 10/1: Special Class for Both Sections 8-10 a.m. in Room 209***

ALL: ASSIGNMENT II DUE

Wigmore, Principles of Judicial Proof (1931) (S46-52)

Calvin, The River That Flows Uphill (1987) (S52-55)

Sondheim, Someone in a Tree (1976) (S56-59)

Binder & Price, Legal Interviewing and Counseling (pp.20-52; 124-34)

(on reserve at circulation desk in library)

MON 10/4-TUE 10/5:

ALL:Estate of Webb (Okla. 1993) (S101-06)

OATS:Discussion Questions 78-79 (S106)

Review Problem 4C (S108)

CORN:Review Problems 4B & 4D (S107-08) (Formalities Issues Only)

WED 10/6-THU 10/7:

WHEAT: Review Problem 4A (S107)

Additional Material from Chapter 6