TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................................... I ATTACK OUTLINE ................................................................................................................................................. IV I. ACQUIRING AND EXPLOITING PROPERTY ....................................................................................................... 1 A. Sovereignty ................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1. Johnson v. McIntosh (US 1823) .......................................................................................................................... 1 2. Oneida III (2d 2010) ............................................................................................................................................ 2 3. Mabo v. Queensland (Austr. 1992) ...................................................................................................................... 2 B. The Significance of Labor and Possession .............................................................................................................. 2 1. Pierson v. Post (NY 1805) ................................................................................................................................... 2 2. Ghen v. Rich (MA 1881) ...................................................................................................................................... 3 3. Keeble v. Hickeringill (QB 1707) ........................................................................................................................ 3 4. The Rule of Capture and Other Fugitive Resources ............................................................................................ 4 5. Eads v. Brazleton (AR 1861) ............................................................................................................................... 4 6. Popov v. Hayashi (SF 2002) ................................................................................................................................ 4 C. The Meaning of Possession Ownership, and Title in Land ................................................................................... 5 1. The Right to Exclude ........................................................................................................................................... 5 a) Jacque v. Steenberg Homes (WI 1997) .................................................................................................................................................. 5 b) State v. Shack (NJ 1971)................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 c) Reliance interest in property ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 d) Limitations on exclusion .............................................................................................................................................................................. 5 2. Adverse Possession .............................................................................................................................................. 5 a) Requirements .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 b) AP Analysis ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 c) Tapscott v. Lessee of Cobbs (1854): prior peaceable poss’r ........................................................................................................ 7 d) Ewing v. Burnett (1837): exclusivity, customary use, continuity, color of title ................................................................... 7 e) Howard v. Kunto (WA 1970): continuity, claim of right, tacking ............................................................................................... 7 f) Marengo Cave (1937): exclusivity, open/notorious ........................................................................................................................ 7 g) Sheets (IN 1981): exclusive use ................................................................................................................................................................ 8 h) Shell-Mex (GB 1974): hostile ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8 i) Fallon (CO 1958).............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 j) Ennis v. Stanley (MI 1956): hostility ....................................................................................................................................................... 8 k) Manillo v. Gorski (NJ 1969): mistake sufficient ................................................................................................................................. 8 l) East Village Squatters: 1977 – 2002 ....................................................................................................................................................... 8 m) Title Problems ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 n) Tacking Problems ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 D. The Role of Property in Economic Growth............................................................................................................ 9 1. Demsetz (1960s) .................................................................................................................................................. 9 2. Parker & Edgarton v. Foote (NY 1838) – no right to sunlight ......................................................................... 10 3. Prah v. Maretti (WI 1982) – right to light for solar power ............................................................................... 11 4. Water Rights after Natural Flow ....................................................................................................................... 11 a) Rules and case exemplars ......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 b) Acton v. Blundell (1843): Absolute Own’p ........................................................................................................................................ 11 c) Evans v. Merriweather (IL 1842): Reas’l Use ................................................................................................................................... 12 d) Penn Coal v. Sanderson & Wife (PA 1886): Reas’l Use ................................................................................................................. 12 5. Developing Countries ........................................................................................................................................ 12 a) Shihata (1990): Governance .................................................................................................................................................................... 12 b) De Soto (2002): Black Markets ............................................................................................................................................................... 13 II. COMMON LAW ESTATES ................................................................................................................................ 13 A. Estates in Land ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 1. Fee Simple ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 2. Life Estate .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 a) White v. Brown (TN 1977) ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15 i b) Restraints on Alienation ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15 c) Life Estate Problems.................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 d) Baker v. Wheedon (MI