<p> PROPERTY E SPRING 2013: FINAL EXAM SYLLABUS Feel Free to Detach from Body of Exam</p><p>Unit I: But It’s Mine: Involuntary Transfers of Property Rights</p><p>Chapter 1: An Important Stick in the Bundle: The Right to Exclude and Some Exceptions A. Trespass 1. Notes on “The Right to Exclude” and “Trespass” 2. Jacque v. Steenberg Homes (Wisc. 1997) B. Private Property Not Open to the Public 1. Access to Migrant Agricultural Workers: State v. Shack (N.J. 1971) 2. Preventing Discrimination in Housing: Federal Fair Housing Act: Selected Provisions C. Private Property Open to the Public 1. Background a. Common Law Privileges: Notes 1-2 b. Civil Rights Laws: Notes 4-5 2. Undesirable Patrons: Brooks v. Chicago Downs Assn. (7th Cir. 1986) 3. Free Speech Access : N.J. Coalition v. J.M.B. Realty Corp. (N.J. 1994) </p><p>Chapter 2: The Price of Living in a Democratic Society: The Eminent Domain Power and the Public Use Requirement A. Federal Standards 1. Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff (U.S. 1984) 2. Kelo v. City of New London (U.S. 2005) C. State Standards 1. Poletown Neighborhood Council v. City of Detroit (Mich. 1981) 2. County of Wayne v. Hatchcock (Mich. 2004) (in Notes in Textbook) UNIT II: Past, Present, Future: Property Rights & Time Chapter 3: Where There’s a Will … and Where There Isn’t: Property Transfer at Death A. Intestate Succession 1. Overview of Intestate Succession 2. State Intestacy Statutes: Florida; Texas; Vermont B. Wills 1. Introduction a. Overview of Selected Issues b. Selected Florida Laws Relating to Wills 2. Will Formalities a. Estate of Weiss (Penn. 1971) b. Estate of Stasis (Penn. 1973) c. Langbein, Substantial Compliance with the Wills Act (1975) 3. Testator’s State of Mind a. Sound Mind: In re Strittmater’s Estate (N.J. Eq. 1947) b. Undue Influence: Estate of Webb (Okla. 1993) </p><p>Chapter 5: The Statute of Limitations: The Adverse Possession Doctrine A. Introduction 1. Overview of the Doctrine 2. Color of Title 3. Justifications for Adverse Possession 4. Sample Statutes: Florida & Pennsylvania B. Sample Cases 1. VanValkenburgh v. Lutz (N.Y. 1952) 2. Ray v. Beacon Hudson Mountain Corp. (N.Y. 1996) 3. E. 13th St. Coalition v. Lower East Side Coalition Housing Dev. (N.Y. Supr. 1996) 4. ITT Rayonier, Inc. v. Bell (Wash. 1989) C. Elements & Related Issues 1. Actual Use 2. Open & Notorious 3. Exclusive 4. Continuous 5. Adverse/Hostile, Claim of Right & State of Mind 6. Other Issues: Note 7 D. Boundary Disputes 1. Special Issues: Note 8 2. Dorschner, Nightmare on 68th Street (1992) E. Policy Implications: Squatting (Note 5) & Environment (Note 6) Unit III: Mi Casa es Su Casa: Simultaneous Rights in the Same Parcel</p><p>Chapter 6. Leased But Not Last: Selected Issues in Landlord/Tenant Law A. Introduction 1. Introductory Material 2. Some Themes in Landlord-Tenant Law 3. Florida Residential Landlord-Tenant Statutes 4. The Process of Eviction a. Notes: Landlord’s Remedies b. Retaliatory Eviction B. Habitability & Related Issues 1. The Right to Quiet Enjoyment/Constructive Eviction a. Barash v. Pennsylvania Terminal Real Estate Co. (N.Y.1970) b. East Haven Assoc. v. Gurian (N.Y.Civ. Ct. 1970) 2. Implied Warranty of Habitability: Javins v. First National Realty Corp. (D.C. Cir. 1970) 3. Miami-Dade County Housing Code C. Limits on the Right to Select Tenants 1. The Right to Transfer a. Note: The Right to Assign and Sublet b. Funk v. Funk (Idaho 1981) 2. Proving Violations of Anti-Discrimination Statutes a. Statutes: 42 U.S.C. §3604(a) & Civil Rights Act of 1866 b. Sorenson v. Raymond (5th Cir. 1976) c. Marable v. H. Walker & Assoc. (5th Cir. 1981) </p><p>Chapter 7. Regulation by Contract: The Law of Servitudes A. Easements 1. Express Easements: a. Instructor’s & Casebook Overview b. Positive Easements i) Chevy Chase Land Co. v. U.S. (Md. App. 1999) iii) Marcus Cable Assoc. v. Krohn (Tex. 2002) c. Negative Easements: Petersen v. Friedman (Cal. App. 1958) 2. Implied Easements a. Easements by Estoppel: Stoner v. Zucker (Cal. 1906) b. Easements by Implication & by Necessity i) Williams Island Country Club v. San Simeon (Fla. App. 1984) ii) Dupont v. Whiteside (Fla. App. 1998) c. Prescriptive Easements: MacDonald Prop. v. Bel-Air Country Club (Cal. App. 1977) </p>