<p> PROPERTY F: SYLLABUS</p><p>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. </p><p>Introductory Material A. Course Outline & Tentative Schedule (IM1) B. Information about the Course (IM2-9) C. Information about the Instructor (IM9-11) D. Fajer, Out at First (1988) (IM12-13) E. General Instructions for Written Assignments (IM14)</p><p>Unit I: The Bundle of Sticks Introduction to a Legal Understanding of Property </p><p>Chapter 1: Limits on the Right to Exclude </p><p>A. Trespass 1. Notes on “The Right to Exclude” and “Trespass” (P53-54) 2. Jacque v. Steenberg Homes (Wisc. 1997) (P54-57) 3. Notes 1-4, 6 (P57-59) 4. Discussion Questions 1-5 (S1-2) B. Private Property Open to the Public 1. Background a. Common Law Privileges: Notes 1-2 (P83-84) b. Civil Rights Laws: Notes 4-5 (P84-85) c. Discussion Questions 6-8 (S2) 2. Undesirable Patrons a. Brooks v. Chicago Downs Assn. (7th Cir. 1986) (P79-83) b. Note 3 (P84) c. Discussion Questions 9-10 (S2) 3. Free Speech Access a. N.J. Coalition v. J.M.B. Realty Corp. (N.J. 1994) (P85-92) b. Notes 1-3 (P92-93) c. Discussion Questions 11-14 (S2-3) d. Review Problem 1A (S3) C. Other Policy-Based Limits on the Right to Exclude 1. Access to Migrant Agricultural Workers a. State v. Shack (N.J. 1971) (S3-8) b. Discussion Questions 15-25 (S8-9) c. Review Problems 1B & 1C (S9) d. Written Assignment #1 (handout available 9/5) 2. Grazing Livestock a. Maguire v. Yanke (Idaho 1978) (P59-63) b. Notes 1-10 (P63-68) D. Review Problems 1D-1G (S9-10) Chapter 2. Nuisance: Tort-Like Limitation on the Right to Use</p><p>A. Private Nuisance 1. Introduction a. Introductory Note (P128-29) b. McCarty v. Natural Carbolic Gas Co. (N.Y. 1907) (P129-33) c. Discussion Questions 26-27 (S11) 2. Possible Rules for Resolving Private Nuisance Disputes a. Chart: Four Approaches to Private Nuisance (S11) b. Notes i) Note 2 (P134-35) ii) Note 4 (P136) iii) Note 5 (P145) c. Carpenter v. Double R Cattle Co. I (Idaho App. 1983) (S12-23) d. Carpenter v. Double R Cattle Co. II (Idaho 1985) (S23-24) e. Discussion Questions 28-39 (S24-25) 3. The Limits of Private Nuisance Law a. Notes i) Note 8 (P66-67) ii) Notes 5-7 (P136-38) iii) Notes 2-4 (P143-45) b. Discussion Questions 40-41 (S25)</p><p>B. Public Nuisance 1. Overview of Public Nuisance Law (P145-51) 2. Spur Industries v. Del E. Webb Development Co. (Ariz. 1972) (P158-64) 3. Notes a. Note 1 (P75-76) b. Notes 2-5 (P165-66) 4. Discussion Questions 42-45 (S25-26) 5. Armory Park Neighborhood Ass’n v. Episcopal Community Servs. (Ariz. 1985) (S26-32) 6. Notes 6-7 (P166-67) 7. Discussion Questions 46-51 (S32-33)</p><p>C. Review Problems 2A-2F: Nuisance (S33-34) Unit II: But It’s Mine Involuntary Transfers of Property </p><p>Chapter 3: Adverse Possession </p><p>A. Introduction 1. Overview of the Doctrine (S35-36) 2. Color of Title a. Note (S36) b. Note 5 (P120) 3. Justifications for Adverse Possession (Note 1) (P108-10) 4. Sample Statutes a. Florida Statute (S36-37) b. Pennsylvania (S37-38) 5. Sample Cases a. VanValkenburgh v. Lutz (N.Y. 1952) (S38-44) b. Ray v. Beacon Hudson Mountain Corp. (N.Y. 1996) (P102-05) c. E. 13th St. Homesteader’s Coalition v. Lower East Side Coalition Housing Dev. (N.Y. Supr. 1996) (P105-08) d. ITT Rayonier, Inc. v. Bell (Wash. 1989) (S44-47) 6. Discussion Questions 52-53 (S48)</p><p>B. Elements & Related Issues 1. Actual Use a. Note 1 (S48) & Note 3 (P119) b. Discussion Questions 54-56 (S49) 2. Open & Notorious a. Note 2 (S49) & Note 4 (P119-20) b. Discussion Questions 57-59 (S50) 3. Exclusive a. Note 3 (S50) & Note 7 (P121) b. Discussion Questions 60-62 (S50-51) 4. Continuous a. Note 4 (S51); Note 4 (P111); Note 6 (P113); Note 8 (P121-22) b. Discussion Questions 63-65 (S51) 5. Adverse/Hostile, Claim of Right & State of Mind a. Notes 5-6 (S52); Note 3 (P110); Note 6 (P120-21) b. Discussion Questions 66-67 (S52) 6. Other Issues: Note 7 (S53)</p><p>C. Boundary Disputes 1. Special Issues: Note 8 (S53) 2. Dorschner, Nightmare on 68th Street (1992) (S54-63) 3. Discussion Questions 68-70 (S64)</p><p>D. Policy Implications 1. Squatting (Note 5) (P111-13) 2. Environment (Note 6) (P127-28) 3. Discussion Question 71 (S64) E. Review Problems 3A-3G (S64-66)</p><p>F. Written Assignment II: Stealing Home 1. Team Assignments (S67) 2. Materials & Instructions (Handout) 3. Materials on Perception, Memory and Evidence a. Sondheim, Someone in a Tree (1976) (S68-71) b. Wigmore, PRINCIPLES OF JUDICIAL PROOF (1931) (S71-77) c. Calvin, THE RIVER THAT FLOWS UPHILL (1987) (S78-80) 4. Binder & Price, Legal Interviewing and Counseling (pp.20-52; 124-34) (on reserve in library)</p><p>Chapter 4: Eminent Domain & the Public Use Requirement</p><p>A. Introduction and Overview 1. Introductory Note (P178-79) 2. Note 6 (P196-97) 3. Discussion Questions 72-74 (S81) B. Federal Standards 1. Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff (U.S. 1984) (S81-86) 2. Discussion Questions 75-77 (S86) 3. Kelo v. City of New London (U.S. 2005) (P179-93) 4. Notes 1, 4, 7 (P193, 195-97) 5. Discussion Questions 78-83 (S86) C. State Standards 1. Poletown Neighborhood Council v. City of Detroit (Mich. 1981) (S87-88) (facts from Ryan, J., Dissenting) 2. Discussion Question 84 (S88) 3. Notes 2, 3, 5 (P193-98) 4. Discussion Questions 85-87 (S88) D. Review Problems 4A-D (S88-89) Unit III: After You’re Gone Transfer of Property at Death and Post-Transfer Control </p><p>Chapter 5. Wills & Intestate Succession</p><p>A. Intestate Succession a. Overview of Intestate Succession (S90-91) b. Florida Intestacy Statutes (S91-93) c. Written Assignment III: Intestacy and the Variety of State Law (Handout) B. Wills 1. Overview of Wills Issues (S93-97) 2. Florida Laws Relating to Wills (S97-100) 3. Introduction to Will Formalities a. Estate of Weiss (Penn. 1971) (S100-01) b. Estate of Stasis (Penn. 1973) (S101-04) c. Discussion Questions 88-89 (S104) 4. Testator’s State of Mind a. Estate of Webb (Okla. 1993) (S104-09) b. In re Strittmater’s Estate (N.J. Eq. 1947) (S109-10) c. Discussion Questions 90- 92 (S110) C. Review Problems 5A-5D (S110-12) Chapter 6. The Shadow of the Past: Estates and Future Interests</p><p>A. The Law Of Estates & Future Interests: Overview 1. Historical Overview (P563-70) 2. Instructor’s Overview (S113-14) </p><p>B. Introduction to Present Estates 1. Instructor’s Overview (S115-18) 2. Fee Simple Absolute (P570-74) 3. Defeasible Fees (P578-81) 4. Finite Estates (P574-78, P587) 5. White v. Brown (Tenn. 1977) (S123-27) 6. Discussion Questions 93-96 (S127-28)</p><p>C. Future Interests That Follow Finite Estates 1. Casebook Overview of Future Interests (P588-89) 2. Instructor’s Overview of Future Interests (S118-23) 3. Vested and Contingent Remainders (P595-96) 4. Notes 2-3 (P600-01) 5. Problems A-H (S128)</p><p>D. Conditional Interests 1. Conditional Interests Cutting Off Fees a. Defeasible Fees (P578-81; S116-18) (Review) b. Mahrenholz v. County Board (Ill. App. 1981) (P581-85) c. Notes 1-4 (P585-87) d. Discussion Questions 97-104 (S129) e. Problem I (S130) 2. Conditional Interests Cutting off Remainders and Life Estates a. Executory Interests (P590-93; S123) b. Problems J-N (S130) 3. Impermissible Conditions a. Note 1 (Restraints on Alienation) (P625) b. Notes 1-3 (Impermissible Restraints) (P632-33) c. Rabin & Kwall, Note on Restraints on Personal Conduct (S130-31) d. Problem O (S130) e. Shapira v. Union Nat’l Bank (Ohio Com. Pleas 1974) (S131-35) f. Discussion Questions 105-07 (S135) E. Review Problems (Handout) Unit IV: Breaches in the Castle Wall Limits on Land Use </p><p>Chapter 7. Land Use Restrictions Based in Private Agreements</p><p>A. Overview of Non-Possessory Interests (P819-23)</p><p>B. Easements</p><p>1. Express Easements a. Introduction i) Instructor’s Overview (S136-37) ii) Casebook Overview (P823-26) b. Positive Easements i) Chevy Chase Land Co. v. U.S. (Md. App. 1999) (P826-32) ii) Notes 1-2 (P832-33) iii) Marcus Cable Assoc. v. Krohn (Tex. 2002) (P834-38) iv) Notes 1-2 (P838) v) Discussion Questions 108-10 (S113) c. Negative Easements i) Petersen v. Friedman (Cal. App. 1958) (S137-38) ii) Discussion Questions 111-12 (S139)</p><p>2. Implied Easements a. Easements by Estoppel i) Stoner v. Zucker (Cal. 1906) (P847-49) ii) Notes 1-5 (P850-52) iii) Discussion Questions 113-14 (S139) b. Easements by Implication & by Necessity i) Williams Island Country Club v. San Simeon (Fla. App. 1984) (P852-54) ii) Dupont v. Whiteside (Fla. App. 1998) (P855-59) iii) Notes 1-8 (P859-64) c. Prescriptive Easements i) MacDonald Properties v. Bel-Air Country Club (Cal. App. 1977) (P869-71) ii) Lyons v. Baptist School of Christian Training (Maine 2002) (P872-76) iii) Notes 1-9 (P876-81) iv) Discussion Questions 115-18 (S139)</p><p>3. Review Problems 7A-7E (S139-41) C. Aside: Introduction to the Recording System 1. S.Kurtz & H.Hovenkamp, Information Costs and the Market for Real Property (1987) (S141-42) 2. Title Records and Indexing a. S.Kurtz & H.Hovenkamp, The Title Search and the Abstract of Title (1987) (S143-47) b. The Indices (P469-72) c. Note 2 (P479-80) 3. Recording Acts & Their Operation a. Textbook Overview (P445-52) b. Notes 1-3 (P463-65) c. Instructor’s Overview (S147-151) 4. Discussion Question 119 (S151)</p><p>D. Promissory Servitudes 1. Introduction a. Textbook Overview (P881-84) b. Instructor’s Overview (S151-55) c. Historical Overview Part I (S155) 2. Application of the Traditional Elements a. Runyon v. Paley (N.C. 1992) (P884-92) b. Notes 2-5 (P892-96) c. Davidson Bros. v. D. Katz & Sons (N.J. 1990) (P896-901) d. Notes 1-5 (P901-04) e. Discussion Questions 120-25 (S156) 3. Implied from a Common Scheme a. Introductions to Subdivisions & Common Plans (P906-09) b. History of Servitudes: Part II (S156-57) c. Schovee v. Mikolasko (Md. App. 1999) (P909-14) d. Notes 1-4 (P914-15) e. Discussion Questions 126-28 (S157-58) 4. Common Interest Communities a. History of Servitudes: Part III (S158) b. Protecting Landowners (P916) c. Nahrstedt v. Lake Village Condominium Assn. (Cal.1994) (P916-922) d. Notes 1-5 (P923-25) e. Nahrstedt (Arabian, J. dissenting) (less edited version) (S158-62) f. Selected Florida Statutes Regarding Condominiums (S163) g. Discussion Questions 129-35 (S163-64) 5. Review Problems 7F-7G (S164-65) Chapter 8. Land Use Restrictions Based in Government Regulations</p><p>A. Introduction to Zoning</p><p>1. Introductory Notes (P959-62) 2. Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty (P962-66) 3. Notes 1-4 (P966-68) 4. State Zoning Enabling Act (P969-70) 5. US Nat’l Comm’n on Urban Problems, Building the American City (1968) (P978-81)</p><p>B. Exceptions to the Zoning Plan 1. Non-Conforming Uses a. Village of Valatie v. Smith (N.Y. 1994) (P982-85) b. Notes 1-3, 5-8 (P985-88) c. Discussion Questions 136-38 (S166) 2. Variances & Special Exceptions a. Commons v. Westwood Zoning Bd. Of Adjustment (N.J. 1980) (S166-70) b. North Shore Steak House v. Bd. of Appeals (N.Y. 1972) (P996-99) c. Notes 2-3 (P999-1001) (do both notes numbered 3) d. Discussion Questions 139-45 (S171)</p><p>C. Zoning Beyond Traditional Land Use Concerns 1. Aesthetic Zoning a. State ex rel Stoyanoff v. Berkeley (Mo. 1970) (S171-76) b. Anderson v. City of Issaquah (Wash. App. 1993) (P1025-31) c. Notes 2-4 (P1031-33) d. Discussion Questions 146-50 (S177) </p><p>2. Zoning & Family Shape a. Village of Belle Terre v. Boraas (U.S. 1974) (P1049-53) b. Note 2 (P1053-54) c. Moore v. City of East Cleveland (U.S. 1977) (S177-85) d. Discussion Questions 151-59 (S186)</p><p>D. Review Problems 8A-8F (S186-88) </p><p>Epilogue</p><p>A. What is Property (Lecture) B. Sondheim, I Know Things Now (S189)</p>