1/7/04 Overview of the course, the many roles of
Braunstein, the many roles of us, six goals for the course
1/8/04 Just compensation, public use or purpose, two
kinds of takings, Hawaii Housing Authority et
al. v. Midkiff et al., Poletown Neighborhood Council v. City of Detroit
1/9/04 Loretto v. Teleprompter
Manhattan CATV Corp. et al., the Loretto dissent,
two kinds of takings analysis
1/13/04 The State ex rel. Preschool Development, Ltd. v. City of Springboro,
Pennsylvania Coal Company v. Mahon
1/14/04 Finishing Pennsylvania Coal, the denominator
problem, Penn Central
Transportation v. City of New York, the constitutionality of the
statute, the dissent in Penn Central
1/15/04 Nollan v. California Coastal
Commission, the nexus requirement, Dolan
v. City of Tigard, Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal
Council
1/16/04 Back to Lucas, The
State ex rel. R.T.G., Inc. et al. v. The State of
Ohio et al., the denominator in the vertical plane, the denominator in
the horizontal plane, wrapping up RTG
1/20/04 Just compensation, fair market value, other
compensation, factors which are excluded, Almota
Farmers Elevator & Warehouse Co. v. United States, the two-take
theory, United States v. 50 Acres of Land et
al., what weve been talking about so far
1/21/04 The law of capture, possession, externalities,
external cost, external benefit, the Coase theorem,
the tragedy of the commons
1/22/04 Pierson v. Post, Texas
American Energy Corporation v. Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Company
1/23/04 A little more about Texas
American, the Ahab problem, p. 21, finders Armory v. Delamirie,
bailments
1/27/04 The problem on
bailments, finders the holding of Armory, Hannah v. Peel
1/28/04 More on South
Staffordshire and its application to Hannah, constructive possession
1/29/04 Adverse possession, the elements of adverse
possession, Teson v. Vasquez
1/30/04 Color of title, more on Teson
2/3/04 Problems on Teson, Charlton v.
Crocker
2/4/04 More on Charlton, claim of right, estates and
future interests, terminology, estates
2/5/04 Fee simple absolute, creation of the fee simple
absolute, fee tail, life estate, creation of the life estate
2/6/04 Adverse possession and estates, the defeasible
fees, fee simple determinable, fee simple subject to a condition subsequent,
reversionary interests
2/10/04 Practice
problems on 111, Black v. Black
2/11/04 More on Black, the trust, creation of the trust
2/12/04 Pigg v. Haley, Woodrick v. Wood
2/13/04 Reversions, remainders, contingent remainders,
vested remainders, practice
problems
2/17/04 More about the practice problems, more
on the fee tail
2/18/04 The fee tail in
2/19/04 More on Ocean City, Higbee
Corporation v. Kennedy, Executor, more on the future interests of the
defeasible fees, review problems
2/24/04 Executory
interests, the Statute of Uses, practice problems
2/25/04 More practice problems, rules furthering marketability,
destructibility
2/26/04 More on destructibility of contingent
remainders, the Rule in Shelleys Case, Seymour v. Heubaum
3/2/04 Problems on the Rule in Shelleys Case, Doctrine
of Worthier Title, the Rule Against Perpetuities,
problems on the Rule Against Perpetuities
3/3/04 More problems on the Rule Against
Perpetuities
3/4/04 More Rule Against Perpetuities problems, North Carolina National Bank v.
Norris
3/5/04 The doctrine of severability, the precocious
toddler, Practice
problems on the Rule Against Perpetuities
3/9/04 More practice problems on
the rules furthering marketability, judicial reform
3/10/04 Statutory reform of the Rule Against Perpetuities, options and rights of first refusal,
the Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities, the
3/11/04 Final review
problems continued
3/12/04 More final
review problems
3/30/04 Concurrent ownership, Chosar
Corporation v. Owens, the horse farm problem
3/31/04 Secret severance, Harms v. Sprague, In re Estate of Thompson, Williams v. Studstill,
the
4/1/04 Tenancy by the entirety, Schwab v. Krauss, another
4/2/04 Statutory tenancy, a periodic tenancy problem, Walls v.
Giuliani, the lease
4/6/04 Adrian v. Rabinowitz,
Slater
v. Pearle Vision Center, Inc., assignment and subleases,
4/7/04 Another problem, yet another problem, Julian v. Christopher, servitudes
4/8/04 License, easement, creation of easements, Willard v. First Church of Christ,
Scientist,
4/9/04 More on Cordwell, easement by necessity, easements by prescription, Plettner v. Sullivan, irrevocable licenses Camp v. Milam
4/12/04 Aztec Limited, Inc. v. Creekside Investment Company, Tract Development Service, Inc. v. Kepler
4/13/04 Real covenants and equitable servitudes, the
requirements for real covenants, Wheeler v. Schad,
creation of real covenants, Warren v. Detlefsen
4/14/04 Implied covenants and the statute of frauds,
implied reciprocal negative easements, the ancient lights problem
4/15/04 Moseley
v. Bishop, problems on horizontal privity, touch and concern, policy
restrictions on servitudes
4/16/04 Blevins
v. Barry-Lawrence County Association for Retarded Citizens, equitable
servitudes versus real covenants, Bishop
v. Rueff, termination of servitudes
4/20/04 El Di, Inc. v. Town of Bethany Beach, private nuisance
4/22/04 More on nuisance, Blanks v. Rawson, Carpenter v. Double R Cattle
Company, Inc.
4/23/04 More on Carpenter v. Double R Cattle Company, Inc., coming to the nuisance, water, Westland Skating Center, Inc. v. Gus Machado Buick, Inc.