PROPERTY D

SPRING 2016

Course Page

Professor Marc Fajer

Law Library Room G280

mfajer@law.miami.edu

Assistant: Tina Sutton

Law Library Room G287

305-284-4241

tsutton@law.miami.edu

Materials:

P. Goldstein & B. Thompson, Property Law  (2d edition)

L. Edwards, Estates in Land & Future Interests (4th edition)

Supplemental Materials (Links Below)

Dean's Fellow:  Dexter Whitley

dwhitley@students.law.miami.edu

Dean's Fellow Sessions  Complete

Thank You Dexter!

STATUS OF GRADING  (5/23 @ 5 pm)

638  514  380  275  185   91 

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WHEN THIS NUMBER REACHES ZERO, I WILL BE READY TO TURN IN GRADES

CURRENTLY WORKING ON QIII

ACADIA CRITIQUES (16 x 5)   80   0

QUESTION I (AKELA)

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QUESTION IIA (BANDER-LOG)

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QUESTION IIB (BAGHEERA)

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QUESTION IIC (KAA)

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QUESTION IID (MOWGLI)

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QUESTION III (BALOO)

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QUESTION IV (SHERE KHAN)

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SUPPLEMENTAL COURSE MATERIALS &

ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS

Syllabus (Complete)

Assignment Sheet (Complete) (Updated 4/7)

Chapter 1 Supplemental Course Materials (Part 1)

Chapter 1 Supplemental Course Materials (Part 2)

Chapter 2 Supplemental Course Materials

Chapter 3 Supplemental Course Materials

Chapter 4 Supplemental Course Materials

Chapter 5 Supplemental Course Materials

Chapter 6 Supplemental Course Materials

INFORMATION MEMOS

Information Memo #1

Information Memo #2  (Chapter 1)

Information Memo #3  (Chapter 2)

             STILL TO BE ADDED: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON REVIEW PROBLEMS 2B & 2C FROM 2016 CRITIQUES

Information Memo #4  (Chapter 3)

             STILL TO BE ADDED: WRITE-UP OF VEZEY  & ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON REVIEW PROBLEMS 3D, 3F & 3K FROM 2016 CRITIQUES

Information Memo #5  (Chapter 5)

             STILL TO BE ADDED: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON REVIEW PROBLEMS 5D. 5J, 5K & 5L FROM 2016 CRITIQUES

Information Memo #6:  (Chapter 6)

             STILL TO BE ADDED: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON REVIEW PROBLEM 6D FROM 2016 CRITIQUES

Power Point Presentations:

FRI APR 15 (Tempest Problem Parts (3) and (4); Review Problems 6F & 6G)

THU APR 14 (Knudsen & DQ6.07; DQ6.08; Tempest Problem Parts (1) and (2))

TUE APR 12 (Completion of Right to Transfer; Habitability, Barash, Gurian, Javins, & DQs6.04 & 6.06)

FRI APR 8 (Review Problem 6B; Right to Transfer & Funk cont'd; DQs 6.01-6.02)

THU APR 7 (Review Prob 5L; Review Prob 6A (cont'd); Right to Transfer & Funk)

TUE APR 5 (Review Problems 5K, 5M & 6A)

FRI APR 1 (Course Selection Advice; Rev. Prob. 5J; Brief Intro to Chapter 6; Prescriptive Easements, MacDonald & DQ5.08-5.10)

THU MAR 31 (Rev. Prob. 5F, Easements by-Implication and by-Necessity & DuPont cont'd.; Intro to Prescriptive Easements)

TUE MAR 29 (Easements-by-Estoppel cont'd; Easements-by-Implication and by-Necessity; Williams Island; DuPont)

FRI MAR 25 (Rev. Prob 5C Cont'd; Rev. Prob. 5D; Intro to Implied Easements; Easements-by-Estoppel, Stoner & DQ5.06)

THU MAR 24 (Scope of RR Easements Cont'd & DQ5.02; Marcus Cable & DQ5.03; Peterson & DQ5.04-5.05; Rev. Prob. 5C)

TUE MAR 22 (Intro to Easements; Easement v. Fee (Chevy Chase v. Manhattan Beach) & DQ5.01; Rev. Prob. 5A; Intro to Scope of RR Easements (Chevy Chase v. Preseault))

FRI MAR 18 (Conditional Interests & Timing Issues; Brief Intro to Rule  Ag. Perpetuities; Rev. Probs 4P-4R)

THU MAR 17 (Problem 4I cont's and Problem 4O; Unacceptable Conditions, Shapira & DQs 4.13-4.14)

TUE MAR 15 (Executory Interests & More on Remainders; Problems 4J-4N; Start of Problem 4I)

FRI MAR 4 (Defeasible Fees; Defeasible Finite Estates; Problem 4H; Mahrenholz & DQs 4.05-4.12)

THU MAR 3 (White v. Brown cont'd and DQS 4.03-4.04; Vested & Contingent Remainders; Problems 4A-4G).

TUE MAR 1 (Rev. Probs. 3K & 3A; Adverse/Hostile/State of Mind & DQs 3.20-3.21; White v. Brown & DQs 4.01-4.03)

MON FEB 29 (Make-Up Class:  Rev. Prob. 3F; Intro to Chapter 4; Continuous cont'd & DQ3.18)

FRI FEB 26 (Rev. Prob. 3D; Exclusive Element (re 3d Parties) & DQ3.12; Continuous Element & DQs 3.16-3.17)

THU FEB 25 (Actual Use Cont'd & DQ3.06; Open + Notorious Element & DQs 3.08-3.11; Exclusive Element (re OO) & DQ3.15; Rev. Prob. 3A)

TUE FEB 23 (Closing Up Rev. Prob. 2G & Chapter 2; Intro to Adv. Poss. cont'd & DQs 3.01-3.03; Actual Use Element & DQs 3.04-3.06)

FRI FEB 19 (Rev. Prob. 2D;  Structure for Rev. Prob. 2G; Intro to Adverse Possession cont'd & DQ3.01)

THU FEB 18 (Rev. Prob. 2C; Kelo Dissents, Merrill; & DQs 2.15-2.17; Intro to Adverse Possession)

TUE FEB 16 (Rev. Prob 2B; Kelo Majority & Concurrence & DQs 2.12(b)-2.14; Intro to Exam Question III)

FRI FEB 12 (Rev. Prob. 1K(i) cont'd; Info on Critiques;  Application of Midkiff & Poletown Tests & DQs 2.08-2.09; Hatchcock & DQs2.10-2.11; Intro to Kelo & DQ 2.12(a))

THU FEB 11 (Application of Midkiff Test, Poletown Test, Rev. Prob. 2A & DQs 2.07(b)-2.09; Rev. Probs 1I & 1K(i))

TUE FEB 9 (JMB, Schmid & DQ1.26; Intro to Exam Question IV; Berman, Midkiff & DQ2.04-2.07(a))

FRI FEB 5 (Intro to Chapter 2 & DQs 2.01-2.03, 2.05;  JMB Cont'd & DQ1.25)

THU FEB 4 (Take-Aways from Rev. Prob 1K(ii); Rev. Prob. 1J; Intro to Free Speech Rights on Private Property & JMB; DQ1.24)

TUE FEB 2 (Right to Exclude by Businesses Open to Public, Brooks, & DQ1.20-1.23; Rev. Prob. 1K(ii))

FRI JAN 29 (FL MW Statutes & DQ1.16-1.19; Intro to Exam Question I; Intro to Right to Exclude by Businesses Open to Public & DQ1.20)

THU JAN 28 (Rev. Probs. 1A & 1B; Intro to FL MW Statutes & DQ1.16)

TUE JAN 26 (DQ1.15(a) & (b); Intro to Work with Statutes; Rev. Prob. 1A)

FRI JAN 22 (Intro to Exam Question II; Shack Cont'd; DQ1.12, 1.14, 1.15(a))

THU JAN 21 (Shack Cont'd; DQ1.07-1.11, 1.13)

TUE JAN 19 (Dealing with Law School Second Semester; Transition to Shack Cont'd; DQ1.05-1.07)

FRI JAN 15:  Class Cancelled

THU JAN 14 (Jacque cont'd & DQs 1.03-1.04;  Overview of Shack; 1971)

TUE JAN 12 (Intro to Subject Matter & Course Logistics; Jacque & DQs 1.01-1.02)

Exam Preparation Headquarters:

Question I (Lawyering Q) Exam Bank:                 Questions              Comments & Best Answers

Question III (Opinion/Dissent) Exam Bank:    Questions              Comments & Best Answers

Question IV (Issue-Spotter) Exam Bank:            Questions              Comments & Best Answers

Spring 2014 Final Exam                  Spring 2014 Final Exam: Comments & Best Answers

          NOTE: In 2014 Part of Question IV addressed Wills & Intestacy issues that we will not cover in Spring 2016.

Spring 2015 Final Exam          Spring 2015 Final Exam:  Comments & Best Answers (Qs I, IIA, IIC, III)

                                                          -  QIVB later on Sunday; Not Posting QIID & QIVA (Wills)

                                                                   - Not Posting Shack Problem b;/c You Have Lots; Contact Me if Qs on that Problem))

          NOTE: In 2015 Question IID & Part of Question IV addressed Wills & Intestacy issues that we will not cover in Spring 2016.

Fajer's  Exam-Tips Workshops (11/15): Power Point Slides

Fajer's Exam-Tips Workshop (11/10/15): Link to Video

CHAPTER FOUR TEST: QUESTIONS, CORRECT  ANSWERS & COMMENTS