Q & A Next Thursday

 As per your vote today, next Thursday (April 28) we will have an optional Q & A session (regular class time in room 113). 

I will also try to schedule a Q & A session a couple of days before the exam if I can schedule a room.

Final Exam Format

 The Final exam will be 3 hours and a combination of multiple choice and essay (two substantive essays, one medium length and one shorter). The exam itself will count for 300 points plus 25 points for the class attendance question. The coverage will be cumulative (i.e. the entire course, both Fall and Spring semester will be fair game).

It will be completely closed book--no books, notes, or written materials of any kind. Just bring your well-prepared minds!

Assignments for Our (sigh) Last Week April 20 and 22

 No class on Thursday April 21 (Judge Grasz's lecture at noon: encouraged but not required)

--Casebook p. 628-640

--Casebook p. 91-98; Re-read Moore case (casebook p. 894-896)

Moore as a Covenant Case

I would like you to focus on Moore, not as a zoning case, but as a covenant case. In other words, suppose the zoning laws did not pose a problem for Mrs. Moore, but that she took Blackacre subject to a "single family residential use only" covenant that defined "single family" in such a way as to forbid her from allowing both grandsons to live with her. Here are some questions to ponder:

1. Would such a covenant run as either a real covenant or an equitable servitude? What are the arguments that such a covenant would not run?

2. Assuming the covenant would run under state law, would it be unconstitutional for the courts to enforce it against Mrs. Moore? Why or why not?

Next Thursday: Judge Grasz Event

Circuit Judge Stephen Grasz of the 8th Circuit will give a lecture titled, "400 Years in the Promised Land: The Fight for Free Speech and Free Exercise of Religion in America.” The lecture will be on Thursday, April 21 from Noon-1pm in the auditorium (room 115). 

I am encouraging--but not requiring-- you to attend this lecture from one of our most distinguished alumni (and a student of mine as well). As an inducement for you to attend, will not have class next Thursday.

 If you want free pizza, be sure to RSVP.

Evaluations Today April 14

 The first 15 minutes of class are reserved for you to fill out evaluations for the course.

I will stay away until 1:30 PM. See you then.

Assignments for Week 12 April 13 and 14

--Casebook p. 617-628 

--Casebook p. 628-640

 Notice: We won't be taking a deep dive into some of these cases. Instead, I will use hypos simplifying the facts of some of these cases so we can focus on the doctrine you need to know.

No class (per your vote) on Friday April 15

Property Is Nearing Its End

 Maybe a little Shakespeare is in order:

Our revels now are ended. These our actors, 
As I foretold you, were all spirits and 
Are melted into air, into thin air: 
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, 
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, 
The solemn temples, the great globe itself, 
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve 
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, 
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff 
As dreams are made on, and our little life 
Is rounded with a sleep. 

William Shakespeare 
From The Tempest, Act 4 Scene 1 

See y'all next week! 

And now, Delaney eating watermelon Friday April 8, 2022!

Assignments For Week 11 April 6-8

UPDATE: I corrected the page assignment for the Hornbook

 

Adverse Possession

-- Casebook p.168-191; Hornbook p.747-764

Covenants Running With the Land

-- Casebook p. 617-628