PROPERTY F ASSIGNMENTS (AUGUST 20-NOVEMBER 14)
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.
MON AUG 20
ALL: Introductory Material (IM1-14)
Notes on “The Right to Exclude” and “Trespass” (P53-54)
Jacque & Notes 1-4, 6 (P54-59)
Discussion Questions 1-5 (S1-2)
TUE AUG 21
ALL: Common Law Privileges: Notes 1-2 (P83-84)
Civil Rights Laws: Notes 4-5 (P84-85)
Discussion Questions 6-8 (S2)
Brooks & Note 3.(P79-84)
Discussion Questions 9-10 (S2)
WED AUG 22
ALL: J.M.B. Realty & Notes 1-3 (P85-93)
Discussion Questions 11-14 (S2-3)
MON AUG 27
ALL: Review Problem 1A (S3)
Shack (S3-8)
Discussion Questions 15-21 (S8)
TUE AUG 28
ALL: Discussion Questions 22-25 (S8-9)
WED AUG 29
ALL: Review Problem 1B
MON SEP 3: NO CLASS (LABOR DAY)
TUE SEP 4:
FICUS:
Review Problem 1C (S9) (Arguments for Joe)
LIVE OAK: Review Problem 1C (S9) (Arguments for Workers/Alexander)
ALL: Maguire & Notes 1-3 (P59-64)
WED SEP 5:
ALL: Written Assignment #1 Available Online; Begin Planning
MANGO:
Notes 4-6 (P64-66)
POINCIANA: Notes 9-10 (P67-68)
MON SEP 10:
ROYAL PALM: Notes 7-8 (P66-67)
ALL: Nuisance: Introductory Note (P128-29)
McCarty (P129-33)
FICUS: Discussion Questions 26-27 (S11)
TUE SEP 11:
ALL: Chart: Four Approaches to Private Nuisance (S11)
Note 2 (P134-35); Note 4 (P136); Note 5 (P145)
Carpenter I (S12-23)
Carpenter II (S23-24)
LIVE OAK: Discussion Questions 28-31 (S24-25)
MANGO: Discussion Questions 32-37 (S25)
WED SEP 12:
ALL: Note 8 (P66-67); Notes 5-7 (P136-38); Notes 2-4 (P143-45)
POINCIANA: Discussion Questions 38-40 (S25)
MON SEP 17:
ALL: Overview of Public Nuisance Law (P145-51)
Spur Industries (P158-64)
Note 1 (P75-76); Notes 2-5 (P165-66)
Armory Park (S26-32)
Notes 6-7 (P166-67)
ROYAL PALM: Discussion Questions 41-45 (S25-26)
FICUS:
Discussion Questions 46-51 (S32-33)
TUE SEP 18:
ALL: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT II DISTRIBUTED
Overview of Adverse Possession Doctrine (S35-36)
Color of Title: Note (S36) & Note 5 (P120)
Justifications for Adverse Possession (Note 1) (P108-10)
Sample Statutes (S36-38) (Skim First; Look at in Detail for DQs)
Sample Cases (Skim First for Plot; Look at in Detail for DQs):
Lutz (S38-44)
Ray (P102-05)
E. 13th St. (P105-08)
Bell (S44-47)
Discussion Questions 52-53 (S48)
WED SEP 19:
ALL: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT I DUE
Other Issues: Note 7 (S53)
LIVE OAK:
Actual Use: Note 1 (S48) & Note 3 (P119)
Discussion Questions 54-56 (S49)
MANGO: Open & Notorious: Note 2 (S49) & Note 4 (P119-20)
Discussion Questions 57-59 (S50)
MON SEP 24:
POINCIANA: Exclusive: Note 3 (S50) & Note 7 (P121)
Discussion Questions 60-62 (S50-51)
ROYAL PALM:
FICUS:
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Continuous: Note 4 (S51); Note 4 (P111); Note 6 (P113); Note 8 (P121-22)
Discussion Questions 63-65 (S51)
Adverse/Hostile & State of Mind: Notes 5-6 (S52); Note 3 (P110); Note 6 (P120-21)
Discussion Questions 66-67 (S52)
TUE SEP 25:
POINCIANA: Review Problem 2B (33) (Arguments for Plaintiffs)
ROYAL PALM: Review Problem 2B (33) (Arguments for Defendant)
MANGO (Last Names A-L): Review Problem 2B (33) (Judges)
LIVE OAK:
Boundary Disputes: Special Issues: Note 8 (S53)
Dorschner (S54-63)
Discussion Questions 68-70 (S64)
WED SEP 26:
FICUS: Review Problems 3A, 3D (S64-65) (Arguments for Owners)
LIVE OAK: Review Problems 3A, 3D (S64-65) (Arguments for Adverse Possessors)
MANGO (Last Names M-Z): Review Problems 3A, 3D (S64-65) (Judges)
MON OCT 1:
ALL: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT III DISTRIBUTED
Squatting (Note 5) (P111-13) & Environment (Note 6) (P127-28)
Discussion Question 71 (S64)
Introductory Note (P178-79) & Note 6 (P196-97)
Discussion Questions 72-74 (S81)
Midkiff (S81-86)
Discussion Questions 75-77 (S86)
Kelo (P179-93)
Notes 1, 4, 7 (P193, 195-97)
TUE OCT 2:
POINCIANA: Discussion Questions 78-80 (S86)
ROYAL PALM: Discussion Questions 81-83 (S86)
FICUS:
Notes 2, 3, 5 (P193-98)
Discussion Questions 85-87 (S88)
WED OCT 3:
ALL:
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT II DUE
Sondheim, Someone in a Tree (1976) (S68-71)
Wigmore, PRINCIPLES OF JUDICIAL PROOF (1931) (S71-77)
Calvin, THE RIVER THAT FLOWS UPHILL (1987) (S78-80)
Binder & Price, Legal Interviewing and Counseling (pp.20-52; 124-34)
(on reserve in library)
MON OCT 8:
ROYAL PALM:
FICUS:
Poletown facts (S87-88)
Discussion Question 84 (S88)
Notes 2, 3, 5 (P193-98)
Discussion Questions 85-87 (S88)
ALL: Historical Overview (P563-70)
Instructor’s Overview (S113-23)
Introduction to Present Estates (P570-81, 587)
Future Interests (P588-89, P595-96)
Notes 2-3 (P600-01)
TUE OCT 9:
ALL:
White (S123-27)
LIVE OAK: Discussion Questions 93-96 (S127-28)
MANGO: Problems A-D (S128)
WED OCT 10:
ALL: Defeasible Fees (P578-81; S116-18) (Review)
Mahrenholz & Notes 1-4 (P581-87)
Executory Interests (P590-93; S123)
POINCIANA: Problems E-H (S128)
ROYAL PALM: Discussion Questions 97-100 (S129)
MON OCT 15:
ALL: Note 1 (Restraints on Alienation) (P625)
Notes 1-3 (Impermissible Restraints) (P632-33)
Rabin & Kwall, Note on Restraints on Personal Conduct (S130-31)
FICUS: Discussion Questions 101-04 (S129)
LIVE OAK: Problems I-L (S130)
MANGO: Problems M-O (S130)
TUE OCT 16:
Shapira (S131-35)
POINCIANA: Discussion Questions 105-07 (S135)
WED OCT 17:
ALL: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT III DUE
ROYAL PALM: Review Problems R & T (Handout on Course Page
FICUS: Review Problems S & U (Handout on Course Page)
MON OCT 22:
ALL: IN-CLASS MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM ON CHAPTER 6
TUE OCT 23:
ALL: Overview of Wills Issues (S93-97)
Florida Laws Relating to Wills (S97-100) (skim)
LIVE OAK: Weiss (S100-01)
Stasis (S101-04)
Discussion Questions 88-89 (S104)
MANGO: Webb (S104-09)
Discussion Question 90 (S110)
WED OCT 24:
POINCIANA: In re Strittmater’s Estate (S109-10)
Discussion Questions 91- 92 (S110)
ROYAL PALM: Review Problem 5B (S111)
FICUS: Review Problem 5C (S111)
MON OCT 29:
ROYAL PALM: Review Problem 5B (S111) cont’d
(Undue Influence & Issues re Presence of Witnesses)
FICUS: Review Problem 5C (S111) cont’d
(Undue Influence & Issues re Presence of Witnesses)
ALL: Overview of Non-Possessory Interests (P819-23)
Express Easements: Instructor’s Overview (S136-37)
Express Easements: Casebook Overview (P823-26)
LIVE OAK: Chevy Chase Land Co. & Notes 1-2 (P826-33)
Prepare Questions in Note 2 (P833)
Marcus Cable Assoc. & Notes 1-2 (P834-38)
Discussion Questions 108-10 (S113)
TUE OCT 30
MANGO: Petersen (S137-38)
Discussion Questions 111-12 (S139)
WED OCT 31  CLASS CANCELLED (COUGHING)
FRI NOV 2: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT IV AVAILABLE ONLINE
MON NOV 5
ALL: Questions on Assignment IV
Discussion/Questions on 1L Spring Electives
POINCIANA:
Stoner & Notes 1-5 (P847-52)
Prepare Questions in Notes 2-4 (P850-52)
Discussion Questions 113-14 (S139)
ROYAL PALM: Williams Island (P852-54)
Dupont & Notes 1-8 (P855-64)
Prepare Questions in Notes 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 (P860-64)
TUE NOV 6:
LIVE OAK: Review Problem 7A (S139)
(Arguments from Blackletter Tests on S136)
FICUS:
MacDonald (P869-71)
Lyons & Notes 1-9 (P872-781)
Prepare Questions in Notes 2, 6, 7, 8 (P876, 879-81)
Discussion Questions 115-18 (S139)
WED NOV 7:
MANGO:
Review Problem 7B (S140)
(Arguments from Chevy Chase & Marcus Cable)
ALL: Discussion Question 119 (S151)
Information Costs and the Market for Real Property (S141-42)
The Title Search and the Abstract of Title (S143-47)
The Indices (P469-72)
Note 2 (P479-80)
Recording Acts & Their Operation: Textbook Overview (P445-52)
Notes 1-3 (P463-65)
Recording Acts & Their Operation: Instructor’s Overview (S147-151)
SUN NOV 11:
CLASS BARBECUE: NOON-7:00 pm
See Invitation/Info on Course Page
MON NOV 12:
ALL: Recording Acts Continued
Introduction to Promissory Servitudes (P881-84 & S127-31)
Historical Overview Part I (S155)
Runyon & Notes 2-5 (P884-96)
Davidson Bros. & Notes 1-5 (P896-904)
POINCIANA:
Discussion Questions 120-23 (S156)
TUE NOV 13:
ROYAL PALM: Discussion Questions 124-25 (S156)
Prepare Questions in Note 4 (P902-04)
ALL: Introductions to Subdivisions & Common Plans (P906-09)
History of Servitudes: Part II (S156-57)
Schovee & Notes 1-4 (P909-15)
FICUS: Discussion Questions 126-28 (S157-58)
WED NOV 14:
ALL: History of Servitudes: Part III (S158)
Protecting Landowners (P916)
Nahrstedt & Notes 1-5 (P916-925)
Nahrstedt dissent (S158-62)
LIVE OAK: Discussion Questions 129-32 (S163)
MANGO: Discussion Questions 133-35 (S163-64)
THU NOV 15: MAKE-UP CLASS 7:55-9:20
ALL: Introductory Notes (P959-62)
Euclid & Notes 1-4 (P962-68)
State Zoning Enabling Act (P969-70)
Building the American City (P978-81)
POINCIANA: Smith & Notes 1-3, 5-8 (P982-88)
Discussion Questions 136-38 (S166)
MON NOV 19:
ROYAL PALM: Commons (S166-70)
N.Shore Steak House & Notes 2-3 (P996-1001) (do both notes numbered 3)
Discussion Questions 139-45 (S171)
FICUS:
Stoyanoff (S171-76)
Anderson & Notes 2-4 (P1025-33)
Discussion Questions 146-50 (S177)
TUE NOV 20:
ALL: ASSIGNMENT IV DUE
Belle Terre & Note 2 (P1049-54)
Moore (S177-85)
LIVE OAK: Discussion Questions 151-54 (S186)
MANGO:
Discussion Questions 155-59 (S186)
WED 11/21
NO CLASS: MOURNING FOR TURKEYS DAY
MON NOV 26:
POINCIANA: Review Problem 8C (S187)
ROYAL PALM: Review Problem 8D (S187)
ALL: Review Problems 8E & 8F (S188)
TUE NOV 27: MAKE-UP CLASS/FINAL CLASS 7:55-9:20
ALL: What is Property (Lecture)
Sondheim, I Know Things Now (S189)
MON 12/3
REVIEW SESSION (PLACE & TIME TBA)
WED 12/5
FINAL EXAM (AFTERNOON)