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Re: 1L Exam Prep and Motivation Thread

Post by Eugenie Danglars » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:46 am

Dany wrote:I love my elective.
One of mine is great. That's the one I'm studying now which is why I'm happy. Studying for my other one is probably going to make me cry.

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Post by ilovesf » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:56 am

I like my elective, immigration, but it's definitely going to be my worst grade. 24 hour take home? No thank you.

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Post by Eugenie Danglars » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:57 am

ilovesf wrote:I like my elective, immigration, but it's definitely going to be my worst grade. 24 hour take home? No thank you.
Aww, good luck. We had an overnight take home for civ pro. That wasn't as bad as I thought, so maybe yours won't be either! :-)

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Post by crossarmant » Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:12 am

Eugenie Danglars wrote:
ilovesf wrote:I like my elective, immigration, but it's definitely going to be my worst grade. 24 hour take home? No thank you.
Aww, good luck. We had an overnight take home for civ pro. That wasn't as bad as I thought, so maybe yours won't be either! :-)
I've been so lucky to dodge these 24-hour take home exams. Like the idea of it being graded on a 3.0 curve just terrifies me to the core, knowing I need an A but only like 2 people will get one... I really hope to avoid any of those for the next 2 years.

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Post by Lawst » Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:18 am

I'm jealous of the people who get take-home exams. Yeah, there's probably more expectations, but it would nice to be able to spend more time on completing a thought, check things I'm not totally certain about and best of all, not have to sit in a room between Heavy Mouth Breather and Nervous Pen Clicker.
My first exam is con law, closed book, three hours. I'm like, what am I, a wizard?

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Post by jess » Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:20 am

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Re: 1L Exam Prep and Motivation Thread

Post by Eugenie Danglars » Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:30 am

Jessuf wrote:Bringing my finder's law question in here:

Does anyone know who has the superior interest in lost property vs. mislaid property vs. abandoned property vs. treasure trove when you have an original owner, finder, and landowner?

I have a chart of this that my prof wrote on the board. Non-chart form:
True owner has rights over all. Other than that:

Lost property goes to the finder.
Mislaid property to the locus owner
Abandoned property to the finder (if proven to be abandoned, true owner has lost rights).
Treasure trove to finder.

Exception- finder is agent of locus owner.
Exception- thing found is "attached" to the land (standard for attached-ness varies)
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Post by Eugenie Danglars » Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:31 am

also, the E&E has a good section on this kind of stuff if you can get your hands on one.

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Post by Extension_Cord » Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:02 pm

RAP Question:

O devises to A for life, then to O's first grandchild and his or her heirs. (O has six children and no grandchildren).

State of Title:
A: Possossory estate in life estate.
O's first grandchild: Contingent remainder in FSA.
O's estate: Reversion in FSA.

Vulnerable to RAP:
O's First grandchilds contingent remainder in FSA.

Kill the lives in Being:
A, O.

Still Possible that it won't vest after 21 years?
I think so, what if O's children have O's first grandchild after 21 years of killing the lives in being. I don't see why thats not a possibility that would invalidate the contingent remainder. The book says this is a valid interest though. Why?

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Post by angrybird » Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:04 pm

Extension_Cord wrote:RAP Question:

O devises to A for life, then to O's first grandchild and his or her heirs. (O has six children and no grandchildren).

State of Title:
A: Possossory estate in life estate.
O's first grandchild: Contingent remainder in FSA.
O's estate: Reversion in FSA.

Vulnerable to RAP:
O's First grandchilds contingent remainder in FSA.

Kill the lives in Being:
A, O.

Still Possible that it won't vest after 21 years?
I think so, what if O's children have their first child after 21 years of killing the lives in being. The book says this is a valid interest though. Why?
O's children are lives in being.

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Re: 1L Exam Prep and Motivation Thread

Post by Extension_Cord » Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:11 pm

angrybird wrote:
Extension_Cord wrote:RAP Question:

O devises to A for life, then to O's first grandchild and his or her heirs. (O has six children and no grandchildren).

State of Title:
A: Possossory estate in life estate.
O's first grandchild: Contingent remainder in FSA.
O's estate: Reversion in FSA.

Vulnerable to RAP:
O's First grandchilds contingent remainder in FSA.

Kill the lives in Being:
A, O.

Still Possible that it won't vest after 21 years?
I think so, what if O's children have their first child after 21 years of killing the lives in being. The book says this is a valid interest though. Why?
O's children are lives in being.

Thanks, for some reason I thought only the named people in the conveyance were lives in being.

If I changed it from "O devises" to "O to A", it would violate the RAP because O could possibly have after born children?

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Re: 1L Exam Prep and Motivation Thread

Post by crossarmant » Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:59 pm

I think the worst thing about studying for so long is how badly my lower back starts to ache from the library chairs. It's almost unbearable.

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Post by akili » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:22 pm

Woo! Done with Con Law. I'm cautiously optimistic and I think I caught a couple of subtleties in the facts. Honestly no idea how I did, but I don't think I could've done much more to prepare for it.

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Post by gdane » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:24 pm

Boo!!! I did so much joinder stuff yesterday to prepare for my civ pro II exam, but almost none showed up on it. No counterclaim stuff or crossclaim stuff either. As far as I could spot, but Im pretty sure there wasnt.

I dont feel fantastic because while I did do a good analysis on the stuff I spotted, which after talking to others they spotted as well, I feel like there were really well hidden issues. We shall see when I get my grades back...

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Post by 3|ink » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:26 pm

gdane wrote:Boo!!! I did so much joinder stuff yesterday to prepare for my civ pro II exam, but almost none showed up on it. No counterclaim stuff or crossclaim stuff either. As far as I could spot, but Im pretty sure there wasnt.

I dont feel fantastic because while I did do a good analysis on the stuff I spotted, which after talking to others they spotted as well, I feel like there were really well hidden issues. We shall see when I get my grades back...

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How much do you really have to do to prepare for joinder questions? It seems pretty straightforward.

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Post by ilovesf » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:30 pm

gdane wrote: I dont feel fantastic because while I did do a good analysis on the stuff I spotted, which after talking to others they spotted as well, I feel like there were really well hidden issues. We shall see when I get my grades back...
You mean talking to your friends didn't make you feel superior to all of them like last time?
gdane wrote:Man I loved talking about my exams! The second they were over I went around talking to everyone just to see what I spotted that other people didnt.

I did feel bad last semester though when I made my friend realize that he completely missed a gigantic issue. He was sad after that.

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Post by Shammis » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:32 pm

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Post by Extension_Cord » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:23 pm

Could someone help me with this estates question?

Arthur owned blackacre. Arthur devised it by will as follows: "To my son, Roger, for life; remainder to my grandchildren when they reach 21." At the time Arthur died, he had two sons, Roger and Ted. Roger and his wife have two minor children who were alive at the time of Arthur's death.

Based upon the foregoing, following Arthur's death, blackacre is most likely held in which manner?
A. Life estate in Roger; contingent remainder in Arthur's grandchildren; reversion in Arthur's heirs
B. Liefe estate in Roger; vested remainder in Arthur's grandchildren; reversion in Arthur's heirs
C. Life estate in Roger; reversion in Arthur's heirs
D. Life estate in Roger; contingent remainder in Arthur's grandchildren

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Extension_Cord wrote:Could someone help me with this estates question?

Arthur owned blackacre. Arthur devised it by will as follows: "To my son, Roger, for life; remainder to my grandchildren when they reach 21." At the time Arthur died, he had two sons, Roger and Ted. Roger and his wife have two minor children who were alive at the time of Arthur's death.

Based upon the foregoing, following Arthur's death, blackacre is most likely held in which manner?
A. Life estate in Roger; contingent remainder in Arthur's grandchildren; reversion in Arthur's heirs
B. Liefe estate in Roger; vested remainder in Arthur's grandchildren; reversion in Arthur's heirs
C. Life estate in Roger; reversion in Arthur's heirs
D. Life estate in Roger; contingent remainder in Arthur's grandchildren
C. The 'remainder to my grandchildren' clause violates the classic RAP. Roger, who is the measuring life, may be outlived by his brother. His brother could then have a child after Roger's death. That child would mature more than 21 years after the end of the measuring life. So the entire clause must be struck, which means that Roger gets a life estate, after which the property will revert to A's heirs.

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Post by Extension_Cord » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:30 pm

Extension_Cord wrote:Could someone help me with this estates question?

Arthur owned blackacre. Arthur devised it by will as follows: "To my son, Roger, for life; remainder to my grandchildren when they reach 21." At the time Arthur died, he had two sons, Roger and Ted. Roger and his wife have two minor children who were alive at the time of Arthur's death.

Based upon the foregoing, following Arthur's death, blackacre is most likely held in which manner?
A. Life estate in Roger; contingent remainder in Arthur's grandchildren; reversion in Arthur's heirs
B. Liefe estate in Roger; vested remainder in Arthur's grandchildren; reversion in Arthur's heirs
C. Life estate in Roger; reversion in Arthur's heirs
D. Life estate in Roger; contingent remainder in Arthur's grandchildren

I thought it was A, but the book says its C. When you kill the lives and being, Arthur, Roger, and Ted; you would know whether any of Roger or Teds children reach the age of 21 during the perpeituities period.

I MIGHT recall something about the 21 years ticking at the time of the grantors death when it comes to gifts. If so, then Roger and Ted could have children that would invalidate the contingent remainder. But if Roger and Ted are killed off before the 21 years starts ticking, then we must know whether the contingent remainder will vest or fail within the perpituities period.

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Post by Extension_Cord » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:32 pm

sundance95 wrote:
Extension_Cord wrote:Could someone help me with this estates question?

Arthur owned blackacre. Arthur devised it by will as follows: "To my son, Roger, for life; remainder to my grandchildren when they reach 21." At the time Arthur died, he had two sons, Roger and Ted. Roger and his wife have two minor children who were alive at the time of Arthur's death.

Based upon the foregoing, following Arthur's death, blackacre is most likely held in which manner?
A. Life estate in Roger; contingent remainder in Arthur's grandchildren; reversion in Arthur's heirs
B. Liefe estate in Roger; vested remainder in Arthur's grandchildren; reversion in Arthur's heirs
C. Life estate in Roger; reversion in Arthur's heirs
D. Life estate in Roger; contingent remainder in Arthur's grandchildren
C. The 'remainder to my grandchildren' clause violates the classic RAP. Roger, who is the measuring life, may be outlived by his brother. His brother could then have a child after Roger's death. That child would mature more than 21 years after the end of the measuring life. So the entire clause must be struck, which means that Roger gets a life estate, after which the property will revert to A's heirs.
So brother doesn't have to die before the perpituities period begins? Is that because this was a will? We've been doing these questions as killing all the lives in being at once.

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Post by ilovesf » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:35 pm

Property is bringing back nightmares of last December.

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Post by crossarmant » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:36 pm

So, with Nat'l League of Cities v. Usery and subsequently Garcia v. San Antonio Metro, we have the court saying that initially that the federal government must respect the sovereign nature of the state govts and cannot interfere with how they regulate, but then Garcia says, no that the Congress is essentially a federal branch and do not fully represent state sovereignty so judicial review of state regulations is allowed. And then Printz/NY v. US go on to essentially say that Feds cannot force states to comply with federal programs that infringe with state sovereignty (like setting a 21 yo drinking age) but can incentivise them with federal funding and that they cannot use state officials to enforce federal functions...

Do I have this right? Guch, you seem to have this stuff down.

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Post by Extension_Cord » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:37 pm

ilovesf wrote:Property is bringing back nightmares of last December.
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