Property

I. Property

A. Cases

1. Possession

Pierson v. Post, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York, 3 Cai. R. 175 (1805)

2. Externalities and Nuisance

(1) Fountainebleau Hotel v. Forty-Five Twenty-Five, Inc, 114 So. 2d 357; (1959)

(2) Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Company, 26 N.Y.2d 219 (1970)

(3) Spur Industries v. Del. E. Webb Development Co., 108 Ariz. 178 (1972)

3. Takings

(1) Pennsylvania Coal Company v. Mahon et al., 260 U.S. 393 (1922)

(2) Penn Central Transp. Co. v. New York City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978)

(3) Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 535 U.S. 302 (2002)

 (4) Kelo v. City of New London, 125 S. Ct. 2655 (2005)

4. Rule Against Perpetuities

(1) Quartro Mining v. Littman, 42 Ohio St. 2d 73 (1975)

5. Covenants

B. Problems

        1. The Coasian Bargain

(1) Range Wars: The Farmer and the Rancher

(2) Range Wars: The Farmer and Two Ranchers

(3) New Horizons: Group Home

2. Limits on Contracts

(1) Breaking Up is Hard to Do

(2) California Royalties Act

 

©Ralph R. Frasca 2006