Mnemonics For 2015 Ca Bar Exam

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Principals CORRAL their agent's activities

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Creation

Obligations

Rights

Ratification

Authority- express, implied, apparent

Liability

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Personal Jurisdiction

My Parents Frequently Forgot to Read Children's Stories

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M- Minimum contacts

P- Purposeful availment

F- Foreseeability

F- Fair play & substantial justice

R- Relatedness of contact and claim

C- Convenience

S- State's interest

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12 (b) Motions

"Some people, very productive studiers, can pass"

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(S)- lack of smjx

(P)- lack of pjx

(V)- Venue

(P)- insufficiency of process

(S)- insufficiency of service

(C)- failure to state a claim

(P)- failure to join a party

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Claim Preclusion

"Some People Just Make Stupid Claims"

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1) Same Parties

2) Judgment on the Merits

3) Same Claim

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Collateral Estoppel Requirements

PIANO

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1) Party in a prior lawsuit

2) Identical issue

3) Actually litigated

4) Necessarily determined

5) Opportunity to litigate

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Constitutional Protections

TRESPASS

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T - Takings

R- Religion (Establishment Clause)

E- Equal Protection

S- State action

P- Procedural Due Process

A- Association (freedom of)

S- Speech (freedom of)

S- Substantive Due Process

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Establishment Clause--Lemon Test

SEX

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1) the action has a secular purpose

2) the primary effect of the action neither advances nor inhibits religion, AND

3) the action does not produce excessive government entanglement between government and religion

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CONTRACTS

Armadillos From Texas Play Rap Eating Tacos

(subject outline)

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Applicable law

Formation

Terms

Performance

Remedies for breach

Excuses for non-performance

Third parties

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CONTRACTS

MY LEGS

(statute of frauds)

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M- marriage, contemplation of

Y- Year, service contacts that CANNOT be performed in one year

L- Land, any contract with an interest in

E- Estate admin promises to pay decedents debts personally

G- Goods, sale of goods $500 or more

S- Surety contracts- guaranty debts of another

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CONTRACTS

Unenforceable Contract

SUM FIG

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S- Statute of Frauds

U- Unconscionability

M- Mistake (Mutual)

F- Formation

I- Incapacity

G- Gangster (fraud, duress, illegality)

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CORPORATIONS

Rule 10b-5

"I'm Sad"

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I- Interstate commerce

M- Materiality

S- Scienter

A- Actual purchase or sale

D- Damages

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CORPORATIONS

10b-5 Misrepresentation Requirements

"My Knowledge Is Actual"

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Misrepresentation

Knowledge of falsity

Intent to induce purchase/sale of stock

Actual reliance on misrepresentation

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CRIMES

Specific Intent Crimes

"BAFFLE SCAM"

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B- Burglary

A- Assault (attempted battery)

F- Forgery

F- False pretenses

L- Larceny & Robbery

E- Embezzlement

S- Solicitation

C- Conspiracy

A- Attempt

M- Murder (1st degree)

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CRIMES

General Intent Crimes

"KRIB or MARK FB"

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K- Kidnapping

R- Rape

I- false Imprisonment

B- Battery

M- all other murders

A- Assault

R- Rape

K- Kidnapping

F- False Imprisonment

B- Battery

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Clients Love Fierce Counsel

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Duties owed to CLIENTS:

1) Confidentiality

2) Loyalty

3) Fiduciary responsibilities

4) Competence

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Courts Feel Differently

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Duties owed to COURTS:

1) Candor/truthfulness

2) Fairness

3) Decorum/Dignity

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PROPERTY

END CRAMP

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Termination of easements

E- Estoppel

N- Necessity

D- Destruction of servient land

C- Condemnation of sevient estate

R- Release

A- Abandonment

M- Merger clause

P- Prescription

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Elements of Adverse Possession

"COAH"

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Continuous for the statutory period

Open and notorious

Actual use

Hostile use

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PROPERTY

Covenant - does benefit run with the land

"WITHN"

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(1) Writing

(2) Intent (to run w/ the land)

(3) Touch and Concern (the land)

(4) Horizontal and vertical privity

(5) Notice (actual, inquiry, record)

Burden: all but the H (horizontal privity)

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PROPERTY

Affirmative easements- methods of creation

"PING"

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P- Prescription

I- Implication

N- Necessity

G- Grant

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PROPERTY

"Frank Sinatra Didn't Prefer Orville Redenbacher"

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Fee Simple Determinable with the

Possibility of Reverter

• Upon a stated event, the land reverts back to the grantor
• Requires clear durational language ( "To A so long as", "To A until", "To A while")
• In the absence of stated event or if stated event occurs, forfeiture is automatic

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PROPERTY

Constructive Condition

"SING"

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SI- Substantial Interference (L's action or continuing action or L's failure to act)

N- Notice

G- Get out or Goodbye

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TORTS

Intentional Torts

Fat Bitc(h) or ABC FITT

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A- Assault

B- Battery

C- Conversion

F- False Imprisonment

I- Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

T- Trespass to Land

T- Trespass to Chattels

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TORTS

SLANDER PER SE

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DUMB

D- loathsome Disease

U-Unchastity to a woman

M- Moral turpitude crime

B- Business or profession (one's conduct with respect to one's....)

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Wills & Trusts

Trustee's Duties

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C LADIES

C- Care

L- Loyalty

A- Account

D- Delegation

I- Invest (prudent)

E- Earmark

S- Segregation (of trust property)

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Wills & Trusts

Revocation of Wills

"ROSA"

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R- Restrictions (homicide/elder abuse)

O- Operation of law (spouse, child, divorce)

S- Subsequent instrument (will, codicil)

A- Ademption (disposed of gift inter vivos)

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Remedies

Requirements for Specific Performance

"Cha Cha Is My Favorite Dance"

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C- Contrat valid?

C- Conditions satisfied by P?

I- Inadequate legal remedy

M- Mutuality of obligation

F- Feasibility of enforcement

D- Defenses to contract