Remedies

Front 1

Torts remedies

Back 1

1) Damages
2) Restitutionary damages
3) Replevin
4) Ejectment
5) Constructive trust
6) Equitable lien
7) Injunctive relief

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Torts damages

Back 2

1) Compensatory
2) Nominal
3) Punitive

Front 3

Compensatory damages

Back 3

1) Causation
2) Foreseeability
3) Certainty
3) Unavoidability

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Punitive damages

Back 4

1) Attached to compensatory, nominal, or restitutionary damages
2) Fault more than ordinary negligence
3) Relatively proportionate to actual damages (single digit multiple)

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Restitutionary damages

Back 5

1) Theory that defendant should not be unjustly enriched
2) Calculated based on the value of the benefit to D

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Replevin

Back 6

1) P has a right to possession
2) There is a wrongful withholding by D

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Replevin timing

Back 7

1) P can recover chattel before trial by posting bond
2) D can defeat immediate recovery by posting redelivery bond

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Ejectment

Back 8

1) P has a right to possession
2) There is a wrongful withholding by D

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Constructive trust

Back 9

1) Improperly acquired property
2) D has title
3) D serves as trustee
4) Must return property to P

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Equitable lien

Back 10

1) Improperly acquired property
2) D has title
3) Immediate court-directed sale
4) Deficiency judgment available if sale less than FMV at time property taken

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Constructive trust/equitable lien rules

Back 11

1) Legal remedy inadequate
2) Tracing is allowed
3) BFP prevails over P
4) P will prevail over unsecured creditors

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Constructive trust vs equitable lien

Back 12

1) Property value increased: constructive trust
2) Property value decreased: equitable lien
3) D's property cannot be solely traced to P's property: equitable lien

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Preliminary injunction/TRO

Back 13

1) Irreparable injury (time-frame context)
2) Likelihood of success (mention posting bond)

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Permanent injunction

Back 14

"I'll put five bucks down"
1) Inadequacy of legal remedies
2) Propert right/protectable interest
3) Feasibility of enforcement
4) Balancing of hardships
5) Defenses

Front 15

Permanent injunction defenses

Back 15

1) Unclean hands
2) Laches
3) Impossibility
4) Free speach

Front 16

Contracts remedies

Back 16

1) Damages
2) Restitutionary damages
3) Replevin
4) Ejectment
5) Constructive trust
6) Equitable lien
7) Specific performance
8) Rescission
9) Reformation

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Compensatory damages for contracts

Back 17

1) Expectation
2) Consequential
3) Nominal

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Validity of liquidated damages clause

Back 18

1) Damages are very difficult to ascertain at time of contract formation
2) Reasonable forecast of what they would be

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Can breaching P get restitutionary damages?

Back 19

Traditional: No recovery
Modern: Recovery allowed not to be greater than contract rate and damages to non-breaching party are subtracted

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Specific performance

Back 20

"Cha Cha is my favorite dance"
1) Contract is valid
2) Conditions of P satisfied
3) Inadequate legal remedy
4) Mutuality of remedy
5) Feasibility of enforcement
6) Defenses

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Specific performance defenses

Back 21

1) Unclean hands
2) Laches
3) Unconscionability
4) Mistake
5) Misrepresentation
6) Statute of frauds

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Rescission analysis

Back 22

1) Determine if there are grounds for rescission
2) Determine if there are valid defenses

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Grounds for rescission

Back 23

1) Mistake
2) Misrepresentation
3) Coercion
4) Undue influence
5) Lack of capacity
6) Failure of consideration
7) Illegality

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Defenses to rescission

Back 24

1) Unclean hands
2) Laches
3) P sued for damages first (thus affirming the contract)

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Reformation

Back 25

"Very good dog"
1) Valid contract
2) Grounds for reformation
3) Defenses

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Grounds for reformation

Back 26

1) Mistake
2) Misrepresentation

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Defenses to reformation

Back 27

1) Unclean hands
2) Laches