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Introduction
I. The Concept of Property - Introductory Themes

Regulation of Land Use
II. Regulation of Owners' Rights as Against Others - The Right to Exclude
III. Regulation of Relations Among Neighbors - The Right to Use
IV. Regulation of Agreements Between Parties - The Power to Dispose

Regulation of Market for Housing
V. Common Ownership
VI. Family Property
VII. Land Transfer Agreements
VIII. Landlord Tenant Law
IX. Discrimination in Housing

Property and Sovereignty
X. Zoning
XI. Takings
XII. American Indian Nations

Other Topics
XIII. Limits of Property
XIV. Intellectual Property

INTRODUCTION

Pierson v. Post (78-81), Notes (81-82), · A Guide to the Book (xlv-lix)

REGULATION OF LAND USE

A. Common Law Limits: Public Access

Text (105-06), State v. Shack (106-11), Desnick v. ABC (111-15); Notes (115-18), Problems (118-19), · Uston v. Resorts (119-21), Williams (122-23); Williams (123-24); Notes (124-26), Problems (126-27)

B. Statutory Limits: Anti-Discrimination

Civil Rights Act of 1964 (128-29), Civil Rights Act of 1866 (129-30), Notes (130-34), Llewellyn (134-36), Problems (136-37), New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (137-38), Dale v. Boy Scouts (138-47), Notes (147-50), Problems (150-51), · Text (151-52), ADA of 1990 (152-57), Problems (157-160)

C. Constitutional Limits: Free Speech

Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner (160-67), N.J. Coalition Against the War v. JMB Realty (167-78), Notes (178-81), Problems (181-82), · Matthews v. Bay Head Improvement Association (182-88), Notes (188-191), Problems (191)

A. Water (Rights, Flooding)

Text (255-58), Coase (259), Notes (259-60), Armstrong v. Francis Corp. (260-64), Notes (265-66), Text (266-72), Problems (272)

B. Support (Lateral, Subjacent)

Text (272-73), Noone v. Price (273-77), Notes (278-80), Mass. Gen. L. (280), Mass. Building Code (281), Notes (281-82), Problem (282), · Friendswood Dev. Co. v. Smith-Southwest (282-90), Notes (290-93), Problems (293-94), Llewellyn (294-99), Shapiro (299-303), Singer (303-05)

C. Nuisance (Pollution, Light & Air)

Text (305-08), Page County Appliance v. Honeywell (308-11), Notes (311-18), Problems (318-19), · Fontainebleau Hotel v. Forty-Five Twenty-Five (319-21), Text (321-41), · Prah v. Maretti (341-47), Notes (347-49), Text (349-57) (skim)

A. Involuntary Transfers (Adverse POssession, Prescriptive Easements)

Text (199), Brown v. Gobble (199-205), Romero v. Garcia (206-08), Nome 2000 v. Fagerstrom (208-13), Notes (213-21), · Corbin (221-22), Singer (222-24), Notes (224-26), Text (226-31), Problems (231-22), Community Feed v. Northeastern Culvert (232-36), Notes (236-39), Problems (239-40), Text (240-44), · Somerville v. Jacobs (244-48), Notes (248-49), Problem (249-50), Text (250-53), Problem (253-54)

B. Servitudes

1. Easements (By Estoppel, Implied, Express (Appurtenant and In Gross)

Text (359-63), Holbrook v. Taylor (363-66), Text (366), Rase v. Castle Mountain (366-72), Notes (372-77), Problem (377), Text (377), · Granite Properties v. Manns (377-84), Finn v. Williams (384-86), Notes (386-89), Problem (389-90), · Text (390-96), Green v. Lupo (396-99), Notes (399-400), Cox v. Glenbrook (400-06), Henley v. Continental Cablevision (406-09), Notes (409-412), Problems (412-13), Text (413-14)

2. Covenants, Equitable Servitudes

Text (414-16), Whitinsville Plaza v. Kotseas (416-22), Notes (422-441), Problem (441-42), · Text (442-43), Evans v. Pollock (443-47), Sanborn v. McLean (447-50), Riley v. Bear Creek (450-56), Notes (456-59), Problems (459-61), · El Di v. Town of Bethany (467-71), Notes (471-73), Text (473-75), Problems (475-76), Mass. Gen. L. (477), Blakeley v. Gorin (477-82), Notes (482), Problems (482)

C. Estates and Future Interests

Text (555-58), Text (558-68) (skim), Text (569-80), · Wood v. Board (580-82), Cathedral v. Garden (582-86), Edwards v. Bradley (586-88), Notes (588-92), · Text (592-95), Johnson v. Whiton (595-96), Moore v. Phillips (622-26), Notes (626-27)

D. Limitations

1. Homeowner Associations and Condominiums

Text (483-88), Appel v. Presley (488-91), Notes (491-92), Davidson v. D. Katz (537-43), Notes (543-45), Problems (545-46), O'Buck v. Cottonwood (546-50), Notes (550-51), Problems (551-52)

2. Restraints on Alienation

Text (511-12), Horse Pond v. Cormier (512-15), Northwest Real Estate v. Serio (515-16), Riste v. Eastern Washington Bible Camp (516-18), Aquarian v. Sholom (518-21), · Wolinsky v. Kadison (521-24), Notes (524-30), Problem (530), Breene v. Plaza Towers (530-33), Notes (533-34)

3. Rule Against Perpetuities

Text (596-609), · Central Delaware v. Greyhound (609-13), Texaco v. Samowitz (613-14), Cambridge Co. v. East Slope (614-18), Notes (618-22), Problem (622)

4. Racial Restrictions, Marriage Restrictions

Text (492), Shelley v. Kraemer (493-99), Evans v. Abney (499-508), Notes (508-11), Problems (511), Text (627-29), Problem (629-31), · Lewis v. Searles (631-35), Frug (635-36), Notes (636-38)

REGULATION OF MARKET FOR HOUSING

Text (639-46), Olivas v. Olivas (646-49), Notes (649), Problem (649-50), Sawada v. Endo (659-63), Notes (663-64), Problem (664-65), · Text (650), Carr v. Deking (650-52), Tenhet v. Boswell (652-55), Kresha v. Kresha (655-57), Notes (657-59), Problem (659)

Text (665-71), O'Brien v. O'Brien (671-78), Notes (678-81), Problem (681), Text (69-71), Montana Equitable Distribution Statute (71-72), In re Marriage of King (72-73), Notes (73-75), Problem (75-76), · Watts v. Watts (688-92), Dalton (692-96), Notes (696-701), Text (701-03), Problem (703-04), · Wisconsin Domestic Abuse Restraining Order Statute (710-12), Cote v. Cote (712-14), Problem (714), U.S. v. Leasehold Interest (714-21), Bennis v. Michigan (721-26), U.S. v. Sixty Acres (726-28), Notes (728-32)

A. Structure of the Transaction

Text (859-74), Burns v. McCormick (874-76), Hickey v. Green (876-79), Gardner v. Gardner (879-80), Notes (880-84), Text (895-99)

B. Deeds and Title Protection

Text (899-907), Sabo v. Horvath (907-10), Notes (910-13), Problems (913-14), Martin v. Carter (914-16), McCoy v. Love (916-17), Notes (917-19), Text (919-21)

C. Real Estate Finance

Text (921-25), Central Financial v. Spears (925-27), Problems (927-28), Text (928-29), Stonebreaker v. Zinn (929-31), Sebastian v. Floyd (931-32), Notes (932-35), Koenig v. Van Reken (935-37), Notes (937-38), Problem (938)

A. Leasehold Estates

Text (735-39), New Jersey Anti-Eviction Act (739-41), Vasquez v. Glassboro (741-47), Schwartz (747-49), Hale (749-54), Notes (754-56), Problem (756-57)

B. Right to Rent (Duty to Mitigate)

Text (757-62), Sommer v. Kridel (762-67), Notes (767-69), Problem (769), Text (770), Braschi v. Stahl (770-74), Notes (774-76), Problems (776-77), Text (777-81)

C. Right to Occupancy (Sublet, Assignment, Eviction)

Text (781-85), Kendall v. Ernest Pestana (785-92), Slavin v. Rent Control Board (792-94), Notes (794-96), Problems (796-97), Text (801-02), New Jersey Anti-Eviction Act (739-41), Problem (803-04), Text (804-05)

D. Right to Habitable Premises (Constructive Eviction, Implied Warranty)

Minjak v. Randoph (805-08), Blackett v. Olanoff (808-10), Notes (810-14), Problem (814), · Text (814-15), Javins v. First National Realty (815-22), Notes (822-25), Problems (825-26), Text (826-34), · Hillview Associates v. Bloomquist (834-39), Imperial Colliery v. Fout (839-42), Notes (842-46), Problem (846-47), · Wilkins (852-53), Notes (853-54), Model Rules (854-56), Problems (856-58)

A. Discriminatory Treatment

Fair Housing Act of 1968 (939-45), Asbury v. Brougham (945-50), U.S. v. Starrett (950-54), Notes (954-58), Problems (958-59), · Civil Rights Act of 1866 (959-60), City of Memphis v. Greene (960-61), Problems (961-62), Grieger v. Sheets (962-63), Notes (963-65), Problems (965), Human Rights v. LaBrie (965-70), Problems (970-71), · McCready v. Hoffius (971-78), Notes (978-82), Problems (982), State v. City of Madison (982-84), Notes (984-86), Problems (986-87), Poff v. Caro (987-88), Notes (988-90), Text (990-92), Problems (992)

B. Disparate Impact

Huntington Branch NAACP v. Town of Huntington (997-1004), Notes (1004-08), Problems (1008), Doe v. City of Butler (1008-10), Problems (1010-11), · Blevins v. Barry-Lawrence (461-64), Notes (464-67), Problem (467), Village of Belle Terre v. Boraas (1011-14), Charter Township of Delta v. Dinolfo (1015-17), Notes (1017-19), Problem (1019), AFAPFS v. ARPE (1019-21), Familystyle of St. Paul v. City of St. Paul (1021-23), Notes (1023-27), Text and Problems (1027-29), · Southern Burlington v. Township of Mount Laurel (1030-39), Notes (1039-42), Text (191-95)

PROPERTY AND SOVEREIGNTY

Text (1043-55), Town of Belleville v. Parrillo's (1055-58), Commons v. Westwood Zoning Board (1058-64), Notes (1064-65), · Stone v. City of Wilton (1065-69), Problems (1069-70), Text (1070-71), Text (1071-73), Problem (1073-74), Text (1074-76), Acme Laundry v. Secretary of Environ. Affairs (1076-81)

A. Takings

Text (1085-87), PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins (1087-91), Yee v. City of Escondido (1091-95), Notes (1095-1102), Problems (1102), Text (1103), · Babbitt v. Youpee (63-68), Notes (68-69), Problem (69), Notes (1104-07), Problems (1107-08), Miller v. Schoene (1108-10), · Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1110-26), Notes (1126-30), Test (1130-44), Problems (1144-46), Text (1146-48), · Dolan v. City of Tigard (1148-61), Notes (1161-64)

B. Just Compensation & Public Use

Almota Farmers v. U.S. (1164-68), U.S. v. 564.54 Acres of Land (1168-71), Notes (1171-74), Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff (1174-79), Poletown Neighborhood v. City of Detroit (1179-82), Text (1182)

Text (3-4), Johnson v. M'Intosh (4-15), Notes (15), Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. U.S. (15-20), Notes (21-22), · Text (1183-88), U.S. v. Sioux Nation (1188-98), Notes (1198-1200), Text (22-24), Problem (24-26)

OTHER TOPICS

Text (1263-64), Dred Scott v. Sandford (1264-68), Franklin (1268-69), Allen (1269-71), Soifer (1271-77), Notes (1277-79), In the Matter of Baby M (1279-85), Notes (1285-88), Text (1288-93), Wana the Bear v. Community Construction (1293-95), Hillerman (1295-96), Notes (1296-98), Problems (1298-99)

Pierson v. Post (78-81) (review), Elliff v. Texon Drilling (82-87), Vandevelde (87-89), Problem (89-90), Text (90-92), Charrier v. Bell (92-96), Notes (96-98), Problems (98), · Text (1231-32), INS v. AP (35-46), Notes (46-49), Problems (49-50), · Text (1232-33), Qualitex v. Jacobson (1233-37), Notes (1237-38), Problem (1238-39), Text (1239), Feist v. Rural Telephone (1239-43), Notes (1243-45), Problems (1245-47), · Moore v. Regents (51-58), Notes (59), Problem (60), Text (1247-48), Martin Luther King v. American Heritage (1248-57), Notes (1257-59), Problems (1259-60)

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