Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014
Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas law (“Cases”) – pages 1 – 67
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Spring Term
Brant
Tues., Feb. 4 Chemerinsky Casebook (4th ed.) (same as last semester), pp. 600-30.
Brant
Redish, Sherry, & Pfander, Federal Courts, (West 7th ed 2012), pp. 28-39, and handout (Clapper v. Amnesty Int'l USA) being sent to you by email. Please check your ONU email account.
Crider
Tuesday, 2/4 Topic: Course Overview; Letter Writing
Neumann pp. 245-249
Reserve Reading: Client Letters
Davison
Monday, February 3: Please read and be prepared to discuss pages 99-126 and 272-311 of Nelson, Whitman, Burkhart, and Freyermuth, Real Estate Transfer, Finance, and Development; Cases and Materials (8th ed., 2009).
DellAntonio
Beyond the Basics (Text)
pp. 2-7, 364-394
Do not do the exercises/assignments on 394-395
Elliott
Week One:
Feb. 4th Review memorandum. Letters We Write.
Reading: Neumann, chs. 19-21; see Appendix C for a sample.
Suggested reading: Calleros, chs. 24 & 25; Schultz, ch. 11; Shapo, ch. 15.
Assignment: Letter due Feb. 11th to Cindy Klingler by 4 p.m.
Feb. 6th Introduction to Civil Practice/Pleadings
Reading: Ohio R. Civ. P. 3-16.
Suggested reading: Calleros, ch. 18; Charrow, ch. 4; Schultz, ch. 18.
Assignment: Pleadings due Feb. 17th to Cindy Klinger by 4 p.m.
French
February 3rd
HOWARD, Anderson’s Ohio Domestic Relations Manual, Chapter 1
Review Table of Contents of the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure
Allen County Court of Common Pleas Rule 20 [http://www.allencountyohio.com/clerkofcourts/cle.php
French
TRIPOLI, Contemporary Law Office Management, Chapters 1-3
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS [from the ONU Print Shop], Pages 1-6, 28-37, 75-76, 99-106, and 125-149
Gerber
Required Book
Calvin Massey, American Constitutional Law: Powers and Liberties (Aspen, 4th ed. 2013) (the same book used in Constituional Law 1).
Reading Assignment
Feb. 4: 1313-37 (Second Amendment's right to bear arms); 473-88 (procedural due process)
Gerber
Required Book
Douglas Laycock, Modern American Remedies: Cases and Materials, concise 4th ed. (2012)
Reading Assignment
Feb. 4 - 1-7 (introduction), 9-22 (rightful position)
Keller
The initial readings for the semester are in our text, Robert P. Merges, Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE NEW TECHNOLOGICAL AGE, SIXTH EDITION (2012).
Tuesday, February 4: 1-31; Prepare a written response to Problem 1-1
Thursday, February 6: 33-65; Prepare a written response to Problem 2-7
Keller
The initial readings for the semester are in our text, Jesse Dukeminier, James E. Krier, Gregory S. Alexander, Michael H. Schill, PROPERTY, SEVENTH EDITION (2010).
Tuesday, February 4: 645-658; 661-676
Thursday, February 6: 677-704
Lobenhofer
Introduction to Subchapter K.
Read Casebook pp. 2-30.
Read I.R.C. §§ 761(a), 7701(a)(3), 7704
Read Regs. §§ 1.761-1(a); 301.7701-1(a)(1) & (2); -2(a), (b)(1)-(3), (c)(1) & (2); -3(a), (b)(1); -4(a), (b).
Problems: Do p. 17.
The Fundamentals--Contributions of Unencumbered Property.
I.R.C.: Read §§ 721; 722; 723. Skim §§ 453B(a), (b); 704(c)(1)(A); 724; 1223(1) and (2); 1245(b)(3).
Regs.: Read §§ 1.453-9(c)(2); 1.721-1; 1.722-1; 1.723-1, 1.1223-3(a), (b)(1).
Casebook: Read pp. 32-38.
Problems: pp. 38-39.
Martin
January 31 Preface (pages xxxi-xxxvi); Freedom of Disposition (pages 1-34)
Martin
January 31 The Planning Process
CCH: Chapter 1
Supp: pages 2-12G (Confidential Estate Planning Information form, Two
Engagement Letter forms, and MRPC 1.5)
Mittendorf
Tuesday, 2/4 Topic: Course overview; Letters & Email
Neumann pp. 245-249; 225-236
Reserve reading: Client letters
Complaint & Client Letter assigned, due 2/12 by 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, 2/6 Topic: Introduction to Civil Litigation; Complaints
Read - Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure 3, 4, 6-11, 38
Neslund
For the week of Feb. 3:
- Register for our course on TWEN. This is where you will find the course syllabus, which you should review before our first class.
- Read all of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 up to, but not including, Problem 2C on p. 35 (Business Planning: Closely Held Enterprises 4th ed., by Dwight Drake).
Be prepared to discuss Problems 2A and 2B in class.
Neslund
For Monday, February 3:
- Register for our course on TWEN. This is where you will find the course syllabus, which you should review before our first class. The assignment for the entire first week is also posted there.
- Take ten minutes and make a list of what you imagine the annual income and expenses a prototypical ONU law graduate might have in his or her first full year in practice (e.g., for a May 2013 graduate, the income and expenses associated with the calendar year of 2014). Assume the graduate is single and has full-time legal employment. Try to make your list as comprehensive as possible.
- In the code/reg supplement (Selected Federal Taxation Statutes and Regulations 2014, edited by Lathrope), carefully read the following provisions: §§ 61(a), 62(a)(1), 63(a)-(c)(1), 1(a)-(d) and 31(a)(1).
- Read Chapter 1, Parts B-D (pp. 5-15) in our text (Fundamentals of Federal Taxation 3d ed., by Miller & Maine).
Newell
February 4: Duty of Care: Oversight Context; Decision-Making Context (Business Judgment Rule)
1. Casebook: 448 – 473
2. Supplementary case: In re Caremark International Inc. Derivative Litigation, 698 A.2d 959 (Del.Ch. 1996)
3. Model Business Corporation Act (MBCA): §§ 8.30 – 8.31, 8.42
4. ALI Principles of Corporate Governance (ALI): § 4.01
*Supplementary case can be found on our Moodle course page.
Raack
Read and prepare Text (Problems in Contract Law) pp. 325-46 and related Restatement sections.
Raack
1. Read the set of Readings to be emailed to you. Please check your ONU email account.
2. Read Text (Environmental Regulation, Percival, et al) pp. 57 ("Canada Tar Sands") to 60, and pp. 1207-14 (thru n.4).
Sabol
Assignment:
- Go to www.kaptest.com; watch Lecture on Contracts: Offer and Acceptance; complete Kaplan Bar Notes on Offer and Acceptance Lecture (available online and in Kaplan Kickstart outline book) to hand in on the first day of class.
- Review Kaplan Kickstart Contracts outline on Offer and Acceptance
Sabol
Assignment:
- Go to www.kaptest.com; watch Lecture on Contracts: Offer and Acceptance; complete Kaplan Bar Notes on Offer and Acceptance Lecture (available online and in Kaplan Kickstart outline book) to hand in on the first day of class.
- Review Kaplan Kickstart Contracts outline on Offer and Acceptance
Veltri
Stephen Gillers, Regulation of Lawyers (9th ed. 2012), pp. xxv-xxviii and 1-18. Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Preamble and Scope.
Ward
January 31, 2014
Loewy - Criminal Procedure: Cases, Materials & Questions, 3rd Ed. -- Pages 3-40.
Young
F 1/31 No Assignment
M 2/3 Handout "Enforcement of Sports Contracts"
W 2/5 No reading, Topic Draft
F 2/7 Handout "Antitrust 1"
