Civ Pro
What are place of incorporation and principal place of business?
It's the mens rea for murder
What is malice aforethought?
What is foreseeable?
It's the most famous case about a railroad - no wait, there are 3 of those. We mean the case with two holdings on separate elements of negligence
What is Palsgraf (v. Long Island Railroad Co.)?
This five letter, f-word hashtag is used to affirm the blunt truth of things
What is #facts?
In contrast to its more specific counterpart, this type of personal jurisdiction does not care if the defendant's contacts with the forum state relate to the plaintiff's claim
What is general jurisdiction?
It's the element required to mitigate a murder to voluntary manslaughter
What is adequate provocation?
This "barrel" of a breach doctrine allows a court to infer breach, even from an absence of direct evidence, if its 3 elements are met
What is res ipsa loquitur?
This Civ Pro case is "the last word" on the stream of commerce-type of scenarios in personal jurisdiction
What is (J.) Mcintyre (v. Nicastro)?
It's better than dying ... this four-letter hashtag accompanies pictures of people doing really exciting or crazy things
What is #yolo?
The consequence of inadequately plead complaint, a la Twombly and Iqbal, is that it may be dismissed pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) for doing this
What is failing to state a claim for which relief can be granted?
It's the Model Penal Code level of mens rea that requires the defendant to be virtually or practically certain that the defendant's conduct will lead to a particular result
What is knowingly?
This intentional tort's remedy is often called, "you break, you buy"
What is conversion?
This old torts case gave us the famous Learned Hand formula
What is (U.S. v.) Carroll Towing (Co.)?
This fourth-day trend among social media sites has users posting or reposting older photographs, often from their childhood
What is #throwbackthursday or #tbt?
DAILY DOUBLE: Among the elements of the relation back test in amending a pleading is the requirement that the new party knew or should have known the lawsuit was coming but for this
What is a mistake concerning its identity?
"Ignorance is no excuse" refers to this very difficult-to-utilize defense to criminal liability
What is mistake of law?
This theory allows two defendants' cumulative actions each to be considered a cause in fact of plaintiff's injury
What is the substantial factor test?
Known in the Glannon E&E as "the case that saved the Federal Rules," it provides the modern test for the Erie doctrine in Civil Procedure
What is Hanna (v. Plumer)?
What is #wcw?
These are the 3 elements defining the permissible scope of discovery under Rule 26(b)(1)
What are (1) non-privileged, (2) relevant (to claim or defense), and (3) proportional (to case needs)?
Many possession, public welfare, and morality offenses are classified under this category of crimes, where the defendant's mental state does not matter
What is strict liability?
These two classes of things have to be envisioned in a statute for it to set the standard of care per the doctrine of negligence per se
What are class of person/victim and class of risk/injury?
Hope you're ... hungry? This obscure case of cannibalism pondered the defense of necessity to murder
What is (R vs) Dudley (and Stephens)?
This larceny-related hashtag rewards the entire country for a World Series player's clever baserunning
What is #stealataco?