Bar Review
This case about a fox hunt establisehd the rule of capture for possession.
Pierson v. Post
This SCOTUS Justice later became President of the United States.
William Howard Taft
This latin term literally means "you have the body."
Habeas Corpus
!! Double Jeopardy !!
This Senator previously held the record for longest filibuster for his opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Strom Thurmond
Andrew Johnson
Other than adequacy of representation, these are the other three core standards for class certification.
Numerosity, Commonality, and Typicality
This SCOTUS Justice's conduct while riding circuit led to the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1801.
Samuel Chase
!!Double Jeopardy!!
This kind of action is taken by an administrative agency outside its legal authority/ jurisdiction.
Ultra Vires
This Act created 42 USC 1983, among other important civil rights provisions.
The Ku Klux Klan Act / Civil Rights Act of 1871
Ulysses S. Grant
!!DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!
The UCC 2-201 requirement that certain contracts be in writing.
Statute of Frauds
This SCOTUS Justice was known as the "Great Dissenter" for his opposition to the Court's rulings on racial segregation and civil rights.
John Marshall Harlan
This plea is entered when the defendant neither admits nor denies responsibility.
Nolo contendere
This SCOTUS Case revived 42 USC 1983 and defined "under color" of the law.
Monroe v. Pape
This U.S. President is the only one to have held a U.S. patent.
Background principles in American common law can be an exception to the general rule that temporary physical occupation constitutes this.
A Taking
This SCOTUS Justice famously took office on Jan. 2 rather than Jan. 1, because of the Constitution's Ineligibility Clause.
Benjamin Cardozo
This torts term refers to the but-for test needed to establish causation.
Sine qua non
This politician personally stood in a school doorway to prevent Black students from entering.
Alabama Governor George Wallace
This U.S. President argued a case before the Supreme Court after leaving office.
John Quincy Adams (Amistad, 1841)
This doctrine allows the non breaching party to recover damages when it reasonably and detrimentally relied on a promise.
Promissory Estoppel
This SCOTUS Justice was the first Justice from a state west of the Mississippi River.
Stephen J. Field
This term refers to the party appointed by a court to assist a minor or other incapable party in a legal matter.
Guardian ad litem
This 1988 statute is considered by some to have preserved Bivens actions which existed before its passing.
The Westfall Act (Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988)
This U.S. President signed the law establishing federal jurisdiction over certain crimes committed by Native Americans on tribal lands.
Grover Cleveland