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Is Your Scratch-off Ticket Stale?

By Casebook Sherpa On 06/19/08 · · In News You Can Use

“It’s for the kids.” Ah, yes. The great justification for just about any government program. Of course, it’s the central justification in most states for the Lottery. Revenues are directed into the education department’s coffers for use in schools. That’s all fine and good, but the agreement the ticket purchaser enters into with the state [...]

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Diversion From Outlining

By Casebook Sherpa On 04/19/08 · · In All In Good Fun

Need a break from outlining?

Head on over to PrawfsBlog and vote on the Most Screwed Victim in Caselaw History.

I voted for Peevyhouse. Who did you vote for?

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Posner on Bell Atlantic v. Twombly

By Casebook Sherpa On 04/02/08 · · In News You Can Use

In a RICO case, Judge Posner opined on the post-Twombly standard on motions to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).

(H/T How Appealing)

The case involved an allegation that a municipal government had pre-empted their efforts at building a marina on their land by conspiring [...]

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A Music Tax? The Extortionary Ways of the Music Industry

By Casebook Sherpa On 03/29/08 · · In Law, News You Can Use

Mike Arrington at TechCrunch has several good stories on a proposed “music tax” which the recording industry is seeking to impose on listeners. As per usual the industry is talking out of both sides of its mouth by suggesting that the tax would not be mandatory but would instead be a voluntary scheme [...]

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US News Rankings Preview

By Casebook Sherpa On 03/27/08 · · In Law School Rankings, News You Can Use

Even though we’re building a case against the US News Rankings here at Fight The Hypo (stay tuned), we were pretty excited to see this leaked Top 100 of the rankings listing Catholic U at #86 (up 11 spots from last year)!! No matter how much we read about how [...]

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From The “Please Tell Me This Is A Dream” File

By Casebook Sherpa On 03/13/08 · · In News You Can Use

This is from our Torts reading for tonight. Make sure you test the floor of the Port-O-John next time…

The case for the plaintiffs was that they were tenants of the defendant, which controlled the house wherein they lived and also the adjoining house, and provided a detached privy for the use of both [...]

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Trees vs. Solar

By Casebook Sherpa On 02/11/08 · · In News You Can Use

The Law of Nuisance (caution: wikipedia link) is on tap for Property class this week – at what point do someone’s actions which disrupt the quiet enjoyment of your own property form the basis for a cause of action?

Several notes in our casebook dealt with the issue of [...]

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