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1. At the time he was terminated - P was within the class protected by the ADEA - he was otherwise qualified for his job - he was discharged by D - and D employed a substantially younger person for his position.
Tenancy by the Entireties
Age Discrimination
1st Degree Murder
Revocation of Acceptance
2. Restitution made is generally deductible in the year made.
Contract Formation
Negligence (Malpractice)
Liquidated Damages
Deductibility of Restitution
3. An attorney who knowingly assists a non-attorney in the unauthorized practice of law is in violation of PA RPC. An attorney may give a seminar on the law to non-lawyers in conjunction with their employment when such knowledge may be beneficial to the
Revocation of Acceptance
Negligence (Malpractice)
Unauthorized Practice of Law
Equitable Division
4. T can incorporate by reference a document into her will so long as said document is in existence at the time at which the will is executed. Document to be incorporated by reference must be sufficiently identified in the will and its incorporation mus
Incorporation by Reference
Corporate Opportunity
Special Warranty Deed
Kidnapping
5. Competent representation requires the legal knowledge - skill - thoroughness - and preparation reasonably necessary for the representation.
Joint Tenancy (Severance)
1st Amendment Free Speech (Defamation
Pat Down Search
RPC (Competence)
6. There's an implicit right of association for expressive purposes under the 1st Amendment. An infringement on this right may be justified by a compelling state interest. Even as a compelling state interest - enforecement of non-discrimination laws mus
Implied Warranty Construction Contract
1st Amendment Free Association
Privacy Rights
Gambling Winnings and Losses
7. A completed gift requires intent to make a gift and actual or constructive delivery sufficient to divest the giver of all dominion and invest the recipient therewith. The transfer of the registration of stock ownership on the books of the corporation
Title VII- Retaliatory Discharge
Gift of Stock
Latent Ambiguity
Devise of Encumbered Property
8. The making of a false statement under oath during an official proceeding - when the statement is material and he does not believe it to be true.
Perjury
1st Degree Murder
Americans w/ Disabilites Act
Estates (Intestate)
9. To establish legal malpractice - client must establish: 1) employment of the attorney or other basis for a duty - 2) the failure of the attorney to exercise ordinary skill and knowledge - and 3) that such negligence was the proximate cause of damage
Revocation of Acceptance
RPC (Competence)
Codicil
Negligence (Malpractice)
10. Marriage - in addition to the unities of time - title - interest and possession - is a necessary element in order for an estate to be held as tenants by the entireties.
Perjury
Dying Declaration
Defense of Minority
Tenancy by the Entireties
11. Accord is a contract whereby an obligee promises to accept a stated performance in satisfaction of the obligor's original duty. Where there is a dispute between the parties concerning the amount due - consideration for an accord is found when the cre
Accord and Satisfaction
Procedural Due Process
4th Amendment Govt Employers
Treasure Trove
12. Income from gambling constitutes gross taxable income - while losses may be deducted.
Gambling Winnings and Losses
Joint Tenancy (Severance)
1st Amendment Free Speech
Strict Products Liability
13. The right of election against the will of deceased spouse is 1/3 of the estate. The right of election can be waived in a prenuptial agreement - be forfeited by desertion - or be prohibited in certain circumstances when a divorce is pending.
Restrictive Covenant (Enforcement)
Estates (Advancement)
Pretermitted Spouse
Latent Ambiguity
14. Cash basis taxpayers report income when received or under the dominion and control of the taxpayer. Dividends are included in gross income. Receipt of a gift is not income.
Americans w/ Disabilites Act
Mutual Mistake
Present-sense Impression
Receipt of Income
15. Hearsay exception allowed when declarant believes his death is imminent and the statement pertains to the cause or circumstances of what the declarant believed to be impending death.
Representing Multiple Parties
Dying Declaration
Liability of Claims After Merger
Receiving Stolen Property
16. To unlawfully (accomplished by force) remove another a substantial distance under the circumstances from the place where his is found - or if he unlawfully confines another for substantial period in a place of isolation - with the intention to commit
Kidnapping
Estates (Intestate)
2nd Degree Murder
Joint Tenancy (Severance)
17. The proceeds of a life insurance policy are generally not gross income to the beneficiary. The proceeds of a life insurance policy are gross income if the policy was transferred for value. The value of the consideration given by the beneficiary in ex
Estates (Slayer's Act)
Tax (Life Insurance Policy Proceeds)
Summary Jugment
Americans w/ Disabilites Act
18. Intentionally obtaining property from another person by deception. Deception occurs when a person intentionally creates or reinforces a false impression regarding the value of property - or fails to correct a previously created false impression that
1st Amendment Free Speech
Pretermitted Spouse
Theft by Deception
Impeachment
19. Warranty of habitability or reasonable workmanship is implied by law in every contract where a builder-vendor sells a new home to a residential purchaser.
Latent Ambiguity
Deed (Delivery)
Strict Products Liability
Implied Warranty Construction Contract
20. A deed containing the phrase 'will warrant specially the property hereby conveyed' will be construed to be a special warranty deed. A deed of special warranty obligates a grantor to defend title only against those claiming superior title by - under o
Supression of Evidence
Loss of Consortium
Special Warranty Deed
Burglary
21. Distributions may be authorized by directors with certain limitations such as the equity insolvency test and balance sheet test. Directors owe a duty of care and loyalty to the corporation that they serve. Directors who vote for an improper distribut
Corporate Opportunity
1st Amendment Free Speech
Deed (Delivery)
Liability of Directors (improper distribution)
22. A document which is not admissible to probate as a document incorporated by reference because it was not in existence at the time of the execution of the will in question may nevertheless be admissible to probate as a codicil if in fact it was execut
Codicil
Will Requirements
Tenancy by the Entireties
Sharehold Derivative Suit
23. If both parties to a contract are mistaken as to the basis of the bargain or the basic assumption under which the contract was made - the mistake materially affects the parties' performance - and the adversely affected party msut not bear the risk of
1st Amendment Free Speech (Defamation
Statute of Frauds
Fair Reporting Privilege
Mutual Mistake
24. Occurs whenever a specific devise in a will of a property is frustrated by the fact that the T thereafter sells the property. Exceptions include incapacities - fires - casualties - and/or any balance due T on the purchase - condemnation - or foreclos
Board of Directors (Voting)
Title VII- Retaliatory Discharge
Present-sense Impression
Ademption
25. An attorney is prohibited from communicating about the subject of the representation with a party the lawyer knows to be represented by another lawyer unless the lawyer has the consent of the other lawyer or is authorized by law to do so.
Attorney Contact w/ Represented Party
Perjury
Criminal Trespass
Negligence (Malpractice)
26. The intestate estate of a decedent who does not leave a surviving spouse but does leave two surviving children (and no deceased children) passes in equal shares to the decedent's two children.
Attorney-Client Communication
Estates (Intestate)
Estates (Slayer's Act)
Mitigation of Damages
27. Requires only proof that a product was sold in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous to the user or consumer - and that the defect was the proximate cause of P's injury. Defective condition includes the lack of adequate warnings or instruction
Applicability of Express Warranty
Strict Products Liability
Latent Ambiguity
3rd Party Beneficiary
28. The tenancy is severable by the action of either joint tenant - and in PA the mortgage on the property by one of the joint tenants operates to sever the joint tenancy w/ right of survivorship (becomes tenancy in common).
Procedural Due Process
Joint Tenancy w/ Right of Survivorship
Forgery
Conditional Devise
29. Use of force to aid in escape after committing a theft constitutes robbery.
Treasure Trove
Deed (Delivery)
Robbery
Retraint on Alienation
30. Marital misconduct may not be considered at an equitable division hearing. The Court should consider the parties' income as one factor in determining equitable property division.
Equitable Division
2nd Degree Murder
Defense of Minority
Gambling Winnings and Losses
31. A search or seizure carried out in a residence without a search warrant is per se unreasonable subject to a few exceptions. An exception to the warrant requirement is consent which must be unequivocal - specific and voluntary. Consent will not be fou
Dormant Commerce Clause
Attorney Work Product
4th Amendment Search and Seizure
Fee Agreements
32. A homicide constitutes 1st degree murder when it is committed by an intentional (willful - deliberate and premeditated) killing.
Joint Tenancy w/ Right of Survivorship
Codicil
1st Degree Murder
Ademption
33. PA's recording statute protects BFP for value - is without notice of the interest of the prior grantee - and records the deed first. Notice includes not only record notice but also constructive or inquiry notice obtained by inspection of the property
Emancipation
Bona Fide Purchaser
Burglary
1st Amendment Free Speech (Defamation
34. A disabling restraint on alienation makes it impossible to transfer property within a period of time. A disabling restraint is void - but the original transfer is valid.
Retraint on Alienation
Loss of Consortium
Prescriptive Easement (scope)
Prescriptive Easement
35. Agreement to commit a criminal act accompanied by an overt act toward commission of the crime.
Criminal Conspiracy
Forgery
Taxability of Sale of Residence
Joint Tenancy w/ Right of Survivorship
36. Majority shareholders owe fiduciary duty to minority shareholders not to freeze them out of the benefits that would normally accrue to them from the operations of the corporation.
Joint Tenancy (Severance)
1st Amendment Free Association
Duty to Minority Shareholders
Attorney Work Product
37. An advancement of an inheritance under intestate laws is not includable in gross income because an inheritance is not includable in gross income. It is fundamentally an inter vivos gift. A payment which is designated as an advancement on an inheritan
Marital Property
Board of Directors (Voting)
Fed Tax (Advancement)
Estates (Advancement)
38. Affirmations that become part of basis of bargain create express warranty. Disclaimers of express warranties are only effective if consistent with warranty.
Revocation of Acceptance
Latent Ambiguity
Alimony
Warranties/Disclaimers
39. T must have testamentary intent in preparing will. The will must dispose Ts property. It must be in writing and signed by the T at the logical end. T must have testamentary capacity.
Liquidated Damages
Will Requirements
Alimony
3rd Party Beneficiary
40. Occurs when a person recklessly engages in conduct which places another person in danger of serious bodily injury.
Proper Service of Complaint
Recklessly Endangering
Emancipation
1st Amendment Free Speech
41. A privilege available to a newspaper for publication of accurate accounts of proceedings that may contain defamatory communications.
Gambling Winnings and Losses
Fair Reporting Privilege
Pre-Nuptial Agreements
Dying Declaration
42. Party injured as a result of breach of contract is required to use ordinary care and diligence to minimize losses. Amount recoverable by injured party is reduced by avoidable losses.
Alimony
Mitigation of Damages
Estates (Advancement)
Removal to Action to Federal Court
43. The ADA prohibits discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability with respect to discharge or other terms and conditions of employment. The ADA also requires that an employer consider an accomodation which w
Fair Reporting Privilege
Americans w/ Disabilites Act
Criminal Trespass
Impeachment
44. The moving party must demonstrate that there is no genuine issue material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
Accord and Satisfaction
Attorney-Client Communication
Summary Jugment
Conditional Devise
45. A 3rd party may enforce a contract if the recognition of a right to performance in the beneficiary will effectuate the intention of the parties and the performance will either (a) satisfy an obligation to pay money to the beneficiary; or (b) the circ
4th Amendment Govt Employers
Receipt of Income
3rd Party Beneficiary
Revocation of Acceptance
46. SOF prevents the enforcement of oral contracts for sale of real property. An oral contract can be enforced by the partial performance of the buyer.
Dying Declaration
Removal to Action to Federal Court
Theft
Statute of Frauds
47. Requires physical presence together with an intent to establish.
Domicile
Terroristic Threats
Title VII- Retaliatory Discharge
Forgery
48. Stock restrictions are enforceable as to transferees if noted on the stock certificate or known to the transferee.
Restrictions on Transferability of Stock
Burglary
Accord and Satisfaction
Unauthorized Practice of Law
49. One-sided - oppressive provisions are unconscionable. Court can refuse to enforce contract - enforce the clause - or limit the clause.
Unconcionable Contract Provision (UCC)
Perjury
Dormant Commerce Clause
Representing Multiple Parties
50. Once P establishes prima facie case of discrimination - the burden shifts to D to produce a legit nondiscriminatory reason for the action.
Tax (Life Insurance Policy Proceeds)
Gambling Winnings and Losses
Treasure Trove
ADEA (shifting burdens)