Gilbert Outline: Future Interests & Perpetuities

Description

Topics Covered: Article III Courts; “Case or Controversy” Requirement; Justiciability; Advisory Opinions; Political Questions; Ripeness; Mootness; Standing; Congressional Power Over Federal Court Jurisdiction; Supreme Court Jurisdiction; District Court Subject Matter Jurisdiction (including Federal Question Jurisdiction, Diversity Jurisdiction); Pendent and Ancillary Jurisdiction; Removal Jurisdiction; Venue; Forum Non Conveniens; Law Applied in the Federal Courts (including Erie Doctrine); Federal Law in the State Courts; Abstention; Habeas Corpus for State Prisoners; Federal Injunctions Against State Court Proceedings; Eleventh Amendment. The casebook correlation chart includes the following casebooks: Property by Cribbet, Johnson, Findley and Smith; Wills, Trusts and Estates by Dukeminier and Johnson; Property by Dukeminier and Krier; Contemporary Property by Nelson, Stoebuck and Whitman; Decedents’ Estates and Trusts by Ritchie, Alford, Effland and Dobris; and Family Property Law by Waggoner, Wellman, Alexander and Fellows.