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Real Property, Roger Bernhardt Nov 2010

Real Property, Roger Bernhardt

Cal Law Trends and Developments

"Real property" as a topic exists only in a law professor's mind. Practicing attorneys may specialize in representing title companies or developers or brokers or any of the other entrepreneurs who make their living in one way or another from real estate, but none of these lawyers would claim that his proper field of expertise is real estate per se. Consequently, any article on developments in the field of real property law really becomes a series of separate articles on developments in some real estate specialties, rather than a cohesive whole. I have tried, here, to cover the three specialties …


Real Property, Herbert I. Lazerow Nov 2010

Real Property, Herbert I. Lazerow

Cal Law Trends and Developments

During the year, the California courts made the acquisition of property, either by adverse possession or possession as a result of the owner's abandonment, more difficult. While the courts did not change the rules of law they insisted on their pristine application. This demonstrates an understandable tendency, in an urbanizing society, toward restricting the transfer of title by possession alone to non-owners.


Real Property, Harold E. Mcintosh Oct 2010

Real Property, Harold E. Mcintosh

Cal Law Trends and Developments

Many cases were decided in the field of real property during the period covered by the survey, but very few of them were decided in the California Supreme Court. There is one case of special importance that was decided in the Appellate Department of the Superior Court. Only those cases thought to be of special significance are included in this survey, and legislation enacted during the period will not be discussed.


Dirty Property For Dirt Cheap: Cgl Coverage For The Diminished Value Of Contaminated Sites Under Goodstein V. Continental Casualty Co., Daniel S. Cho Oct 2010

Dirty Property For Dirt Cheap: Cgl Coverage For The Diminished Value Of Contaminated Sites Under Goodstein V. Continental Casualty Co., Daniel S. Cho

Golden Gate University Law Review

In Goodstein v. Continental Casualty CO., the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the diminution in sale value of property due to pollution does not constitute "property damage" under a comprehensive general liability insurance policy where the sale contract did not require the buyer to remediate as a condition of the sale. In so holding, the court found that diminished property value is not "physical injury to tangible property," nor is it "damage" that the "insured shall become legally obligated to pay" because of "property damage." However, without determining whether the mere designation of property …


The Cold Decision Of Coldwell Banker: A California Court Ends The Evolution Of Broker Liability With One Decision, Dominic H. Porrino Oct 2010

The Cold Decision Of Coldwell Banker: A California Court Ends The Evolution Of Broker Liability With One Decision, Dominic H. Porrino

Golden Gate University Law Review

Part I of this note focuses on the history of the broker's duty of disclosure and duties owed to third persons. That part provides a historical framework of the evolving law in broker disclosure and the broker's duty to third persons, concentrating mainly on California law. Part II discusses the broker disclosure statute and the downfall of its narrow interpretation. Part III discusses the common-law balancing test, and the benefits of its application to the Coldwell Banker case and other cases like it. Finally, Part IV concludes that the court in Coldwell Banker erred by taking a narrow interpretation of …


How California Can Harmonize A Tenant's State Rights And A Landlord's Right To Go Out Of Business Pursuant To The Ellis Act, Hugo E. Castillo Sep 2010

How California Can Harmonize A Tenant's State Rights And A Landlord's Right To Go Out Of Business Pursuant To The Ellis Act, Hugo E. Castillo

Golden Gate University Law Review

California landlords doing business in cities with strict rent control laws have found a way to get around such laws and capitalize on the tight housing market. As of 1998 California landlords have simply relied on the utility of the Ellis Act, which has been in the California law books since 1986 and prohibits government agencies from interfering with a landlord's decision to evict tenants and withdraw rental units from the market. For example, in San Francisco, a city with strict rent control laws, 205 buildings were Ellised from July 1998 to June 1999; a jump from 1995, when only …


Tell It Like It Is - Sellers' Duties Of Disclosure In Real Estate Transactions Under California Law, Ann J. Rosenthal, R. Stuart Phillips Sep 2010

Tell It Like It Is - Sellers' Duties Of Disclosure In Real Estate Transactions Under California Law, Ann J. Rosenthal, R. Stuart Phillips

Golden Gate University Law Review

California has long been on the cutting edge of the law, often presaging national legal trends. It is no surprise, therefore, that California was among the first states to abandon the rule of caveat emptor in real estate transactions, enacting numerous statutes that provide a buyer with sufficient information to make a reasoned judgment in buying property. Sellers often run afoul of these laws, however, because they are unaware of the nature and extent of the duties imposed upon them. California real estate practitioners know that their state law imposes stringent duties of disclosure on sellers of real property, particularly …


Co-Use Of Compatible Private Easements By Cable Television Franchisees Under The 1984 Cable Act: Federal Refinement Of An Established Right, Richard D. Harmon Sep 2010

Co-Use Of Compatible Private Easements By Cable Television Franchisees Under The 1984 Cable Act: Federal Refinement Of An Established Right, Richard D. Harmon

Golden Gate University Law Review

Before the Cable Act became law, a number of obstacles had retarded cable television's growth and development. One such obstacle involved private landowners, especially real estate developers and landlords. By the 1980s, many developers were attempting to physically exclude franchised cable television disseminators from their developments so that the resulting captive audience could be served, on an exclusive basis, by the developer or someone with whom the developer had contracted. These exclusionary practices represented a serious problem, since it is estimated that half of all new residential construction in the United States is now in the form of planned or …


Eminent Domain By Regulation: Developing A Unified Field Theory For The Regulatory Taking, Barbara J. Savery Sep 2010

Eminent Domain By Regulation: Developing A Unified Field Theory For The Regulatory Taking, Barbara J. Savery

Golden Gate University Law Review

The blurring of the lines between what constitutes public use for eminent domain and what is considered a proper public welfare objective of the police power means that government purpose can no longer be used to distinguish between the two powers. They have become functionally interchangeable. The Supreme Court's recognition that the two powers are coterminus demands that they be treated not as separate entities, but as "two points on a continuum which is the power of government". The tension between the traditional "correlative view", which sees the two powers as "very different", and the more recent approach, which openly …


Becker V. Irm Corporation: Strict Liability In Tort For Landlords, Alice L. Perlman Sep 2010

Becker V. Irm Corporation: Strict Liability In Tort For Landlords, Alice L. Perlman

Golden Gate University Law Review

This Note will address several questions which are both old and new in tort law. How does the court apply a stream of commerce approach to strict products liability? What does it mean for a landlord to be in the business of leasing so that strict liability may be imposed for injuries caused by latent defects in residential units? What is a latent defect so that landlords may take necessary preventative steps before renting a unit? In addition, this Note will examine the policies for extending strict liability which have developed in California case law. This Note will show that …


Dual Agency In Residential Real Estate Brokerage: Conflict Of Interest And Interests In Conflict, Robert E. Kroll Sep 2010

Dual Agency In Residential Real Estate Brokerage: Conflict Of Interest And Interests In Conflict, Robert E. Kroll

Golden Gate University Law Review

This Comment will explore the legal status and vulnerability of real estate brokers who engage in dual agency. It will discuss the under-representation of home buyers, and the advantages and disadvantages of some suggested statutory and administrative reforms requiring or encouraging single, unconflicted agency arrangements in residential real estate transactions.


Real Property, Scott Benjamin Sep 2010

Real Property, Scott Benjamin

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Wellenkamp V. Bank Of America: A De-Stabilizing Shift In California Real Estate Financing, Patrick Hart Aug 2010

Wellenkamp V. Bank Of America: A De-Stabilizing Shift In California Real Estate Financing, Patrick Hart

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Curbing Real Estate Speculation In California, Barbara L. Cunningham Aug 2010

Curbing Real Estate Speculation In California, Barbara L. Cunningham

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Doctrine Of Waste And California's Anti-Deficiency Statutes, Henry E. O'Neill Aug 2010

The Doctrine Of Waste And California's Anti-Deficiency Statutes, Henry E. O'Neill

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Green V. Superior Court: A New Remedy For The California Tenant, Jane Rogers, Janis Rovner Aug 2010

Green V. Superior Court: A New Remedy For The California Tenant, Jane Rogers, Janis Rovner

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Real Property Law Aug 2010

Real Property Law

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.