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PROPERTY B SLIDES

Get the latest updates on property law sessions and enjoy some lively music on National Frozen Yogurt Day. Learn about the right to exclude and the range of possible approaches. Explore the purpose of exclusion and less restrictive alternatives.

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PROPERTY B SLIDES

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  1. PROPERTY B SLIDES 2-6-19 National Frozen Yogurt Day

  2. Music to Accompany JMB: Cyndi Lauper, Twelve Deadly Sins (1994) Next Few DF Sessions: • Lauren: Rev Prob. 1I • Today @ 9:40 Here • Friday @ 9:40 Here • Next Week: Rev Prob 1M • Brendan Monday @ 9:40 Here • Lauren Wednesday @ 9:40 Here New on Course Page • Chapter 2 Supplemental Materials (Part 1) • Updated Syllabus

  3. Property Open to the Public& the Right to Exclude Generally: Your Money’s No Good Here Range of Possible Approaches & DQs 1.20-1.21 Brooks(& DQs 1.22-1.23) = Example of Q: Where on Continuum Should This Problem Fall? Free Speech Rights (Today -> Friday)

  4. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicBrooks & DQ1.22 Purpose of Exclusion & Less Restrictive Alternatives Possible Harms to O in Brooks Include: • Professional Gamblers = (Maybe) Organized Crime • Reputed presence might discourage others from betting • Actual presence increases risk of actual crime • Expertise + Access to Funds  Loss of $$ for O? Should we treat this potential loss as a significant concern?

  5. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicBrooks & DQ1.23 Purpose of Exclusion & Less Restrictive Alternatives Expertise + Access to Funds  Possible Loss of $$ for O: Significant Concern? • Could Characterize as • Inevitable Risk of ThisBusiness (i.e. “Tough!) –OR – • Potential Catastrophic Loss O Should Be Able to Limit • Fact on P79: Ps lost 110 out of 140 betting days: • Court may include this fact to suggest Ds are not big $$$ threat • BUT depends on amounts on days in Q; Ps could be millions ahead (only using inside info where big payoff at stake)

  6. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicBrooks & DQ1.22 Purpose of Exclusion & Less Restrictive Alternatives Expertise + Access to Funds  Possible Loss of $$ for O Possible less restrictive alternative to address this concern: Limit on amount one person can bet. Good Idea?

  7. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the Public (Brooks & DQ1.22 ) Purpose of Exclusion & Less Restrictive Alternatives Possible less restrictive alternative: Limit on amount one person can bet. Good idea? • Treating all patrons alike; less chance of mistake BUT • Easy to get around by hiring multiple bettors (Though that’s also true if you try to exclude specific people). • Tracks may not like. Good for business to have big losses and [occasional] big wins • Note this is probably not kind of solution court can do; would need legislation or negotiation

  8. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the Public: Brooks Purpose for Inclusion/Harms from Exclusive Signif. Publ. Interest in Allowing Access in Cases Like This? • Probably not much in ensuring professionals can bet large amounts in person at track • Concerns: Exclusion b/c mistake re identity or facts • E.g., Federal No-Fly Lists • E.g., NY case cited in Brooks (P80):Coley Madden mistaken for Owney Madden • Cf. Recurring Matt and Nick Concerns Here

  9. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the Public: BrooksComparisons with Other Kinds of Businesses: Casinos Ps Asked Court in Brooksto Apply Uston • In Uston, NJ SCt seems to apply Innkeeper Rule to casinos • 7th Cir. Refuses to Apply • NJ Case; Not Followed in Illinois • NJ Doesn’t Extend to Racetracks Anyway • Could Also Distinguish on Facts • Card Counting = Skill Accessible to All (v. Inside Info on Horses/Jockeys) • Casinos Covered by Special Statutes/Licensing (so explicit regulatory power in state govt)

  10. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the Public: Brooks: Comparisons with Other Businesses: DQ1.23 Arguments re Extending Innkeeper Rules to Cover Stadiums & Racetracks Include: • Comparisons to Inns & Common Carriers (& Monopoly Theory) • Heavy state regulation & relatively few racetracks, so like monopoly • But probably less important than inns & common carriers to individual freedom/autonomy and to general economy • Not crucial at time of arrival; extortion of patrons unlikely • Less public interest in ensuring universal access. (Cf. Bottom of P80: Description of innkeeper & common carrier as “public callings”)

  11. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the Public: Brooks: Comparisons with Other Businesses: DQ1.23 Arguments re Innkeeper Rules for Stadiums & Racetracks Include: • From the Court: • (P82) Suggestion that large open invitation might mean O should lose discretion. -BUT- • (P83) Suggestion that market forces here [& bad publicity] likely to discourage many types of arbitrary exclusions. • Not Noted in Readings: Often Significant Public Funding & Gov’t Support for Stadium Construction (Marlins); Could View as Implied Contract w Public for Access.

  12. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the Public: Brooks: Closing Points • Other jurisdictions generally follow Brooks (even NJ) • Only Exception I Know is California Civil Rights Act • Language (2d para P85) looks like ordinary civil rights statute • Cal. SCt reads it to ban “arbitrary discrimination” of any kind (uniquely, list of characteristics is “inclusive” not exclusive) • E.g., Orloff (1951) (racetrack case) (not in materials) • Can’t exclude people w reputations for immoral character. • Person in Q had prior off-track gambling conviction & reputation as gambler/bookmaker.

  13. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the Public: Brooks: Closing Points: Final Continuum • Can exclude anyone for any reason (Common Law re most businesses) • Can exclude for any reason except limited list of forbidden characteristics (Typical Civil Rights Statutes) • No “arbitrary discrimination.” (California Civil Rights Act) • Must accept anyone who shows up w $$ unless specific prior harmful conduct. (Common Law Innkeeper Rule & maybe casinos under Uston). Qs on Brooks or the Continuum?

  14. Property Open to the Public & the Right to Exclude Generally: Your Money’s No Good Here Free Speech Rights JMB (including Schmid) & DQ 1.24-1.28 Review Problems

  15. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicTransition Quote (N.3 on P84) “[T]he more private property is devoted to public use, the more it must accommodate the rights which inhere in individual members of the general public who use that property .” --Ustonquoting State v. Schmid.

  16. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: Overview • NJSCT holds that large shopping centers must permit protestors to have access to hand out leaflets on social issues. • Our Coverage • Relevant Interests (ACADIA: DQ1.24-1.25) • Logic of Opinion (Me) • Application in Future Problems • Permissible Regulation (ACADIA: DQ1. 26) • Relation to Other Right to Exclude Problems (Me & BADLANDS: DQ1.27)

  17. BADLANDS E-Participation: DQ1.28E-Mail Your Response to Me by 9:00 p.m. Thursday Night DQ1.28. Can you formulate a rule or a set of standards for when a business generally open to the public should be prevented from excluding particular individuals or activities? Ferreiro * Meric * Portes Romero * Pryor * Zipper • Submit version of what you had prepared for this DQ • Needs to be clear (not pretty) • Can include bullet points, abbreviations, etc. • I’ll write up some comments & make available to all in Info Memo soon

  18. Acadia: DQs 1.24-1.25 Acadia Sunrise

  19. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: DQ1.24: O’s Interests (Acadia) Possible harms to the owners in JMB: Forced Speech Psychic Harm Interference with Business

  20. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: DQ1.24: O’s Interests (Acadia) • Possible harms to the owners in JMB: • Forced Speech • 1stAmdt Claim: Shoppers will assume leafletters speak for management, so Os effectively forced to say things they disagree with • Are shoppers likely to view protestor speech that way?

  21. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: DQ1.24 O’s Interests (Acadia) • Possible harms to the owners in JMB: • Forced Speech • 1stAmdt Claim: Shoppers will assume leafletters speak for management, so Os effectively forced to say things they disagree with • I’m skeptical that shoppers would view that way, tho nice Mendez idea thast may depend on whether they know law forces malls to allow. • Court rejects this claim in portion of opinion not in book.

  22. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: DQ1.24: O’s Interests (Acadia) • Possible harms to the owners in JMB: • Forced Speech (claim rejected by NJSCt) • Psychic Harm • Feelings of Lack of Control Over Property • Made Worse by Speech if Os Disagree • NOTE: Genuine, but Hard to Quantify • Likely to be Very Significant in this Context?

  23. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: DQ1.24: O’s Interests (Acadia) • Possible harms to the owners in JMB: • Forced Speech (claim rejected by NJSCt) • Psychic Harm • Would have to convince court that would make significant difference w lots of other people at mall & very broad public invitation • No claims, e.g., re privacy. • Plus can exclude completely when mall is closed • Interference with Business: • Specific Concerns?

  24. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: DQ1.24: O’s Interests (Acadia) • Specific Business Concerns Include: • Customers May Not Like  Go Elsewhere • Interference w Traffic Patterns/Access to Particular Tenants • Clean-Up • Security/Monitoring • Tort Liability  Insurance • How significant are these harms likely to be?

  25. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: DQ1.24: O’s Interests (Acadia) • Points re Significance of Specific Business Concerns: • Customers may not like, BUT if at all malls, they’ll get used to & other malls won’t be better choices • Interference w Traffic & Access Might Be Problem • BUT Probably Ways to Address without Complete Exclusion • Not Like Foot Traffic Always Flows Smoothly in Malls!! • Average Daily Traffic = 28,750 People • Unlikely to Significantly Impact Clean-Up, Security, etc. • Tort Liability  Insurance Premiums (I bet near-zero effect) • Note Lack of Specificity in Case re Harms to Malls (Lawyering Point)

  26. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: DQ1.24: O’s Interests (Acadia) • Identifying O’s legitimate business interests helps you identify less restrictive alternatives to exclusion • Goes to “Reasonable Restrictions” Allowed by JMB • E.g., DQ1.27, Rev. Probs 1J & 1M • Business Concerns Articulated in Dissent (Garibaldi, J.) • Note 3 incorrect; Justice Garibaldi = “her” not “him” • Anyone Know Historical Irony of a person named “Garibaldi” Taking This Position?

  27. GARIBALDIS JUSTICE MARIE, DISSENTING LIBERATOR GIUSEPPE

  28. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: DQ1.25: Public Interest (Acadia) What benefits to society might there be to allowing political activists to hand out leaflets at privately-owned shopping centers?

  29. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: DQ1.25: Public Interest (Acadia) • Interests of Public in Speech at Malls Include: • Speakers Get Access to Folks They Might Not Otherwise Reach • Few Traditional Public Spaces in Suburbs • Maybe Can Target Speech to People with Particular Interests (near specific stores, etc.) • How significant are these benefits likely to be?

  30. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: DQ1.25: Public Interest (Acadia) • Interests of Public in Speech at Malls: • Speakers Get Access to Folks They Might Not Otherwise Reach • Significance is Fact Q: Likely varies greatly with locality • J. Garibaldi suggests not very significant. • BUT maybe most cost-effective way to reach public in SUBURBSwhen opinion decided in 1994 (Just Before Widespread Public Internet Access) • How Might Internet Change Calculus of Relevant Interests?

  31. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: DQ1.25: Public Interest (Acadia) • Interests of Public in Speech at Malls: • 1994 = Just Before Widespread Public Internet Access • Internet May Change Calculus of Relevant Interests • Maybe Os’ Interests : Shoppers Irritated by Political Leafletters Can Shop Online Instead of at Malls • Maybe Public Interest : Internet Means Less Need to Access Malls to Spread Points of View • Good exercise for you to imagine how you’d reargue the case in the light of the current uses of the Internet.

  32. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: Overview • NJSCT holds that large shopping centers must permit protestors to have access to hand out leaflets on social issues. • Our Coverage • Relevant Interests (ACADIA: DQ1.24-1.25) • Logic of Opinion (Me) • Application in Future Problems • Permissible Regulation (ACADIA: DQ1. 26) • Relation to Other Right to Exclude Problems (Me & BADLANDS: DQ1.27)

  33. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicLogic of JMB: Constitutional Background • Federal Cases (Discussed in JMB P88-89): • Marsh: Company town: 1stAmdt applies • Logan Valley extended Marsh to shopping centers • Tanner & Hudgensoverrule Logan Valley & hold shopping centers are private space not addressed by federal 1st Amdt

  34. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicLogic of JMB: Constitutional Background • Federalv. State Constitutions • Federal Constitution limits both state & federal govt power • State Constitutions • Can’t permit what Feds prohibit • BUT State can choose to restrict itself more than Feds do • E.g., by forbidding its own police from doing some searches and seizures allowed by 4thAmdt • E.g., by protecting speech more than Fedl 1stAmdt

  35. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicLogic of JMB: Constitutional Background • Federalv. State Constitutions • Federal Constitution limits both state & federal govt power • State Constitutions • Can’t permit what Feds prohibit. • BUT State can choose to restrict itself more than Feds do. ADDITIONAL SPEECH PROTECTED BY STATE 1ST AMDT SPEECH PROTECTED BY FED’L 1ST AMDT

  36. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicLogic of JMB: Constitutional Background Pruneyard(Cal. 1979) aff’d (US 1980) • CalifSCtsays its state 1stAmdtprotects speech more than Fedl 1stAmdtand gives its citizens the right to free speech in Shopping Centers • Shopping Center Os appeal claiming that Calif allowing this access interferes with property rights in violation of 5th and 14thAmdts of Fedl Constitution:

  37. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicLogic of JMB: Constitutional Background Pruneyard(Cal. 1979) aff’d(US 1980) • CalifSCtsays its state 1stAmdtprotects speech more than Fedl 1stAmdtand gives its citizens the right to free speech in Shopping Centers • Shopping Center Os appeal claiming that Calif allowing this access interferes with property rights in violation of 5th and 14thAmdts of Fedl Constitution: • USSCtsays no violation of FedlConstitution • Effectively leaves states with choice of whether to provide state protection for speech at shopping centers: • Federal 1stAmdt allows (but doesn’t require) • Federal 5th/14thAmdts don’t forbid

  38. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicLogic of JMB: Constitutional Background • Federalv. State Constitutions • Federal Constitution limits both state & federal govt power • State Constitutions • Can’t permit what Feds prohibit • BUT State can restrict itself more GOVT ACTIONS BANNED BY FED’L 5th AMDT Property Rts SPEECH PROTECTED BY FED’L 1ST AMDT BETWEEN FED’L REQUIREMENTS = ZONE OF STATE CHOICE

  39. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicLogic of JMB: Constitutional Background • In JMB, NJ follows Calif & says its state 1stAmdtgives its citizens the right to free speech in Shopping Centers • Calif & NJ only states to do this through state 1stAmdt. • Mass & Colo & Wash (limited; see FN1 on P93-94) allow speech access to shopping centers on other theories. • Other states do not allow speech access to shopping centers (as of time 2d edition of textbook went to press).

  40. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicLogic of JMB: Reasoning (SchmidAnalysis) • JMB Follows & Applies Schmid(NJ 1980) • Schmid : Free Speech access to Princeton Univ. • (Private property often open to public) • Case described in detail on P89-90 • Note: USSCt dismissed appeal in Schmid (see cite on P89) • Appeal raised same type of fedl property rts claim made unsuccessfully in Pruneyard • As landowner could perhaps try re Shack

  41. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicLogic of JMB: Reasoning (SchmidAnalysis) • SchmidTest (P90) • Use to decide when 1stAmdt requires access to private property open (for some purposes) to public • Can use by analogy for other limits on Right to Exclude (e.g., for Qs raised in Brooks or Shack) • Once access allowed, test largely unhelpful for deciding what restrictions allowable; Schmidjust says they must be “reasonable”

  42. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicLogic of JMB: Reasoning (SchmidAnalysis) SchmidTest (P90) (1) Normal Use of Private Property in Q (2) Extent & Nature of [Public] Invitation (3) “[P]urpose of the expressional activity … in relation to both the public & private use of the property” Meaning of 1st Two Factors Relatively Clear

  43. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicLogic of JMB: Reasoning (SchmidAnalysis) • SchmidTest (P90) • (3) “[P]urpose of the expressional activity … in relation to both the public & private use of the property” • (P91) This factor: “examines the compatibility of the free speech sought with the uses of the property.” Means? • 2014 student argument : compatibility as subjective: seeming to fit (like human relationship) (reasonable interpretation of language) • BUT Discussion in JMB seems to focus more on whether speech causes objective harm to existing uses.

  44. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicLogic of JMB: Reasoning (SchmidAnalysis) • JMB Follows & Applies Schmid • in Granting Free Speech Access to Malls • Note importance of analogy to town square. • Note importance of very broad invitation by malls. • Court (P92) explicitly says it is drawing on common law as well as NJ 1stAmdt • Cites/discusses Shack • Again suggests can use JMB/Schmidto support other kinds of limits on rtexcl besides 1stAmdt • Qs on JMB Reasoning?

  45. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB: Overview • NJSCT holds that large shopping centers must permit protestors to have access to hand out leaflets on social issues. • Our Coverage • Relevant Interests (DQ1.24-1.25) • Logic of Opinion • Application in Future Problems • Permissible Regulation (ACADIA: DQ1. 26) • Relation to Other Right to Exclude Problems (Me & BADLANDS: DQ1.27)

  46. Acadia: DQ 1.26 Acadia Sunrise

  47. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB, Schmid& Scope of Right to Exclude (Acadia) • Assume JMB or PruneyardApplies: What Specifically Can/Can’t Mall Owners Do to Address Protestors • DQ1.26: You represent the owners of a relatively small NJ mall. What would you tell your clients re the following Qs about J.M.B.? • Assume no additional cases or regulations • Helpful to point to specific evidence from facts, language, logic of case. • OK to use common sense (e.g., seems pretty unlikely that could limit protestor access to top floor of parking garage).

  48. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB, Schmid& Scope of Right to Exclude DQ1.26(a) (Acadia): Does case open up all malls in the state to protestors or will its application be determined on a case-by-case basis for each mall? (Evidence from JMB?)

  49. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB, Schmid& Scope of Right to Exclude DQ1.26(a) (Acadia): Will application of JMB be determined on a case-by-case basis? Evidence includes: • All malls addressed in original case quite large • “Regional” or “Community” Shopping Centers • At least 71 stores & 27 acres (P87-88) • Ruling “limited to leafletting at such centers” (1st paragraph P86) • BUT: Likely no need to redo analysis for other large malls.

  50. Right to Exclude: Parcels Open to the PublicJMB, Schmid& Scope of Right to Exclude DQ1.26(a) (Acadia): Will application of JMB be determined on a case-by-case basis? Evidence includes: • Schmid analysis consistent with case-by-case • Check for smaller public invitation [than large malls] • Check for less compatibility [than large malls] • Note: No need to redo Schmidanalysis for large malls or for large open private universities (like UM or Princeton) unless good reason to believe invitation or compatibility different.

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