General Terms and Elements Flashcards
How to remove curator
Any interested party petitions court for good cause shown that:
- Clear showing that curator is not performing their duties, and
- A change in curator is in the best interests of the interdict.
Look to following factors - MRGOIA
- Misapplied property w/ gross neg.
- failure to Render an account
- Gross misconduct or mismanagement
- failure to Obey court order
- Incapable of performing duties
- Abuse of interdict, failure to educate, etc.
Final Spousal Support considerations
(TAFCRIED) Taxes Age and Health Financial obligations Custody Rehabilitation Income and means Earning capacity Duration of Marriage
Personal servitude
Charge on a thing for the benefit of a person
Trustee duties
- Fiduciary
- Reasonable prudence
- No self dealing
- Must account
PMSI
Non-inventory collateral:
If perfected by filing w/in 20 days of delivery - priority over secured creditors and lien creditors
Inventory Collateral:
Super priority if perfected by
1. filing w/in 20 days of delivery, AND
2. Notice to other secured creditors regarding interest in the collateral
Obligation of seller
- Deliver thing
- Warrant the thing against eviction
- Warrant the thing against redhibitory defects
- Warrant that thing is reasonably fit for intended use
Capacity to Donate means what exactly?
able to comprehend, generally, the nature & consequences of his disposition
Aleatory contract
Existence/extent of performance depends on an uncertain event
In regards to damages for breach of K, what is the difference between being in GF or BF?
Good faith obligors are only liable for reasonably foreseeable at the time the contract was madeBad Faith obligors are liable for all damages that are a direct consequence of the breach if intentional or malicious
Procedural Due Process
If a state action deprives a citizen of a vested liberty or property interest;
Procedural Due Process requires:
- notice, and
- a meaningful opportunity to be heard
Redhibitory Defect definitions
Defect that renders the thing useless or its use is so inconvenient that buyer would not have purchased it. (Entitled to rescission)ORDefect that diminishes usefulness such that buyer would have paid less for it. (Entitled to quanti minoris - reduction in price)
Vices of Consent - Fraud
Misrepresentation/suppression of truth with the intent to obtain an unjust advantage.
Prohibited substitution
Donation to 1st donee with a charge to preserve and transmit the property to another on donee’s death
How to determine whether or not an obligation is revocable or irrevocable
Revocable is default rule
Irrevocable specifies a period for acceptance or demonstrates a time within which to accept
Speech by Public Employees
- The speech must relate to a matter of public concern; AND
- The employee’s free speech interest outweighs the government interest in efficiently delivering public services
Products Liability under LPLA
- Manufacturer
- Injury proximately caused by unreasonably dangerous feature of product.
Unreasonably dangerous: construction/composition, design, inadequate warning, breach of express warranty
- Injury occurred during reasonably anticipated use of the product
Use and management of Co-owned things
- According to agreement or destination of the thing
- Alienation and improvements require unanimous consent of other co-owners
- Non partition agreement up to 15 years
Judicial mortgage
Recorded money judgement in mortgage records where debtor owns an immovable
How does one calculate a legitime
- Aggregate gross estate
- Subtract estate debts
- Fictitiously add gifts from the last 3 years= ACTIVE MASS
- Multiply active mass by fraction of forced portion (1 FH = 1/4; 2+ FH = 1/2)
- Divide forced portion by number of FHs
Content Restrictions
- A general, content-based restriction will receive strict scrutiny
- Impermissible content regulations either punish one type of speech over another, or seek to regulate based on the message in the speech
Obligations of curator
Owes duty to exercise reasonable - 1. Care 2. Diligence 3. Prudence And act in the best interests of the interdict
Does a lessee have right to improvements they have made?
Yes, w/ permission, but under condition to restore property to former condition
Reinscription
- Name mortgagor
- Provide number of original filing
- Declare mortgage reinscribed
Inscription of mortgage
- 10 years from date of execution
2. If matures in more than 9 years from execution, then it is viable for 6 years past maturation date
What is Renunciation, and ow does it compare to Remission?
Renunciation is when an obligee renounces solidarity in favor of one or more obligors. Functionally, this means that the obligee will only look to the obligor who has had solidarity renounced only for his portion - unless other solidary obligor is insolvent Remission is when an obligee remits the debt of an obligor, extinguishing his performance of debt. Other solidary obligor will still owe one performance minus the remitted share.
Watson Factors
- Inadvertence or awareness of danger?
- How great was the risk?
- What utility/significance derived from conduct?
- Capacity of actors - inferior or superior
- Extenuating circumstances?
Prior Restraint
- permitted in only extreme cases
2. Any prior restraint of speech is subject to a heavy presumption of constitutional invalidity
Perfection of sale
Ownership transfers upon agreement upon the thing and price;
risk of loss transfers upon delivery
Vices of Consent - Duress
Reasonable fear of unjust or considerable injury
Lesion
- Sale of corporeal immovable
- Price was less than half of FMV
Seller can have property returned along with payment, or the buyer can keep and pay supplemental amount of money to reach FMV
- 1 year Rx
Simulation
Parties agree that the K does not express their true intent.
Absolute simulation - agreement that K produces no effects between the parties
Relative simulation - agreement that contract will produce an effect different than the one recited in the K
Revoking an inter vivos donation for ingratitude requires a showing of
- An attempt on the life of the donor, or
2. Cruel treatment, or Grievous injury
Define an interdict
A person that is, due to mental and/or physical infirmity, is unable to consistently make reasoned decisions regarding the care of his person and/or property
EQUAL PROTECTION
Trigger: fed/state treats a group differently
5th /14th Amend prohibit denial of equal protection
Strict scrutiny (narrowly tailored, compelling) Ex - Fundamental right, Race, Alienage
Intermediate scrutiny (substantially, important) Ex - Gender, Illegitimacy, Wealth
Rational basis (rationally related, legitimate) Everything else
Requirements for marriage
- Absence of legal impediment
- Ceremony presided over by qualified celebrant and two witnesses (both parties are present)
- mutual consent verbally expressed
Buyer’s obligations
- Pay price
2. Take delivery
Describe the procedure and requirements to remove a case to federal court.
- Determine if removal is timely! - Defendant/s have 30 days from service of the complaint (calculated by date of last defendant served)
- Obtain consent of all defendants to remove
- Prepare and sign notice of removal stating grounds for Federal SMJ & attach all state court documents to notice
- File notice and state court docs in federal court
- Provide plaintiff with a copy of the notice, state docs & memo explaining reasons for removal
- File notice and attachments (state court docs and memo provided to plaintiff) in state court.
Removal is effective as of filing in state court
Initial Report - Corporation
- Signed by each incorporator
- Location and address of corp office
- Name and address of registered agents
- Name and address of initial directors (if any)
Assault (torts)
- Intent to assault or batter, and
2. Reasonable apprehension of an imminent battery.
Effect of lesion
Buyer can return the thing and get money back, or keep and make a supplemental payment
Interim Spousal Support
- need of claimant spouse
- Other spouse has ability to pay
- Purpose is to maintain SOL
Negligence
- Cause in fact - but for and substantial factor
- Duty - reasonable person
- Scope of Duty - foreseeability and ease of association, Pitre Factors
- Breach - Hand Formula B>PL
- Injury
Changing Custody in a Consent Decree
- material change of circumstances and
2. modification to custody is biotch
Requirements for formation of an LLC
Articles of Organization & Initial Report
Articles should include the following:
(1) name of the LLC
(2) the purpose for which it was formed or “to engage in any lawful activity for which LLCs may be formed”
(3) if low profit LLC
Initial Report should have:
- Name of LLC
- address of LLC main office,
- name and address of registered agents, and persons vested w/ power to manage
- Signature of at least 1 person that signed articles of organization
What is fraudulent joinder doctrine
federal removal jurisdiction premised on diversity cannot be defeated by the presence of an improperly-joined nondiverse and/or in-state co defendant.
TEST: Plaintiff has “no reasonable basis” for the “possibility” of recovery against a non-diverse Defendant
Predial servitude
Charge on a servient estate for the benefit of a dominant estate.
Define Community Property
Legal regime of the community of acquets and gains in which each spouse owns an undivided one half interest.
Changing Custody on a Considered Decree
A change in circumstances has occurred such that either
(a) the continuation of the present custody is so deleterious to the child as to justify a modification of the custody decree, OR
(b) harm likely to be caused by a change in environment is substantially outweighed by its advantages to the child
Reconduction
- Lease with fixed term - expired
- Reconducted if lessee still in possession
- No steps taken to terminate lease
Terms remain same but duration changes
How is consent expressed in conventional obligations?
Manifested by offer and acceptance
When does a Mandatary require express authority?
Acts of alienation, inter vivos donations, accept or renounce succession rights, Contract a loan remit a debt, suretyship, Endorse a promissory note, Healthcare decisions
Follow “Equal Dignities” rule - if a specific action has form requirement, mandatory authority must be conferred in same way.
Restrictions on the Time, Place, or Manner of Expression
The restriction:
(1) may not be a thinly-veiled content restriction and
(2) must be no greater than necessary to achieve the government’s stated purpose