Week 9 - Nuisance Flashcards
Nuisance law represents the means by which ______ ______ _______ (not parties or legislature) resolve disputes involving conflicting land uses.
common law judges
Nuisance law represents the means by which common law judges (not parties or legislature) ________ _______ involving _______ _______ ______.
resolve disputes involving conflicting land uses
________ law is based upon the principle that one should use his or her own property in such a way as not to injure the property of another.
Nuisance
Nuisance law is based upon the ________ that one should use his or her own _______ in such a way as not to ______ the property of another.
principle
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Nuisance law is based upon the principle that one should use his or her own property in such a way as not to injure the _______ of ________.
property of another
Property and Torts where ________ _______ _______ resolve disputes in conflicting land uses.
common law judges
What are some examples of a common law nuisance?
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- Noise
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- Dust
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- Smoke
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- Odors
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- Fumes
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- Airborne contaminants
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- Water-borne contaminants
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- Vermin
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- Insects and
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- Vibration
If you have to write for me about nuisance, you are going to want to be able to say EXAMPLES OF A COMMON LAW NUISANCE INCLUDE: noise, dust, etc. !!
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What is nuisance law?
Nuisance law is:
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Part tort because _______ _______ arises from negligence or otherwise wrongful activity.
nuisance liability
Part ____ because nuisance liability arises from negligence or otherwise wrongful activity.
tort
Part ______ because the liability for interference is the use and enjoyment of the land.
property
Part property because the liability for interference is the ______ and _______ of the land.
use and enjoyment
The Nature of Nuisance Law:
Reciprocal Nature of a Nuisance. It takes ______ _______ to make a problem.
2 properties
Example: If I open a brick yard and excavate the red clay and fire it into bricks and I am out in the middle of nowhere – is anybody going to be mad about my brickyard? No, I am doing something that is productive and creating a product that people need, and they don’t have to hear the noise or smell the smoke or feel the vibrations or any of that.
Only a problem if John moves in next door and says your brick making building smells terrible, non-stop smoke. don’t like the trucks coming in and out every day, trucks almost hit my kid on their bike.
We talk a lot in Real covenants and equitable servitudes – I don’t want to live next to a factory.
As we assess nuisance law theoretical issues – whether the case should be ______ _____ ______ because brick houses are good according to the 3 little pigs. Brick houses are nice, and we need bricks. John doesn’t think we need bricks next to his house, but we need them somewhere.
strictly win/lose
When we think about whether each decision should be strictly win/ lose: There are 4 ways that things could go down:
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- We abate the nuisance by giving the plaintiff injunctive relief
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- Allow the nuisance to continue but the defendant pays damages
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- Let the activity continue, let the nuisance keep on and deny all relief.
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- We shut down the nuisance if the plaintiff pays damages
When we think about whether each decision should be strictly win/ lose: There are 4 ways that things could go down:
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- We abate the nuisance by giving the plaintiff injunctive relief
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- Let the activity continue, let the nuisance keep on and deny all relief
- We shut down the nuisance if the plaintiff pays damages
That means John sues me and the judge shuts my brick yard down. Problem solved for John no more nuisance. Morgan case and Estancias case.
When thinking about whether each decision should be strictly win/ lose:
- We abate the nuisance by giving the plaintiff injunctive relief
Judge might say we really need bricks in our community and community members need to work at the brickyard but John, we hear you and it is a pain so the brickyard lady will pay you money for your suffering and if you want to move away you can because you have damages. Boomer case handles it that way.
When thinking about whether each decision should be strictly win/ lose:
- Allow the nuisance to continue but the defendant pays damages
The court is saying what are you complaining about? This isn’t a problem – no I am not going to stop it because it is not a problem.
When thinking about whether each decision should be strictly win/ lose:
- Let the activity continue let the nuisance keep on and deny all relief
This is one that we see in the Spur case. This one will deal with coming to the nuisance. The brickyard was there first, and John bought property next door. My brick is 365 days a year and same smoke and smell and you saw it and smelled it and bought next door anyway and you came to my nuisance and in that case a court might say okay John you feel so passionately about living there, you pay the brickyard lady to move somewhere else. Silly resolution where it is just one guy v. a business. What if it is a developer who is putting in thousands of units of housing? He can pay to move the brickyard or cattle feed lot.
When thinking about whether each decision should be strictly win/ lose:
- We shut down the nuisance if the plaintiff pays damages
To build an essay – start with is this the thing the P is complaining about even a common law nuisance. Noise, dust, smoke, fumes, etc.
When we can establish that it is then the next thing is say well we learned about these three different tests. Say here is what each test says and apply facts to each one and see how it turns out. I am not going to tell you which jurisdiction we are in.
Threshold test jurisdiction it will turn out this way.
Utilitarian jurisdiction it will turn out this way.
Balancing of the equities jurisdiction this is the way it is going to go.
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A “nuisance per se” is a nuisance as a matter of law.
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Rather than Strictly Win-Lose, We should consider weighing:
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- Promotion of marketability
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- Promotion of the productive use of land
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- Achieving fairness to each of the parties
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- Achieving efficiency, i.e., maximizing the value of the respective resources of the parties
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- consideration of society’s need for certain “problem” uses.
Nuisance Categories:
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- State of mind of person causing the nuisance
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- Persons Impacted by the Nuisance
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- Whether circumstances are relevant
State of Mind of Person Causing the Nuisance
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_______ ________: The actor knows the consequences, but they do it anyway. If I open my factory and I know there are vibrations, smoke, and dust coming out of my factory but I do it anyway because I want the money from the business that is an _________ _________.
Intentional nuisance
Intentional nuisance
_________ _________- created through negligence, recklessness, or ultra hazardous activities.
unintentional nuisance
Unintentional Nuisance - created through _______, ________, or _____ ____ ________.
negligence
recklessness
ultra hazardous activities
Person’s Impacted by the Nuisance
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- Private Nuisance
- Public Nuisance