Civil Procedure Case Examination: Law 200A - University of California, Fall 1993, Exams of Civil procedure

Download Civil Procedure Case Examination: Law 200A - University of California, Fall 1993 and more Exams Civil procedure in PDF only on Docsity! UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COURSE EXAMINATION BOALT HALL SCHOOL OF LAW Fall 1993 LAW 200A - CIVIL PROCEDURE (Section 1) Instructor in Charge: Jan Vetter Time Allowed: three hours Instructions: This is an open book examination. You may have any written materials with you in the examination room. The issues you are asked to discuss vary in difficulty and in the amount of discussion required for an adequate answer. Answers need not be long and some can be quite brief, but they should consist of reasons for and against a conclusion and not merely list your conclusions. It is important to allocate your time carefully and finish the examination. Do not assume that the judge's rulings described below are necessarily correct or consistent. Be sure to put your exam number on each bluebook or each page of your paper, if typed. Please do not leave your bluebook or typed answer on the desk. Exams must be turned into the person in charge. If you finish early, take your completed exam to the Registrar's office. Cast Z - a wealthy, eccentric recluse C - Z's agent J - a dealer in rare comic books MPC - the Museum of Popular Culture Y - a professor of English The state of Erewhon has adopted a procedural code that is identical to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in all respects relevant here. MPC, the Museum of Popular Culture, is located in Euphoria, the state's principal city. MPC currently has on loan from Z, a wealthy, eccentric recluse, his famous collection of rare and early comic books, the greatest privately owned collection of such material in the United States. It includes, for example, early numbers of Superman, the Lone Ranger, Felix the Cat, and The Katzenjammer Kids, as well as complete series of Mad Comics and Classic Comics.