LEGL 2700: Hackleman Updated
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**Zoning ordinances**
Regulations categorizing counties into sections for residential, commercial, or industrial use.
**Cook v. Sullivan**
Sullivan's construction on wetland property led Cook ...
Regulations categorizing counties into sections for residential, commercial, or industrial use.
**Cook v. Sullivan**
Sullivan's construction on wetland property led Cook to experience significant groundwater
issues—attempts to remedy failed, resulting in a court order for Sullivan to remove the fill and the
structure.
**Malum in se**
Actions that are inherently wrongful.
**Malum prohibitum**
Actions considered wrongful only because laws declare them so.
**Misdemeanor vs. Felony**
Misdemeanor: Less than 1-year jail sentence
Felony: More than 1-year jail sentence.
**Grand Jury**
Evaluates if probable cause exists to indict an individual. Confidential proceedings.
**Criminal Case Pleas**
Guilty
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,Not Guilty
Nolo Contendere (no contest) – acts like a guilty plea but doesn’t formally record guilt.
**4th Amendment**
Guards against unwarranted searches and seizures, except in cases of commercial property,
airports, vehicles, and arrests.
**Riley v. California**
After a traffic stop, law enforcement checked a person’s phone without consent, discovering gang
affiliation—highlighted that phone searches require a warrant.
**5th Amendment**
Prevents self-incrimination for the accused in criminal cases only; doesn’t apply to physical
evidence, business records, or corporations (except sole proprietors).
**Double Jeopardy**
Precludes two prosecutions for the same crime by both state and federal authorities.
**6th Amendment**
Ensures the right to a fair, prompt trial, jury trial, knowledge of accusations, face one’s accuser,
summon witnesses, and attorney representation (if incarceration is possible).
**Mail and Wire Fraud**
Using electronic communications to commit fraud, which can be proven with indirect evidence.
**False Statement to Federal Agency**
Doesn’t need to be made directly.
**Bankruptcy Fraud**
Involves making false claims during bankruptcy proceedings.
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, **Conspiracy (Aiding and Abetting)**
Agreement between individuals to commit a crime, which can occur at any stage before, during,
or after the offense.
**Obstruction of Justice**
Involves hiding information, lying under oath, or destroying possible evidence.
**Larceny**
Illegally taking someone else’s property with intent to permanently deprive them of it. Variants
include robbery (use of force) and burglary (breaking into a property). It’s a felony.
**RICO**
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
**Contracts**
Legally enforceable promises that specify remedies for non-performance; need not be formal or in
writing.
**Sources of Contract Law**
Statutory: UCC Article 2 for goods contracts;
Common Law: judge-made law for non-goods contracts.
**Bilateral**
A mutual promise agreement.
**Unilateral**
An agreement where only one party commits to a performance contingent on another’s action.
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