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Question Real Property | Conveyancing and Recording | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

Seller conveyed Ranch to Buyer by quitclaim deed. Buyer paid fair market value and had no actual, record, or inquiry...

...h to Buyer by quitclaim deed. Buyer paid fair market value and had no actual, record, or inquiry notice of an earlier unrecorded deed from Seller to A. A argues that Buyer cannot be a bona fide purchaser because Buyer ac...

Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Common law real-property principles

Question Business Associations | Agency and Partnerships | ESSAY Hard

A manager signed a supply agreement after receiving mixed instructions from the owner. After an initial agreement or...

...ships. A high-scoring answer states the rule, resolves the competing factual inferences, and explains why the doctrine does or does not apply. Restatement (Third) of Agency sections 1.01, 2.01, 2.03, 4.01

Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency sections 1.01, 2.01, 2.03, 4.01

Question Torts | Causation and Damages | ESSAY Hard

Mel visited a clinic after sudden vision changes. The physician negligently failed to order a standard imaging test....

...atment, and lost earnings. The physician argues that Mel cannot prove actual cause because the condition itself sometimes causes permanent damage even with proper care. The physician also argues that Mel's claimed future...

Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts, Restatement (Third) of Torts

Question Real Property | Conveyancing and Recording | ESSAY Medium

Seller conveyed Blueacre to Buyer by general warranty deed. The deed described Blueacre as 100 acres. At the time of...

...rtgage before closing and that no covenant was breached until someone actually evicted Buyer. Discuss Buyer's covenant claims against Seller. Address present covenants, future covenants, encumbrances, timing of breach, a...

Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Common law real-property principles

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Substantive Crimes | ESSAY Hard

The prosecution charged an offense after disputed facts raised questions about intent, causation, and grading. After...

...rimes. A high-scoring answer states the rule, resolves the competing factual inferences, and explains why the doctrine does or does not apply. Common law criminal doctrine, Model Penal Code offense principles, Due proces...

Citations: Common law criminal doctrine, Model Penal Code offense principles, Due process proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt doctrine

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Inchoate Offenses | ESSAY Hard

A defendant planned to steal rare coins from a locked office. He bought lock picks, studied the building's camera sch...

...f attempted larceny or burglary, including intent, substantial step, factual impossibility, and abandonment or renunciation. This essay tests attempt, substantial step, factual impossibility, and abandonment or renunciat...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.01

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Homicide | ESSAY Hard

A driver left a crowded stadium after drinking heavily. Security guards warned him that thousands of pedestrians were...

...liability, including depraved-heart murder, involuntary manslaughter, actual cause, proximate cause, and the effect of the surgeon's negligence. This essay tests depraved-heart murder, reckless manslaughter, criminal neg...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 210.2, Model Penal Code 210.3, Model Penal Code 210.4

Question Contracts | Performance and Remedies | ESSAY Hard

A party failed to deliver as promised and the nonbreaching party incurred substitute-performance costs. After an init...

...edies. A high-scoring answer states the rule, resolves the competing factual inferences, and explains why the doctrine does or does not apply. Hadley v. Baxendale, Restatement contract remedies, UCC Article 2 remedies

Citations: Hadley v. Baxendale, Restatement contract remedies, UCC Article 2 remedies

Question Contracts | Formation | ESSAY Hard

A seller promised to keep an offer open while the buyer made costly preparations. After an initial agreement or rulin...

...ation. A high-scoring answer states the rule, resolves the competing factual inferences, and explains why the doctrine does or does not apply. Restatement (Second) Contracts sections 24, 71, 90, UCC 2-204, UCC 2-205

Citations: Restatement (Second) Contracts sections 24, 71, 90, UCC 2-204, UCC 2-205

Question Civil Procedure | Trial and Judgment | ESSAY Medium

A software developer sued a retailer in federal court for breach of a license agreement, seeking $900,000 in unpaid f...

...ry trial despite any waiver, arguing that the damages issues and the factual fraud issues overlap with the equitable claims. The developer says that because the case includes an injunction and rescission, the judge may d...

Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 38, Fed. R. Civ. P. 39, Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover, Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood

Question Civil Procedure | Claim and Issue Preclusion | ESSAY Medium

After a truck collision, Driver sued Carrier Co. in state court for negligence. Carrier Co. failed to answer, and the...

...essarily rested on negligence. Carrier Co. responds that no issue was actually litigated in the first action. Is Carrier Co. issue-precluded from contesting negligence in Passenger's action? Discuss. This essay tests the...

Citations: Restatement (Second) of Judgments principles, General federal preclusion principles

Question Business Associations | Agency | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

An investor authorized her assistant to buy a sculpture from a gallery but instructed the assistant not to reveal the...

...contract? The buyer did not know of the principal, but the agent had actual authority. That can bind the principal, while the agent remains liable because the seller believed it was contracting with the agent. Restateme...

Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency sections 6.03, 6.09

Question Torts | Causation and Damages | ESSAY Hard

At a grocery store, an employee left a leaking freezer case unrepaired after placing a bucket under only one corner o...

...acture, and the infection. Ana sues the store for negligence. Analyze actual cause, proximate cause, and the damages Ana may recover from the store. Address the store's arguments based on the red-light driver and the nur...

Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts, Restatement (Third) of Torts

Question Business Associations | Corporations and LLCs | ESSAY Hard

Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classi...

...LLCs. A high-scoring answer states the rule, resolves the competing factual inferences, and explains why the doctrine does or does not apply. MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine

Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine