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Diverse Case Perspectives

A finding aid for diverse case perspectives for cases commonly taught in 1L classes.

How to use these tables

Each table on this page reflects a specific subtopic frequently taught in Property. The column on the left includes a case with a link to the full-text in Westlaw.  The column on the right includes links to specific pages where the case is discussed within different textbooks and supplements. This list will be continuously updated as the body of diverse case perspectives continues to grow. 

Conveyances and Types of Property Interests

ALH Holding Co. v. Bank of Telluride, 18 P.3d 742 (Colo. 2000)  
Allen v. Allen, 16 N.E.3d 1078 (Mass. 2014)  
Ark Land Co. v. Harper, 599 S.E.2d 754 (W. Va. 2004)  
Baker v. Weedon, 262 So.2d 641 (Miss. 1972)  
Blake v. Stradford, 725 N.Y.S. 2d 189 (2001) Feminist Judgments: Property Law (ch. 17)
Board of Education Minneapolis v. Hughes, 136 N.W. 1095 (Minn. 1912)  
Broadway National Bank v. Adams, 133 Mass. 170 (1882)  
Brown v. Lober,389 N.E.2d 1188 (Ill. 1979) Property Stories (p. 221)
Brush Grocery Kart, Inc. v. Sure Fine Market, Inc., 47 P.3d 680 (Colo. 2002)  
Chuck v. Gomes, 532 P.2d 657 (Hawaii 1975)

Integrating Spaces : Property Law and Social Identity (p. 354)
Coggan v. Coggan, 239 So. 2d 17 (Fla. 1970) Feminist Judgments: Property Law (ch. 14)
Cole v. Steinlauf, 136 A.2d 744 (Conn. 1957)  
Community of San Vincent Los Cimientos v. Guatemala, Case 11.197, Report No. 68/03, Inter-Am. C.H.R  
De La Cruz v. Brown, 109 S.W.3d 73 (Tex. 2003)  
Delfino v. Vealencis, 181 Conn. 533 (1980)  
Esteves v. Esteves, 775 A.2d 163 (N.J. 2001)  
Folsom v. Rowell, 640 S.E.2d 5 (Ga. 2007)  
Gazvoda v. Wright, 872 N.E.2d 219 (Ind. 2007)  
Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District, 524 U.S. 274 (1998)  
Giannini v. First Nat'l Bank of Des Plaines, 483 N.E.2d 924 (Ill. 1985)  
Guy v. Guy, 736 So.2d 1042 (Ill. 1999)  
Harms v. Sprague, 473 N.E.2d 930 (Ill. 1984) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
Harper v. Paradise, 210 S.E.2d 710 (Ga. 1974)  
Hermitage Methodist Homes v. Dominion Trust Co., 387 S.E.2d 740 (Va. 1990)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 390)
Hickey v. Green, 442 N.E.2d 37 (Mass. 1982)  
Horne v. Harbour Portfolio, 304 F.Supp.3d 1332 (N.D. Georgia 2018)  
In re Estate of Carter, 159 A.3d 970 (Pa. 2017)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 247)
Ink v. City of Canton, 212 N.E.2d 574 (Ohio 1965)  
James v. Taylor, 969 S.W.2d 672 (Ark. 1998)  
Jee v. Audley, 29 Eng. Rep. 1186 (1787)  
Johnson v. Davis, 480 So.2d 625 (Fl. 1985)  
Knopf v. Gray,545 S.W.3d 542 (Tx. 2018)  
Lohmeyer v. Bower, 227 P.2d 102 (Kan. 1951)  
Luthi v. Evans,576 P.2d 1064 (Kan. 1978)  
M&T Mortgage Corp. v. Foy, 858 N.Y.S.2d 567 (2008)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 334)
Mahrenholz v. County Board of School Trustees of Lawrence County, 466 N.E.2d 322 (Ill. 1984)  

Easements, Covenants, and Nuisance

Berge v. State of Vermont, 915 A.2d 189 (Vt. 2006)  
Bixby v. Cravens, 156 P. 1184 (Ok. 1916)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 292)
Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co, Inc., 340 N.Y.S.2d 97 (1972)  
Chance v. BP Chemicals, Inc., 670 N.E.2d 985 (1996)  
Deep Water Brewing, LLC v. Fairway Resources Ltd., 215 P.3d 990 (Wash. 2009)  
Emanuel v. Hernandez, 728 N.E.2d 1249 (Ill. 2000)  
Estancias Dallas Corp. v. Schultz, 500 S.W.2d 217 (Ill. 1973)  
Fink v. Miller, 896 P.2d 649 (Utah 1995)  
Gambrell v. Nivens, 275 S.W.3d 429 (Tenn. 2008)  
Hill v. Community of Damien of Molokai, 911 P.2d 861 (N.M. 1996) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
In re That Portion of Lots 1 & 2, Block 1, Comstock Park Second Addition, No. 99598-2 (Wash. Mar. 31, 2022)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 396)
Kienzle v. Myers, 853 N.E.2d 1203 (Ohio 2006)  
Marcus Cable Associates, L.P. v. Krohn, 90 S.W.3d 697 (Tex. 2002)  
Morgan v. High Penn Oil Co., 77 S.E.2d 682 (N.C. 1953)  
Morison v. Rawlinson, 7 S.E.2d 635 (S.C. 1940)  
Nahrstedt v. Lakeside Village Condominium Association, Inc., 878 P.2d 1275 (Cal. 1994)  
Neponsit Property Owners’ Association v. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, 15 N.E.2d 793 (1938) Property Stories (p. 379)
O'Dell v. Stegall, 703 S.E.2d 561 (W. Va. 2010)  
Porter v. Johnson, 115 S.W.2d 529 (Mo. 1938)

Integrating Spaces: Property Law and Social Identity (p. 92)
Prah v. Maretti, 321 N.W.2d 182 (Wisc. 1982)  
Preseault v. United States, 52 Fed.Cl. 667 (2002)  
Rockafellor v. Gray, 191 N.W. 107 (Iowa 1922)  
Sanborn v. McLean, 206 N.W. 496 (Mich. 1925) Property Stories (p. 241)
Schaefer v. Eastman Community Association  
Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
Property Stories (ch. 189)
Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (pg. 98)
Spur Industries v. Del E. Webb Development Co., 494 P.2d 700 (Ariz. 1972) Property Stories (p. 337)
Sturges v. Bridgman, 11 Ch.D. 852 (1879) Property Stories (p. 11)
Taylor, et al v. Northam, et al., 862 S.E.2d 458 (Pa. 2021)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 377)
Thomsen v. Greve, 550 N.W.2d 49 (Neb. 1996)  
Trueheart v. Parker, 257 S.W. 640 (Tex. 1923)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 280)
Tulk v. Moxhay, 41 Eng. Rep. 1143 (1848) Property Stories (p. 171)
United States v. Platt, 182 F.2d 469 (2d Cir. 1950)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 163)
Vernon Township Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. v. Connor, 855 A.2d 873 (Pa. 2004)  

Equal Protection, Due Process, and Property

Buchanan v. Warley, 245 U.S. 60 (1917)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 298)
Jones v. Alfred Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409 (1968)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 196)
Juliana v. United States, 947 F.3d 1159 (2020)  
Kahawaiolaa v. Norton, 386 F.3d 1271 (2004)

Integrating Spaces: Property Law and Social Identity (p. 75)
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553 (1903) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
Rice v. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, 349 U.S. 70 (1955)

Integrating Spaces: Property Law and Social Identity (p. 104)

Intellectual Property

Landlord-Tenant Laws

Bartley v. Sweetser, 890 S.W.2d 250 (Ark. 1994) Feminist Judgments: Property Law (ch. 18)
Berg v. Wiley, 264 N.W.2d 145 (Minn. 1978)  
Chapman v. Silber, 760 N.E.2d 329 (N.Y. 2001)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 264)
Effel v. Rosberg, 360 S.W.3d 626 (Tex. 2012)  
Elk Creek Management Co. v. Gilbert, 303 P.3d 929 (Or. 2013)  
Ernst v. Conditt, 390 S.W.2d 703 (Tenn. 1964)  
Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roomate.com LLC, 666 F.3d 1216 (9th Cir. 2012)  
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Kaminsky, 768 S.W.2d 818 (Tex. 1989)  
Hannan v. Dusch, 153 S.E. 824 (Va. 1930)  
Hilder v. St. Peter, 478 A.2d 202 (Vt. 1984)  
JMP Properties Urban Co. v. Paolucci, 604 N.E.2d 967 (Ill. 1992)  
Kendall v. Ernest Pestana, Inc., 709 P.2d 837 (Cal. 1985)  
Keydata Corp. v. United States, 504 F.2d 1115 (1974)  
Neithamer v. Brenneman Property Services. Inc., 81 F.Supp.2d 1 (1999)  
Phillips Neighborhood Hous. Tr. v. Brown, 564 N.W.2d 573 (Minn. Ct. App. 1997) Feminist Judgments: Property Law (ch. 16)
Ragin v. Harry Macklowe Real Estate Co., 6 F.3d 898 (2nd Cir. 1993)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 312)
Saunders (a.k.a. Javins) v. First National Realty Corporation, 428 F.2d 1071 (D.C. 1970) Property Stories (p. 123)
Sommer v. Kridel, 378 A.2d 767 (N.J. 1977)  
Teller v. McCoy, 253 S.E.2d 114 (W. Va. 1978)  
Tenhet v. Boswell, 554 P.2d 330 (Cal. 1976)  
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., 2015 WL 5916220  
Village Commons, LLC v. Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, 882 N.E.2d 210 (2008)  
Wade v. Jobe, 818 P.2d 1006 (Utah 1991)  
Wetzel v. Glen St. Andrew Living Community, LLC, 901 F.3d 856 (7th Cir. 2018)  

Miscellaneous

Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, 590 U.S. 644 (2020) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
Hickam v. Hickam, 46 Mo.App. 496 (1891)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 222)
Hinds v. Brazealle, 3 Miss. 837 (1838)

Integrating Spaces: Property Law and Social Identity (p. 128)

Possession and Ownership

Alfafara v. Fross, 159 P.2d 14 (Cal. 1945)

Integrating Spaces: Property Law and Social Identity (p. 70)
Armory v. Delamirie, [1722] EWHC J94  
Benjamin v. Lindner Aviation, Inc., 534 N.W.2d 400 (Iowa 1995)  
Black Hills Institute of Geological Research v. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 12 F.3d 737 (8th. Cir. 1993)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 159)
Botiller v. Dominguez, 130 U.S. 238 (1889) Feminist Judgments: Property Law (ch. 5)
Cherokee Nation v. Nash, 267 F. Supp.3d 86 (D.C. 2017)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 176)
Davis v. Davis, 842 S.W.2d 588 (Tenn. 1992)  
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857)

Integrating Spaces: Property Law and Social Identity (p. 38)
Eyerman v. Mercantile Trust Co., 524 S.W.2d 210 (Mo. 1975)  
Ghen v. Rich, 8 F. 159 (1881)  
Gruen v. Gruen, 2020 WL 13853337 (2020) Feminist Judgments: Property Law (ch. 11)
Property Stories (p. 75) 
Hannah v. Peel, [1945] K.B. 509 (1945)  
Hawkins v. Mahoney, 990 P.2d 776 (Mo. 1999)  
Johnson v. M’Intosh, 21 U.S. 543 (1823) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
Feminist Judgments: Property Law (ch. 4)
Intgrating Spaces: Property Law and Social Identity (p. 130)
Keeble v. Hickeringill, (1707) 103 ER 1127  
M.J. v. Republika Srpska, Case No. CH/96/28, Human Rights Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997)  
Maffe v. Loranger, 2021 WL 782024  
McAvoy v. Medina, 93 Mass. 548 (1866)  
McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 144)
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation v. Nestle Waters North America, Inc., 737 N.W.2d 447 (Mich. 2007)  
Moore v. Regents of the University of California, 793 P.2d 479 (Cal. 1990) Property Stories (p. 43)
Newman v. Bost, 29 S.E. 848 (N.C. 1898)  
Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015)  
Parmalee v. Morris, 188 N.W. 330 (Mich. 1922)

Integrating Spaces: Property Law and Social Identity (p. 88)
Pierson v. Post, 3 Cai. R. 175 (1805) Feminist Judgments: Property Law (ch. 6)
Pocono Springs Civic Association, Inc. v. MacKenzie, 667 A.2d 233 (Pa. 1995)  
Popov v. Hayashi, 2002 WL 31833731  
Port Elizabeth Municipality v. Various Occupiers, (CCT 53/03) [2004] ZACC 7 (South Africa)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 213)
Raub v. General Income Sponsors of Iowa, Inc., 176 N.W.2d 216 (Iowa 1970)  
Spencer v. Flint Memorial Park Association, 144 N.W.2d 622 (Mich. 1966)

Integrating Spaces: Property Law and Social Identity (p. 106)
State v. Mann, 13 N.C. 263 (1829)

Integrating Spaces: Property Law and Social Identity (p. 123)
Sundowner, Inc. v. King, 509 P.2d 785 (Idaho 1973)  
Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States, 348 U.S. 272 (1955) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
The Antelope, 23 U.S. 66 (1825)

Integrating Spaces: Property Law and Social Identity (p.112)
Van Valkenburg v. Lutz, 175 N.Y.S.2d 203 (1958) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
Property Stories (pg. 59)
Whisby-Myers v. Kiekenapp, 293 F.Supp.2d 845 (N.D. Ill. 2003)

Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 308)
White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 971 F.2d 1395 (1992)  

Public Domain

The Right to Exclude and Constitutional Freedoms

Borden Ranch Partnership v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 261 F.3d 810 (2001)  
City of Ladue v. Gilleo, 512 U.S. 43 (1994) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
Commonwealth v. Magadini, 52 N.E.3d 1041 (Mass. 2016) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
Jacque v. Steenberg Homes, Inc., 563 N.W.2d 154 (Wis. 1997)  
Martin v. City of Boise, 920 F.3d 584 (2019) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
State v. Shack 277 A.2d 369 (N.J. 1971) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)

Zoning Rules

Detwiler v. Zoning Hearing Board of Lower Salford Township, 596 A.2d 1156 (Pa. 1991)  
Moore v. City of East Cleveland, 431 U.S. 494 (1977) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
Feminist Judgments: Property Law (ch. 15)
Integrating spaces : property law and social identity (p. 235)
Pub. Access Shoreline Hawaii by Rothstein v. Hawaii Cnty Plan. Comm'n by Fujimoto, 903 P.2d 1246 (Haw. 1995)  
Smith v. City of Little Rock, 648 S.W.2d 454 (Ark. 1983)  
Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel, 423 U.S. 808 (1975) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
State ex rel. Stoyanoff v. Berkeley, 458 S.W.2d 305 (Mo. 1970)  
Trip Associates, Inc. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 898 A.2d 449 (Md. 2006)  
United States v. Monsanto Co., 2003 WL 22319070  
Uston v. Resorts Intl, 445 A.2d 370 (N.J. 1982) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365 (1926) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 2)
Property Stories (p. 401)