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UBE | Dormant Commerce Clause | ESSAY
Hard
State C enacted a tax on online retailers. The tax applies to retailers with more than $500,000 in annual sales to State C customers, whether or not the retailer has offices, employees, or inventory in State C. The ta...
Citations: Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., Comptroller of the Treasury v. Wynne, U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3
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UBE | Dormant Commerce Clause | ESSAY
Hard
State C enacted a tax on online retailers. The tax applies to retailers with more than $500,000 in annual sales to State C customers, whether or not the retailer has offices, employees, or inventory in State C. The ta...
Citations: Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., Comptroller of the Treasury v. Wynne, U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3
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UBE | Privileges and Defenses | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
A hiker breaks into an empty cabin during a sudden blizzard to avoid death, damaging a lock and using firewood. Which statement best describes private necessity? Private necessity is an incomplete privilege as to damage...
Citations: Restatement intentional-tort privileges and defenses principles
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UBE | Partnership Formation | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...scribes the truck's ownership? This question tests the statutory presumption for individually titled assets bought without partnership funds. Revised Uniform Partnership Act secs. 202-204, 401
Citations: Revised Uniform Partnership Act secs. 202-204, 401
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UBE | Hearsay Exemptions | ESSAY
Hard
...statement by Hospital's media director: "Our surgical team failed to complete the required sponge count." The media director was assigned to answer press questions about the incident. Patient also offers a text sent by...
Citations: Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(2)(C), Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(2)(D)
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UBE | Defenses to Formation | ESSAY
Hard
...r lease payment and continued using the studio for a month before attempting to cancel that lease based on infancy. Analyze the student's capacity defenses and likely liabilities on the laptop contract, the dental bill...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 12, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 14, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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UBE | Defenses to Formation | ESSAY
Hard
...r lease payment and continued using the studio for a month before attempting to cancel that lease based on infancy. Analyze the student's capacity defenses and likely liabilities on the laptop contract, the dental bill...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 12, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 14, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
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UBE | Parol Evidence | ESSAY
Hard
...nt of $8,000 per year and contained a clause saying the lease was the complete and exclusive agreement between the parties. Before signing, the landlord also orally promised that the retailer could use an adjacent storag...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts sections 155, 214, 216
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UBE | Parol Evidence | ESSAY
Hard
...nt of $8,000 per year and contained a clause saying the lease was the complete and exclusive agreement between the parties. Before signing, the landlord also orally promised that the retailer could use an adjacent storag...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts sections 155, 214, 216
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UBE | Personal Jurisdiction | ESSAY
Hard
...ndings. AlpineGear sells all clips to a German assembler, which sells completed bindings to an independent distributor in New York. AlpineGear has no office, employees, property, advertising, direct sales, customer list...
Citations: World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson, J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro, Walden v. Fiore
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UBE | Personal Jurisdiction | ESSAY
Hard
...ndings. AlpineGear sells all clips to a German assembler, which sells completed bindings to an independent distributor in New York. AlpineGear has no office, employees, property, advertising, direct sales, customer list...
Citations: World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson, J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro, Walden v. Fiore
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UBE | Trial Rights | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...e defendant must prove prosecutors intentionally discriminated in peremptory strikes. The defendant has a right to a petit jury containing members of that exact group. This item tests jury venire composition. Duren v. Mi...
Citations: Duren v. Missouri
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UBE | Accomplice Liability | ESSAY
Hard
...l several bikes. Analyze the clerk's accomplice liability for the attempted break-in and the completed burglary/theft. Address knowledge, purpose, ordinary sales, and facts showing intentional assistance. This essay test...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Criminal Law and Procedure III.B, Model Penal Code section 2.06 and common law accomplice-liability principles
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UBE | Accomplice Liability | ESSAY
Hard
...l several bikes. Analyze the clerk's accomplice liability for the attempted break-in and the completed burglary/theft. Address knowledge, purpose, ordinary sales, and facts showing intentional assistance. This essay test...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Criminal Law and Procedure III.B, Model Penal Code section 2.06 and common law accomplice-liability principles
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UBE | Offer and Acceptance | ESSAY
Hard
...formance, and what legal consequence follows from the homeowner's attempted revocation. This essay tests unilateral contracts, preparation, beginning performance, and revocation limits. Restatement (Second) of Contracts...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts sections 32, 45, 50, 62
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UBE | Offer and Acceptance | ESSAY
Hard
...formance, and what legal consequence follows from the homeowner's attempted revocation. This essay tests unilateral contracts, preparation, beginning performance, and revocation limits. Restatement (Second) of Contracts...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts sections 32, 45, 50, 62
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UBE | Claim and Issue Preclusion | ESSAY
Hard
...osure statute and lost after the court ruled that the records were exempt. Nia, a journalist who sometimes volunteers with the group, did not fund the litigation, choose counsel, control strategy, testify, or agree to be...
Citations: Taylor v. Sturgell
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UBE | Claim and Issue Preclusion | ESSAY
Hard
...osure statute and lost after the court ruled that the records were exempt. Nia, a journalist who sometimes volunteers with the group, did not fund the litigation, choose counsel, control strategy, testify, or agree to be...
Citations: Taylor v. Sturgell
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UBE | Subject Matter Jurisdiction | ESSAY
Hard
...ages, and pain and suffering. Delta Drones argues that diversity is incomplete because LiftPoint LLC has a State A member through Ridge Capital LP. Amara argues that LiftPoint should be treated like a corporation with ci...
Citations: 28 U.S.C. 1332, Hertz Corp. v. Friend, Carden v. Arkoma Associates
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UBE | Subject Matter Jurisdiction | ESSAY
Hard
...ages, and pain and suffering. Delta Drones argues that diversity is incomplete because LiftPoint LLC has a State A member through Ridge Capital LP. Amara argues that LiftPoint should be treated like a corporation with ci...
Citations: 28 U.S.C. 1332, Hertz Corp. v. Friend, Carden v. Arkoma Associates
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UBE | Freedom of Religion | ESSAY
Hard
...ancial criteria. The statute lets the child-welfare director grant exemptions for agencies that specialize in sibling placements, emergency placements, or "other placements serving the state's child-welfare priorities."...
Citations: Employment Division v. Smith, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
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UBE | Freedom of Religion | ESSAY
Hard
...ancial criteria. The statute lets the child-welfare director grant exemptions for agencies that specialize in sibling placements, emergency placements, or "other placements serving the state's child-welfare priorities."...
Citations: Employment Division v. Smith, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
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UBE | Corporate Formation | ESSAY
Hard
...that the corporation never validly formed because the articles were incomplete and, alternatively, that the hiking-device contract was outside the stated purpose. Analyze Canyon Sensors' formation argument and its ultra...
Citations: Model Business Corporation Act secs. 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 3.04, 10.20
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UBE | Performance and Breach | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A builder completed a custom deck on time and according to plans, except that two trim boards were cedar rather than redwood. The difference was visible only on close inspection and could be corrected in one afternoon. T...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts sections 237, 241