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NAME: ____________________________________ LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY (LEG 132) Take-home Research Exam Distributed March 13, 2023 Due by 11:59pm on April 6, 2023 Upload completed exam to the Exam #2:Take-Home Research Exam folder under Assignments on D2L DO NOT CONSULT OTHER STUDENTS OR SEEK HELP ON THIS EXAM. THIS EXAM MUST BE COMPLETED IN MICROSOFT WORD. DO NOT REMOVE DOCUMENT PROPERTIES OR PERSONAL INFORMATION. TYPE YOUR ANSWERS, SAVE THE DOCUMENT AS YOUR LAST NAME.DOCX AND UPLOAD TO THE EXAM #2: TAKE-HOME RESEARCH EXAM FOLDER IN ASSIGNMENTS 1) TOPICS AND KEY NUMBERS ON WESTLAW IN TOOLS>WEST KEY NUMBER SYSTEM: Find the topic and key number (or key number range) for the following subjects in the format __topic number __ k __key number __ (for example Nature and Purpose of Adoption would be 17 k 102 because it is found under the topic 17 Adoption and the key number for Nature and Purpose of Adoption is 102): a) Athletic Scholarships – 141E k 1235 b) Divorce on grounds of insanity – 134 k 43 c) Violation of postal laws involving obstructing passage of mail 306 k 28 d) Taking of property by government for private use 148 k 60 e) Value of property as element of offense of embezzlement 146 k 7 f) Subornation of perjury 297 k 13 g) Enjoining unauthorized person from acting as pilot 300 k 6 Page | 1 Take-home research exam 2023

h) Injuries to domestic animals caused by fences 171 k 25 i) Health and medical care in prisons during pretrial detention 310 k 361 j) Hostile possession as element of adverse possession 20 k 67 2) Find a 1992 case in which the South Carolina Supreme Court held that a county ordinance prohibiting loading or unloading of any cargo or passengers for hire or compensation on county boat landings did not interfere with a tour boat operator's right to freely use state navigable waters and, therefore, did not violate a constitutional provision (S.C. Const. art. XIV, § 4) mandating that all navigable waters shall remain public highways free to state and United States citizens. a) Case name with S.C. Reports cite: Captain Sandy’s Tours, Inc. v., Georgetown County Bldg. Official b) Topic and key number assigned to your issue in the headnotes of the case: 83 k 82.30 3) Find the 1975 S.C. case in which the South Carolina Supreme Court held that a widow’s administratrix was properly substituted as a party plaintiff in an action to recover dower where the widow died approximately one week prior to the entry of an order finding her renunciation of dower was void because of insufficient mental capacity and giving her leave to apply either to the probate court or the circuit court for admeasurement. a) Case name with S.C. Reports cite: Wallace v. District No. Marine Engineers Benev. Ass’n AFL-CIO b) Topic and key number assigned to your issue in the headnotes of the case: Page | 2 Take-home research exam 2023

231H k 188 4) Find a 1986 case in which the South Carolina Supreme Court held that a waterway that was used by the general public for boating, hunting, and fishing was navigable and, therefore, Coastal Council lacked authority to authorize the complete blockage of the waterway where there was no overriding public interest. a) Case name with S.C. Reports cite: Trawler Diane Marie, Inc. v. Brown b) Topic and key number assigned to your issue in the headnotes of the case: 176 k 12 5) Find the 1995 S.C. case in which the South Carolina Court of Appeals held that a terminated school administrator was not entitled to have her job reinstated based solely on her contract with the school board; board had statutory duty to remove administrators when necessary to protect well-being of children or to remove influences disruptive to educational process. a) Case name with S.C. Reports cite: Coutu v. Martin County Bd. Of County Com’rs b) Topic and key number assigned to your issue in the headnotes of the case: 104 k 67 6) Find the 1976 case in which the South Carolina Supreme Court held that the basic intent of the provision of a lease agreement entered into by a regional health services district, the Page | 3 Take-home research exam 2023

owner of certain land conveyed to it by a city as a site for a proposed hospital and the proposed recipient of county funds for the construction thereof, for the lease of the entire tract, with improvements to be erected thereon, to a private, nonprofit corporation that was to operate a new hospital and contribute the bulk of construction costs thereof, which permitted the nonprofit corporation to operate such medical ancillary facilities as might be desirable for a full-service regional hospital and referral center and to carry out medical research and education, was to permit training of nurses and interns, a universally accepted function of 300-bed hospital; those educational functions were positive factors in treating sick, and such functions would not convert facility into a private educational institution, so as to fall within the constitutional prohibition of S.C. Const. art. XI, § 4 against expending any public funds for direct benefit of any religious or other private educational institution. a) Case name with S.C. Reports cite: Mid-America Regional Council v. Mathews b) Topic and key number assigned to your issue in the headnotes of the case: 170B k 2286 7) Find a 2001 case in which the South Carolina Court of Appeals held that a material change in circumstances warranted the modification of a husband's alimony obligation when the wife received large inheritances from her mother and aunt's estates and the husband's income had decreased after the divorce. a) Case name with S.C. Reports cite: In re Jeter Page | 4 Take-home research exam 2023

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