Schedule of Classes
244.2 sec. 1 - Remedies (Spring 2010)
Instructor: Robert D. Infelise (view instructor's teaching evaluations | profile)
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Units: 3
Meeting Time: MW 3:20-4:35
Meeting Location: 110
Course Control Number (1Ls): 49631
Course Control Number (Non-1Ls): 49628
Main Section Enrollment:
Enrolled: 26
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 83
As of: 11/24 06:43 AM
Alternate 1L Section Enrollment:
Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 83
As of: 11/24 06:43 AM
Total Enrollment Information:
Total Enrolled: 26
Total Waitlisted: 0
Total Enroll Limit: 166
As of: 11/24 06:43 AM
Remedies is a practice-oriented exploration of the substantive and strategic issues associated with the remedies available to litigants in the context of constitutional, contract and tort litigation. The class will explore the complexities lurking in the various measures of damages, the special roles played by restitution and unjust enrichment, provisional and permanent injunctive relief, specific performance and associated procedural issues and defenses. Along with learning the law, students will be exposed to the powerful role played by the judiciary and juries in determining remedies.
The overriding objective of the class is to prepare the students for the practice of law. An understanding of the litigation process is an essential step in becoming a competent and successful lawyer. Understanding remedies is a part of that. Thus, the class is recommended for all law students, regardless of their anticipated area of specialization.
In response to student feedback, the course will require less reading than in the past.
INSTRUCTOR BIOGRAPHY: Robert D. Infelise received his A.B. from Cal in 1977 and his J.D. from Boalt Hall in 1980. Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Infelise joined the Los Angeles office of Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP, one of the nation's premier law firms specializing in the real estate and financial services industries. Since the mid-1980’s, he has specialized in litigation involving soil and groundwater contamination. Mr. Infelise has chaired the firm's environmental litigation group for the past fifteen years. He was lead plaintiff's counsel in Resolution Trust Corp. v. Rossmoor Corp. 34 Cal.App.4th 93 (1995), one of the few environmental cost recovery actions ever tried to a jury. In 1998, Mr. Infelise helped found Cox, Castle & Nicholson's San Francisco office, of which he is the managing partner.
Mr. Infelise has written and spoken extensively for industry publications and groups on issues involving soil and groundwater pollution, insurance for environmental claims and California’s Proposition 65. His scholarly work begins and ends with an article co-authored by Professor Robert A. Kagan entitled "American State Supreme Court Justices, 1900-70," American Bar Foundation Research Journal, 1984 (Vol. 2, Spring). Mr. Infelise also teaches CERCLA, RCRA & Common Law Claims and the Environmental Law Writing Seminar in the fall and the Workshop on Development and the Environment in the spring.
Exam Notes: TH
Course Category: Litigation and Procedure
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