On learning that Sébastien planned to travel abroad, Roslyn asked him to deliver $25,000 in cash to her family in Mexico. During a customs inspection at the border, Sébastien told the customs inspector that he carried less than$10,000. The officer discovered the actual amount of cash that Sébastien was carrying, seized it, and arrested Sebastien. Roslyn asked the government to return what she claimed were her funds, arguing that the arrangement with Sébastien was a bailment and that she still held title to the cash. (See Bailments.)

(a) The first group will argue that Roslyn is entitled to the cash.

(b) The second group will take the position of the government and develop an argument that Roslyn's agreement with Sébastien does not qualify as a bailment.

(c) The third group will assume that a bailment was created, identify what type of bailment it was, and explain the degree of care required of the bailee.

American Multi-Cinema, Inc. (AMC), owns movie theaters. To determine the amount of taxes it owed to Texas, AMC subtracted its cost of goods sold (COGS) from its total revenue. AMC included the cost of showing movies in its COGS. In other words, it treated showing movies as a "good." Texas, however, refused to allow AMC to claim this cost. AMC protested, arguing it was in the business of showing movies. Specifically, AMC sold its "product" - the right to watch films in its theaters-to moviegoers. The state countered that this right is intangible "non-property," arguing that an AMC customer exits a theater with memories but not a copy of the film. Thus, AMC's product is not considered a "good" for the purpose of COGS. Does the right to watch a film in a movie theater constitute property? Discuss.

KZY Logistics, LLC, transported a load of Mrs. Ressler's Food Products from New Jersey to California. When KZY's driver delivered the cargo, the customer rejected it-its temperature was higher than expected, making it unsafe. Mrs. Ressler's filed a suit against KZY in a federal district court. KZY contended that the temperature in its refrigerated trailer was proper and that Mrs. Ressler's had delivered a "hot" product for transport. KZY supplemented its allegations with temperature readings from the unit during the time in question. In transporting the cargo, what level of care did KZY owe Mrs. Ressler's? Did KZY meet this standard? Explain.

Atka owns a valuable speedboat. She is going on vacation and asks her neighbor, Regina, to store the boat in one stall of Regina's double garage. Regina consents, and the boat is moved into the garage. Regina, in need of some grocery items for dinner, drives to the store. She leaves the garage door open, as is her custom. While she is at the store, the speedboat is stolen. What standard of care is required in this situation? Has Regina breached that duty?

Vanessa Denai purchased forty acres of land in rural Louisiana. On the property were a $1,600$-square-foot house and a metal barn. Denai later met Lance Finney, who had been seeking a small plot of rural property to rent. After several meetings, Denai invited Finney to live on a corner of her property in exchange for Finney's assistance in cutting wood and tending the property. Denai agreed to store Finney's sailboat in her barn. With Denai's consent, Finney constructed a concrete and oak foundation on Denai's property. Finney then purchased a $190$-square-foot dome from Dome Baja for $\$ 3,395$. The dome was shipped by Doty Express, a transportation company licensed to serve the public. When it arrived, Finney installed the dome frame and fabric exterior so that the dome was detachable from the foundation. A year after Finney installed the dome, Denai wrote Finney a note stating, "I've decided to give you four acres of land surrounding your dome as drawn on this map." This gift violated no local land-use restrictions. Using the information presented in the chapter, answer the question.

Is the dome real property or personal property? Explain.

How did related cases addressing the issue of a landlord's duty under Illinois law affect the court's reasoning in this case?

Milena Weintraub and Larry Griffith were shareholders in Grand Casino, Inc., which operated a casino in South Dakota. Griffith owned 51 percent of the stock and Weintraub 49 percent. Weintraub managed the casino, which Griffith typically visited once a week. At the end of 2020, an accounting audit showed that the cash on hand was less than the amount posted in the casino's books. Later, more shortfalls were discovered. In October $2022$, Griffith did a complete audit. Weintraub was unable to account for $200,500 in missing cash. Griffith then took all of the casino's most recent profits, including Weintraub's$90,447 share, and, without telling Weintraub, sold the casino for $400,000 and kept all of the proceeds. Weintraub filed a suit against Griffith, asserting a breach of fiduciary duty. Griffith countered with evidence of Weintraub's misappropriation of corporate cash.

(a) The first group will discuss the duties that these parties owed to each other and determine whether Weintraub or Griffith, or both, breached those duties.

(b) The second group will decide how this dispute should be resolved and who should pay what to whom to reconcile the finances.

(c) A third group will discuss whether Weintraub or Griffith violated any ethical duties to each other or to the corporation.

Customers arrive at a movie theater at the advertised movie time only to find that they have to sit through several previews and prepreview ads before the movie starts. Many complain that the time devoted to previews is too long. A preliminary sample conducted by The Wall Street Journal showed that the standard deviation of the amount of time devoted to previews was five minutes. Use that as a planning value for the standard deviation in answering the following questions. a. If we want to estimate the population mean time for previews at movie theaters with a margin of error of 72 seconds, what sample size should be used? Assume 95% confidence. b. If we want to estimate the population mean time for previews at movie theaters with a margin of error of 1 minute, what sample size should be used? Assume 95% confidence.

The $2003 ~Statistical ~Abstract ~of ~the ~United ~States$ reported the percentage of people $18$ years of age and older who smoke. Suppose that a study designed to collect new data on smokers and nonsmokers uses a preliminary estimate of the proportion who smoke of $.30.$

How large a sample should be taken to estimate the proportion of smokers in the population with a margin of error of $.02$? Use $95\%$ confidence.

Health insurers are beginning to offer telemedicine services online that replace the common office visit. Wellpoint provides a video service that allows subscribers to connect with a physician online and receive prescribed treatments. Wellpoint claims that users of its LiveHealth Online service saved a significant amount of money on a typical visit. The data shown below ($), for a sample of 20 online doctor visits, are consistent with the savings per visit reported by Wellpoint. 93 34 40 106 82 53 55 48 40 75 48 96 94 75 74 77 90 101 56 83 Assuming the population is roughly symmetric, construct a 95$ to $ per visit

Q Restaurant Group Holdings, LLC, owns and operates Q-B B Q restaurants. Michael Lapidus managed the restaurants and conducted the day-to-day operations. This included bargaining with the restaurants' vendors, buying the supplies, keeping the books and records of account, and handling the company's money. Lapidus also dealt with the staff and made the hiring and firing decisions. He was expected to use his best efforts to grow the profitability of the restaurants. The LLC discovered, however, that Lapidus was misappropriating and converting company funds to his own use. He was also exposing the LLC to liability by mistreating female employees and vendors. When the members voted to terminate Lapidus, he changed the passwords on the Q-B B Q social media accounts, interfered with the employees during their work hours, and refused to return company property in his possession.(See LLC Management and Operation.)

(a) What action should the LLC take against Lapidus? Consider the ethics of the options, using the IDDR approach.

(b) Suppose that Lapidus was in the midst of a contentious divorce, experiencing severe financial problems, and undergoing psychological distress as a consequence. Could these issues excuse his conduct at work? Discuss.

Karyl Paxton asked Christopher Sacco to work with her interior design business, Pierce Paxton Collections, in New Orleans. At the time, they were in a romantic relationship. Sacco was involved in every aspect of the business-bookkeeping, marketing, and design-but was not paid a salary. He was reimbursed, however, for expenses charged to his personal credit card, which Paxton also used. Sacco took no profits from the firm, saying that he wanted to "grow the business" and "build sweat equity." When Paxton and Sacco's personal relationship soured, she fired him. Sacco objected, claiming that they were partners. Is Sacco entitled to $50$ percent of the profits of Pierce Paxton Collections? Explain.

A simple random sample of $400$ individuals provides $100$ Yes responses.

What is the point estimate of the proportion of the population that would provide Yes responses?

The range for a set of data is estimated to be $36.$

What is the planning value for the population standard deviation?