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26. In the reaction: C4H6O4 + FAD ®C4H4O4 + FADH2, what type of reaction took place to remove the protons from C4H6O4?  

23. Abe collides with Brian on the highway, causing Brian to fly through his windshield and suffer serious physical injuries. Brian sues Abe in State X federal court for negligence. Abe responds by alleging Brian’s contributory negligence based on the fact that the collision occurred at 11 p.m. and Brian was operating his vehicle without his lights turned on. Assume State X is a contributory negligence state where the plaintiff’s negligence will serve as a complete bar to relief.  Before submitting the case to the jury, the judge instructs it that it must return a verdict in favor of the defendant (Abe) either if they find that the defendant was not negligent at all or if they find that the plaintiff (Brian) was negligent in failing to have her lights on. The jury returns a general verdict in favor of Abe.  In a subsequent case in State Y federal court, Abe sues Brian for negligence for causing his injuries in the same collision.  May Abe assert the previous action as barring Brian from denying his own negligence?  

Questions 26 and 27 involve the same fact pattern. Potts sues Defendant Company for injuries she suffered when Potts’s car collided with Defendant Company’s truck. Defendant Company’s general manager prepared a report regarding the circumstances of the accident (by taking a statement from the truck driver), at the request of the insurance company because the insurance company received a claim for damages from Potts’s attorney. During discovery, Potts demands that the report be produced. 26. Will production of the report be required?

2. Energy is defined as  

Members of what group are multicellular producers?

12. The City of Lincoln’s police department promoted several minority officers to the rank of captain.  Several Caucasian officers then brought an equal protection action against the City of Lincoln’s police department in federal court, alleging that they [the Caucasian officers] had performed better on promotion tests than the minority officers, and had been discriminated against on the basis of race.  The Caucasian officers argued that they should have received the promotions, rather than the minority officers.  May the minority officers intervene as of right in the Caucasian officers’ equal protection lawsuit against the City of Lincoln’s police department?

3. A drug binds to the active site of an enzyme. If it is bound to the active site of the enzyme, it prevents substrate binding. This drug would be considered a  

7. Bob, a citizen of California, sued Insurance Company of Texas (a company incorporated in Texas, with its headquarters in Texas) for bad faith failure to pay a claim in the United States District Court – Central District of California.  After being served with the complaint, the Insurance Company of Texas filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that Bob has no evidence to support his claims.  How should the Court rule on the motion?

2. The Supreme Court amended Federal Rule of Civil Procedure, rule 3, to read as follows: “A civil action is commenced by (a) filing a complaint with the court, and (b) paying a $100.00 filing fee to the clerk of the court.”  Catherine is contemplating bringing a class action against BigCorp in State X.  State X has a law that imposes a special filing fee of $25,000 for all lawsuits brought as class actions.  In order to avoid the expense, Catherine brings her suit in the federal district court of State X by filing her complaint and paying the $100.00 fee.  BigCorp moves to dismiss, claiming that Catherine’s lawsuit was not properly commenced because she failed to comply with the filing fee requirements of State X.  How should the court rule on BigCorp’s motion?

Essay Question 1 During a recent visit to Los Angeles, John was involved in a head on collision with Susan. After a three month stay in the hospital, John was finally able to fly back to his home state of Texas. Upon his return, John retained a California attorney named Simon who filed suit on his behalf against Susan in the Federal District Court for the Central District of California. Immediately after he was retained but prior to filing the complaint, Simon sent Susan’s attorney, Anne, an email requesting that all evidence related to the accident – including the electronic data recorder that recorded Susan’s car’s speed at time of impact – be preserved. Anne called Simon in response to the email saying that she had directed Susan’s car – to include the electronic data recorder – be destroyed because it was accumulating storage fees. At some point during the litigation, Anne filed a document with the Court that bore her signature asserting that she neither received the email regarding the electronic data recorder nor did she ever respond to Simon regarding such an issue. At some point following that filing, Simon filed with the Court the email that he sent Anne along with a phone log showing a twenty-minute phone call with a number associated with Anne’s firm that began immediately after Simon’s email was sent. 1.     Assuming Simon files an FRCP Rule 11 motion, how should the Court rule? 2.     Assuming Simon files an FRCP Rule 37 motion, how should the Court rule?