Also known as: reasonable expectations · reasonably expected · reasonable expectation of privacy
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A standard measuring what a person would anticipate under the circumstances. The standard determines obligations by reference to the facts known to the relevant parties.
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Roland Rhodes, a solo practitioner, sends a $50 gift card to Riley Rivera after Rivera refers a new client. The gift is presented solely as thanks with no discussion of future referrals or payment. Because the amount is small and Rivera does not view it as compensation for the referral, the gift satisfies the rule.
Police obtain two months of Rajesh Rao's historical cell-site location data from his carrier without a warrant. Rao had no knowledge the records existed and took no steps to share them. The data reveals his movements over an extended period, triggering the warrant requirement.
Renee Rogers holds a power of attorney for her father Ronald Reed. Rogers knows Reed previously stated he wanted to keep his retirement funds in conservative bonds. She nevertheless moves the funds into speculative stocks. The move violates the duty to follow Reed's known expectations.
Redline Automotive contracts with Riverstone Manufacturing to complete a factory expansion by June 1. Riverstone finishes the structural work three weeks late, depriving Redline of the production capacity it counted on for summer orders. The deprivation of that expected benefit is weighed in deciding whether the delay is material.
Royal Crest Hotels terminates Roberto Reyes's month-to-month lease. Two days later the hotel changes the locks while Reyes is at work, leaving his belongings inside. Reyes returns to find the changed locks and fears a confrontation if he tries to enter, creating a reasonable expectation of physical harm.
Regal Apparel's trust names two cotrustees who have always jointly selected investments. One cotrustee unilaterally delegates stock-picking authority to the other without consulting the settlor's known preference for joint decisions. The delegation is invalid because the settlor reasonably expected the trustees to perform that function together.
Yes. A person must exhibit an actual expectation of privacy, and that expectation must be one society recognizes as reasonable. The test protects what a person seeks to keep private even in a public area.
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The standard measures the extent to which the injured party is deprived of the benefit it counted on receiving. That deprivation is one of the circumstances used to decide whether a failure to perform is material.
…challenged government action caused economic harm, it did not interfere with interests that were sufficiently bound up with the reasonable expectations of the claimant to constitute “property” for Fifth Amendment purposes. See, e. g. , United States v. Willow River Power Co. , 324 U. S. 499 (1945) (interest in high-water level of river…
…an important social policy. It represents an element of continuity in law, and is rooted in the psycho-logic need to satisfy reasonable expectations. But stare decisis is a principle of policy and not a mechanical formula of adherence to the latest decision, however recent and questionable, when such adherence involves collision with…
…relating to the Communist Manifesto and similar revolutionary works. None of these appellees has stated any ground for a reasonable expectation that he will actually be prosecuted under the statute for taking the actions contemplated. The court below expressly declined to rely on any finding "that . . . Dan, Hirsch or Broslawsky…
…exception applies only when the challenged action is too short to be fully litigated before its cessation, and when there is a reasonable expectation or a demonstrated probability that the same complaining party will be subject to the same action in the future. Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party , 440 U. S.…
…days and in the full tide of war activity — barges were being constantly “drilled” in and out. Certainly it was not beyond reasonable expectation
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The gift is permitted only when it is neither intended nor reasonably expected to serve as compensation for the referral. The amount and circumstances must show the gift is a mere expression of appreciation.
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The agent must follow the principal's known expectations. When those expectations are unknown, the agent must still act in the principal's best interest while staying within the granted authority.
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No. The prohibition prevents delegation of any function the settlor reasonably expected the cotrustees to handle together. A prior delegation may be revoked unless it was made irrevocable.
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Self-help is barred unless accomplished within a reasonable time after lease termination, without physical harm or the reasonable expectation of physical harm, and with reasonable care to avoid damage to the tenant's property.
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