Rules & Materials Tracker

An offer may be revoked any time before acceptance, even if the offeror promised to keep it open — unless consideration was given for the option (option contract).

Under intermediate scrutiny, the government must show the law is substantially related to an important government interest. Applies to gender and legitimacy classifications.

Proximate cause cuts off liability when an intervening cause was unforeseeable AND the resulting harm was a different type than that risked by defendant's negligence.

A prior consistent statement is admissible non-hearsay under FRE 801(d)(1)(B) only if offered to rebut a charge of recent fabrication or improper motive, AND made before the motive arose.

The automobile exception allows warrantless search of a vehicle if police have probable cause to believe it contains evidence of a crime — no exigency required beyond mobility.