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Case Briefing Exercise

Briefing a Case is about capturing the essentials of the case Citation Facts Issue Decision Reason

Together rather than Independent

Class Case Brief Citation Facts Issue Decision Reason Citation Facts Group 1 Group 2 Citation Facts Issue Decision Reason Citation Facts Issue Decision Reason

Citation Facts Issue Decision Reason Class Case Brief Group 1 Group 2 Citation Facts Issue Decision Reason Citation Facts Issue Decision Reason Citation Facts Issue Decision Reason

Groups Work in groups of 2-3 people Case briefing is done outside of class time A sign-up sheet will be on etudes for your team to sign up for any available week. Each team will present twice. Should groups self select?

Citation Name of the case The date it was decided And the court that decided it

Facts of the Case The reason for the lawsuit Who are the plaintiff(s) and the defendant(s)? What is each parties respective argument? Did a lower court make a ruling? If so, what was it?

Issue The essential issue before the court, so the point of law that is in debate. Could be more than one issue.

Decision The court’s answer to the issue(s) debated

Reason A brief summary of the reason of the court for its decision. The case law or statue that the court relied upon.