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1 BRIEFING A CASE

2 FACTS What happened? Tell the story
List relevant facts and eliminate the irrelevant

3 ISSUE What is the legal question in the case?
In other words, what is the court being asked to decide?

4 ARGUMENTS What are the legal arguments proposed by each side?
Why do they believe they are right constitutionally?

5 DECISION (HOLDING) What is the decision of the Court?
Who won the case? What is the vote count? (scoreboard)

6 RATIONALE What is the legal reasoning behind the decision?
Why did the court decide the way it did?

7 EFFECT What is the result of the decision for the citizens of the U.S.? What does it mean for ordinary people?


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