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LRW Orientation

LRW Orientation. Cases and Case Briefing SAMPLE. Cases, Cases, Cases – What’s the big deal?. English Common Law Case Method. Case Citation . Party 1 v. Party 2 , Vol. # - Book Id. -Start Page (Court Year) Party 1 usually is the party bringing the case and Party 2 is the one responding

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LRW Orientation

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  1. LRW Orientation Cases and Case Briefing SAMPLE

  2. Cases, Cases, Cases– What’s the big deal? • English Common Law • Case Method

  3. Case Citation • Party 1 v. Party 2, Vol. # - Book Id. -Start Page (Court Year) • Party 1 usually is the party bringing the case and Party 2 is the one responding • Monge v. Beebe Rubber Co., 316 A.2d 549 (N.H. 1974) • Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 120 (1973) • The Book Id. (U.S.) tells us the court; 120 is the jump cite or pinpoint cite where the relevant material appears

  4. Case Briefs • Prepare for class • Use in Class • Revise Briefs after Class • Synthesize cases for outline • Use synthesis of cases to try to predict outcome of new hypotheticals

  5. Contents of Case Briefs • Facts • Procedural History • Court and the Judge • Issues • Judgment • Holding • Dicta • Rationale • Dissents, Concurrences

  6. Facts • Who what when where how – making sense of the scenario

  7. Procedural History • What happened to the case after it was filed

  8. The rest of this presentation will be made available to all professors who adopt one of the Murray & DeSanctis texts

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