NATAMST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: United States District Court For The Southern District Of New York, Relate, Indecent Exposure

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Native American Studies
• Course: NATAMST 100
• Professor: Joseph Myers

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What kind of law is being applied. Example: nrdc v. evans , 254 f. supp. 2d 434 (s. d. n. y. Issue : the legal question court is asked to solve. Look for buzzwords -- the basic issue is the case turns upon the question of whether Rule : the general legal rules governing the issue (statutes & common law) The rule is the law common law (developed by the courts) or legislative rule/law. Analysis : the court explains how the legal rules apply to the facts of this case. Relate facts to elements of the rule. Conclusion : the court"s decision, or holding, on each issue presented. Identification of case: name of case, full citation, optional: vote, author of opinion, legal topic classification, etc. Example: brown v. board of education , 347 u. s. 483, 74 s. ct. 686, 98 l. ed. Facts: principal parties to the dispute, relationships among those parties, events that led to the dispute.