WRIT 107L Lecture 3: Case brief
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Last name only, if many parties, only use first party"s name. Categorize relationships (p,a and d, r) histories. What happened legally to get it here. Trial court decision- appeal, remanded appeal again. If long history, may need to use separate piece of paper facts. Any info concerning persons, places or things or who, what, when and where. If fact were different, holding would be different. How? read through the case a few times. Write down too many and then edit as you read/learn. Look for them in reasoning, holding, repetitive words. Procedural- technicalities of bringing suit- timing, format, court rules- also referred to as threshold issues. Issue= law and question and key facts. Head notes, beginning paragraphs of the opinion, party statements, invert the hold- ing. The answer to your issues (sometimes it"s easier to find this first) Always complete statement, i. e. law and fact- specifies are crucial. State as the answer to your issue question.
