U. S. Supreme Court Decisions
Case Brief Assignment Guidelines 1. For each case you choose, you must cite it in correct format. (There will be a class on this, but until then, refer to the description above.) 2. For each case - describe what constitutional issue is in question, for instance in Morse v. Frederick, the issue was the right to free speech clause in the first amendment of the Constitution. 3. Include background information about your case, what happened and how did it end up at the federal, or Supreme Court level? 4. What was the decision of the case? (Which side won?) 5. Write a summary of the court opinion, for optimal points, include a quotation of the Justice of record in that opinion. 6. Write a summary of any dissenting opinion. Note: the summaries of the opinions do not have to be of great length, but they do have to adequately encapsulate the reasoning of the court. Final suggestions: Put the case name in your paper heading, the example uses the bong hits case. The case brief heading should look like this: Super Student September 10, 2010 Morse v. Frederick Mrs. Warren |