Contents of a Good Law
Brief
Title of the Case
Case Citation Number and Year Decided
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1. Court and process from whence the case came (i.e. certiorari from Supreme Court of California)
2. Facts of the litigation. Who are the litigants and what is the controversy?
3. Procedural History: Source of the case and procedure by which it reached the Supreme Court. What did all the lower courts decide?
4. Specific Question of the case (i.e., what does the petitioner demand of the respondent?)
5. Constitutional Question of the case (i.e., what is the portion of the US Constitution that the court is being asked to define?)
6. Answer to the Specific Question
7. Answer to the Constitutional Question
8. Authorship: Name of the Justice writing for the Court and names of Justices joining in the opinion. If there are any concurring or dissenting opinions, list them here, as well.
9. Reasoning of the Court (i.e., the rationale’ supporting the decision; Lay out the logic of the opinion’s reasoning).
10. Political significance of the case. Why are we reading this case and what are its implications?
11. Summary of concurring opinion(s), if any. Indicate clearly the point(s) of divergence from the opinion of the Court.
12. Summary of dissenting opinion(s), if any. Indicate clearly the point(s) of divergence from the opinion of the Court.
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