Case Analysis Question. Go to Appendix I at the end of this text and examine the excerpt of Case No. 6, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit. Review and then brief the case, making sure that your brief answers the following questions.

1. Issue: The dispute in this case centered on whether a certain federal statute covered the claims of a certain class of investors who had allegedly been the victims of fraud. What was the statute, who were the investors, and how were they allegedly defrauded?

2. Rule of Law: On what “requisite showing” did the United States Supreme Court base its decision?

3. Applying the Rule of Law: What were the reasons for the Court’s conclusion? What rule of statutory interpretation supported this reasoning? How did the purpose of the statute influence its application?

4. Conclusion: How did the Court’s ruling affect the investors’

claims?