Briefing a case is the activity of summarizing a court opinion. A paralegal's job revolves around writing. A paralegal will draft numerous documents, including correspondence with clients and other attorneys, memoranda, discovery requests, and legal pleadings. Most of the paralegal's written documents will incorporate the law. A paralegal must be able to read the law and apply the law to the facts of the present case. A paralegal must have the ability to analyze the law.

In this assignment, you will read a US Supreme Court case and write down essay facts about it. This will help you do the analysis you may later need to write a case brief; it gets you used to understand a case without worrying about the specific case brief format.

You should find a Supreme Court case related to the subject matter of this class. Use Nexis Uni via the APUS Library or look up cases onOyez.

Document should include the following information: Who were the parties? What happened that led to this case? What lower courts heard the case and what did they decide? What did the Supreme Court decide and what was its reasoning? What cases did the Supreme Court use to help it with its decision? Did any Supreme Court Justices dissent? If so, what did they have to say? What was the end result of the case? Has the case had impact on society or do you think it will in the future?