Contemporary Law Office Management

Records Management

in the case of Gibbs v. Breed, Abbot & Morgan

Who brought the lawsuit? Why? What was the court's holding in the case? Do you think the decision was correctly decided? Did any aspect of the decision surprise you? How did the dissenting opinion differ from the majority one?

Suppose you work for the law firm that represented the plaintiffs in the Gibbs case. What key words would you assign to the case so that the opinion retrievable in your firm's electronic database?