F = Facts What are the facts? (i.e. the undisputed details of the case) I = Issues What is the dispute? What is being argued? What are the questions that need to be answered? What legal concepts are involved in these issues? Are there larger issues at stake? D = Decision What did the court decide? What would you decide? If your decision is different from that of the court, explain your reasoning. O = Opinions When thinking about this case, what opinions do you have? (of the case, the issue(s), the court's decision, the significance of the case) How could opinions or perspectives on this case vary