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Please use this template to draft your brief for O'Keefe v. Lee Calan Imports, Inc., 262 N.E.2d 758 (Ill. App. Ct. 1970). Please note that the brief does not include, cite to, cases mentioned in O'Keefe. When we brief cases we try to only summarize the decision before us, not the cases the court relied on to arrive at its holding (the imbedded cases.) We avoid including imbedded cases in our briefs. Also, please note how we summarize the information succinctly in the brief. We try to make the information in each category clear but eliminate extra details. The template will focus your brief. Also, try to look through the decision to see where the information is located in the decision. Citation: O'Keefe v. Lee Calan Imports, Inc., 262 N.E.2d 758 (Ill. App. Ct. 1970). Procedure: (this is how the case got to this court) The plaintiff appealed the decision to the appellate court. The trial court denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment but granted defendant's motion for summary judgment on the brief of contract claim. Issue: (the question that the court is being asked to resolve) Whether a newspaper advertisement, which contains an erroneous price for the sale of a car and contains no other terms, constitutes an offer which if accepted would form a contract. (A legal issue does not end with a question mark - this is a convention as it is a short way to say, "the issue is whether" which is a statement.) Holding: (A succinct statement that answers the question raised in the issue with the basis for the answer. Aim for one sentence.) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Facts: (The facts include just enough information to provide the context for the unfamiliar reader and the legally significant facts - the facts the court uses to arrive at its decision.) Defendant , Lee Calan Imports, intended to advertise , in the Chicago Sun Times, a 1964 Volvo station wagon for sale for the price of $1,795. Due to the newspaper's error and through no fault of the defendant, the car was advertised at the price of $1,095. Plaintiff offered to buy the car for the erroneously advertised price of $1,095. A salesman for defendant first agreed to sell the car at the erroneous price in the advertisement, but then refused to sell the car at the advertised price.