-Find and provide a complete, full-form citation to the cases requested in each question. You may also be asked to find information about that case or related cases, using the West Digest and Key Number system.

-The questions for this assignment were designed to be completed electronically using the latest version of Westlaw. Note that you could also use West's federal or state digests in print, if you had access to a law library. Also note that cases are increasingly available for free on many court websites and via other digital sources. Remember, for the purpose of this assignment, you are looking for cases. We are not yet looking for you to find the answer across all of the different possible legal research tools, but rather to be able to find cases using the tools available to research case law.

FINDING AND CITING CASES; ANATOMY OF A CASE

1. Find and provide a full-form citation to the 2019 decision of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding free speech claims brought by wedding videographers.

a. How many headnotes does that case have?

b. Who wrote the majority opinion?

c. Using the "History" tool in Westlaw, find and provide a full-form citation to the underlying decision of the district court for the case you found in response to Question 1.

2. Find and provide a full-form citation to the 2019 decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court holding that a physician-patient relationship is not necessary to maintain an action for medical malpractice under Minnesota law.

a. What was the disposition of the case?

b. On what page of the hard-bound volume of the reporter does the opinion of Justice Lillehaug begin?

KEY NUMBER INDEX

Use WestlawNext's Key Number Index to answer the following questions.

3. Look at the WestlawNext key number index. With your jurisdiction set to Minnesota, click on the topic "Property," then locate and click on key number 2, "Subjects of Property."

a. Provide a full-form citation to the Minnesota Supreme Court case from March 23, 2016, discussing intangible personal property.

b. Using the "history" tool, find and provide a full-form citation to the Minnesota Court of Appeals case that was affirmed by the Minnesota Supreme Court in the case you found for 3a.

4. a. Suppose you wanted to find cases describing the elements of a defamation claim in general. What topic and key number would you use to search for cases?

b. Using the Topic & Key Number you found in 4a, with your jurisdiction set to Minnesota, provide a full-form citation to the 2019 decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that a public high school girls' basketball coach was not a "public official" and therefore did not need to prove that defamatory statements were made with actual malice.

APPLICATION

Use Westlaw's Key Number Index to answer the following questions.

5. In an ill-guided attempt to protest the lack of regulation of superheroes, the Joker, the Riddler, Catwoman, and the Penguin were arrested for rioting in St. Paul. Catwoman was not actively involved in the riot, though she was present and was ready to help out the other three. She wants to know if she can still be convicted of riot.

a. Find the Topic and Key Number that govern this issue.

b. Could Catwoman be convicted for rioting even though she wasnotparticipating directly in the riot? Explain your answer and provide an official, full-form citation to the case supporting your answer.