Question 1: Read the article "Charging 'extortion,' Tigard cell phone company sues ConsumerAffairs website for $5 million". What concepts from Chapter 8 do you think the plaintiff, Consumer Cellular, can use in its lawsuit against ConsumerAffairs.com? What defenses could ConsumerAffairs.com raise against those claims? Who do you think will prevail in the lawsuit?

https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2015/10/charging_extortion_tigard_cell.html

Question 2: A homeowner was notified by his alarm company of an intruder in his home. He raced home and spotted a man running from the home. He called 911 and told the police that he had chased the suspect but lost sight of him. The police searched for the suspect without success. A few hours later, the homeowner went looking for the suspect again, and spotted him crouched in a ditch. The homeowner shouted at the suspect to stop, but the suspect ran off toward some woods. The homeowner fired two shots at the suspect but lost him again. Two days later, a neighbor found the suspect's body in the woods, with two gunshot wounds in the back. In the deceased suspect's pockets were items of jewelry that the homeowner had reported missing two days before.

What crime, if any, do you think the suspect committed? Was the homeowner within his rights in looking for and confronting the suspect? Was he within his rights in firing at the suspect? If not, what criminal charges might be brought against him? What defenses might he raise against such charges?