Utilizing the Hayden vs University of Notre Dame

Facts: This section should answer the following questions: What are the circumstances surrounding the incident? Why was the case ORIGINALLY brought to court?

Procedural History: What happened at the lower levels of court (trial court, court of appeals?) Why is the case in front of the appellate court now?

Issues: What specific questions of law is the appellate court considering? (Usually not re-trying an entire case and the different aspects of the fact pattern).List these out in a numbered list (1, 2, 3...)

Holding: What are the answers to the specific questions of law the appellate court is considering? (Affirmed/Reversed). List these out in a number list (1, 2, 3...).

Reasoning: Why did the court answer the questions the way that they did? List these out in a number list (1, 2, 3...). HINT: there should be the same number of Issues, Holdings and Reasonings for the case. That is, if there are 3 issues listed, there should be 3 Holdings and 3 Reasonings.

Judgment: Overall ruling in the case. (Affirmed/Reversed/Reversed and Remanded)

Significance: Why is this case important? What can we learn?