You must use the following format for your responses:

Legal Issue:

State a clear and concise legal issue statement, which describes the primary legal issue youve been asked to research. Your legal issue statement ought to be in the form of a question that can be answered yes or not.

Case 1 Must use at least one secondary sources to find this case.

1. Bluebook Citation for the secondary sourceused and the case you found.
2. Relevant Legal Issue in this case and the courts conclusion on that issue
3. Facts that influenced the conclusion
4. Legal reasons for the conclusion
5. Why you decided this case was directly relevant to your research situation and issue.
6. A thorough, detailed description of your research method using one of the methods reference above.

Case 2 Must use Key Cite to find this case.

1. Bluebook Citation for the case you found.
2. Relevant Legal Issue in this case and the courts conclusion on that issue
3. Facts that influenced the conclusion
4. Legal reasons for the conclusion
5. Why you decided this case was directly relevant to your research situation and issue.
6. A thorough, detailed description of your research method using one of the methods reference above.

Case 3 Must use digests, key searching, or headnotes to find this case.

1. Bluebook Citation for the case you found.
2. Relevant Legal Issue in this case and the courts conclusion on that issue
3. Facts that influenced the conclusion
4. Legal reasons for the conclusion
5. Why you decided this case was directly relevant to your research situation and issue.
6. A thorough, detailed description of your research method using one of the methods reference above.

Case 4May use any method to find this case

1. Bluebook Citation for the case you found.
2. Relevant Legal Issue in this case and the courts conclusion on that issue
3. Facts that influenced the conclusion
4. Legal reasons for the conclusion
5. Why you decided this case was directly relevant to your research situation and issue.
6. A thorough, detailed description of your research method using one of the methods reference above.

Grading:

The project is worth 22 points; 2 points for the legal issue statement and 5 points for each case.

Criteria:

• Legal issue is relevant and clearly stated. 2 points
• Case is directly relevant and explanation of relevance is clear and appropriate. 1 point/per case.
• Citation, Issue, Facts, and Legal reasons are appropriately set out. 3 points/per case
• Research Method is appropriately described. 1 point/per case.