Paper instructions:
I would like you to brief a case from the chapters we read in the Rosenbloom book using the IRAC style.

The brief should be

FACTS: Remember to make the facts about four sentences. Remember to make them the RELEVANT facts to the case.

ISSUE: The issue is the question of the case.

RULE: The rule is why we even read the case usually a direct answer to the question.

APPLICATION: The application is the reason we have this rule. It is usually an explanation of how a law is interpreted. It may discuss precedent or use an

analogy.

CONCLUSION: The conclusion is how the case was resolved.

I have attached examples of cases and briefs from different websites. I used the IRAC method. Other methods may have different acronyms but the concepts are

all the same. What happened? What is the question of the case? Why is it decided this way?

http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/research/brief.html

http://www.cjed.com/brief.htm

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1952/1952_1/

http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/constitutional-law/constitutional-law-keyed-to-stone/equality-and-the-constitution/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka-

brown-i/

the case is West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42 (1988)

you can find it in

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=487&invol=42