Individual Case. Business law course
United States v. Morrison and the civil rights remedy of the Violence Against Women Act: a civil rights law struck down in the name of federalism
Full case
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Course: Business Law
Individual Case
The case paper is described in Chapter 5 Case 5-1 and based on the Christy Brzonkala v. Antonio J. Morrison et al., 120 S. Ct. 1740 (2000) (full case is also available on-line through our Library’s Westlaw database). The assignment has two parts:
Part One: Case brief use the 5 elements to brief this case as outlined in “How to Brief a Case”:
1. Case name and citation
2. Facts
3. Issue
4. Ruling
5. Reasons
Part Two: Discussion questions answer both questions:
1. Explain whether you find the reasoning of the majority or minority opinion [of the Supreme Court] more persuasive. Why?
2. Identify which stakeholders (who) would primarily benefit under the majority decision and which stakeholders (who) benefit under the minority decision. Why?
Note: Assignments deemed plagiarized (from solution manuals, other student’s answers, etc.) will be given a grade of ZERO. To avoid this, use your own thoughts and words . If using material from the text or other sources, please cite the material and put the passage in quotation marks (“ ”). Please use a word document (no longer than 5 pages).
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Grading Rubric |
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Requirement |
Meets Expectations (10-15 points) |
Does Not Meet Expectation (0-9 points) |
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1. Case Brief |
Identify each (5) elements of a brief with well written descriptions, especially the “Reason” element |
Identified (5) elements of a brief but did not clearly describe all of the elements or description of elements is inappropriate |
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Requirement |
Meets Expectations (8-10 points) |
Does Not Meet Expectation (0-7 points) |
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2. Discussion questions (2) |
Discussion of two questions is clear, complete and excellent writing style (i.e. good grammar, coherent paragraphs, etc.) |
Discussion of two questions is incomplete or is inappropriate |