Court Report - Tinker Case

Taken from:

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

Court Report Form

1.

Title and Citation

(Example:

Title

:

Pickering v. Board of Education

;

Citation:

how

to locate the reporter of the case, such as Westlaw, Lexis

-

Nexis, Supreme Court, etc.

See page 29 in your text).

2.

Facts of the Case

(summary of the pertinent facts and legal points raised in the

case).

3.

Issues

(Questions of law raised by the facts)

(For example, the key issue in

Brown

v.

Board of Education

was whether education in the United States was “separate but

equal”).

4.

Decisions or Rulings

(court’s answer to the questions presented).

5.

Rationale or Reasoning

(what led to the court’s decision

in this case).

6.

Implications

(Evaluate this case and its significance to other cases

–

Example:

Brown v.

Board of Education

reversed an earlier ruling in

Plessy v. Ferguson

, where

the courts ruled “separate but equal”).

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

Court Report Form

1. Title and Citation (Example: Title: Pickering v. Board of Education; Citation: how

to locate the reporter of the case, such as Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, Supreme Court, etc.

See page 29 in your text).

2. Facts of the Case (summary of the pertinent facts and legal points raised in the

case).

3. Issues (Questions of law raised by the facts) (For example, the key issue in Brown

v. Board of Education was whether education in the United States was “separate but

equal”).

4. Decisions or Rulings (court’s answer to the questions presented).

5. Rationale or Reasoning (what led to the court’s decision in this case).

6. Implications (Evaluate this case and its significance to other cases – Example:

Brown v. Board of Education reversed an earlier ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson, where

the courts ruled “separate but equal”).