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Homework Two

Introduction to Law and Society

Professor Fettig

Due in Class (hard copy) Thursday, October 19

You will submit a case brief of the 1955 United States Supreme Court case Brown et al. v. Board of Education (347 U.S. 483). A link to the opinion - https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12120372216939101759&q=387+US+483&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48. Read the opinion carefully and follow the attached guidelines.

Your case briefs will be single-spaced. They will NOT be more than two pages long. They will have 1” margins all around and use 11-point font. They will be EXACTLY in the same format as the sample brief included in the Sway presentation. And they MUST contain each of the sections detailed below.

You are expected to hand your briefs in in class on Thursday, October 19. You must turn in a hard copy.

FORMAT

I. Case name.

II. Citation.

III. Facts:

IV. Issues:

V. Decision and Action:

VI. Reasoning:

VII. Concurring Opinion:

VIII. Dissenting Opinion:

IX. Voting Coalitions:

X. Summary:

XI. Free Space: