Sports Law (Plagarism free, A+ work) Research Title Assignment

1. Research Paper Proposal

Submit your research paper topic and answers to the below questions in the text box.  Those submitted on time and properly completed will receive 1 point toward the overall final grade in the course in extra credit.  This is a great way to make up missed points on an exam or forum.  Late submissions will not receive any extra credit.  Your research paper may be on any aspect of sports law.  Browse through the text for ideas.  Please read the Research Paper Week 7 assignment for details.

 

You must address the four questions below:   a.  What is your topic?   SPORTS INJURIES & THE LAW b.  What is your thesis statement?   c.  Why you want to write on this topic?   d.  How you are going to defend your thesis statement?  Specifically, provide  four scholarly resources  you intend to use.  Make sure that you have put them in  proper Bluebook format.

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Assignment Instructions

Course Materials

Glenn M. Wong,  Essentials of Sports Law  (4th ed. 2010).  (All ebook readings will be found within the Lessons tab.  

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation   (Columbia Law Review Ass'n et. al. eds., 20th ed. 2015) .*

2.  Case Brief

Please brief the case of:   American Football League v. National Football League, 205 F. Supp. 60 (D. Md. 1962).

You will need to find the case using Nexis Uni in our Library.  

Additionally, please review the attached Rubric below.   Your brief should be approximately 2-3 pages in length, 12 point Times New Roman font, with 1" margins.  You should put your name, date and student number at the top of the paper.  A title page is not needed.   Attach your case brief here in  Word format.  It should be saved using your last name first in the file title.   Ex) SmithCaseBrief.doc

Your brief must be structured with following headings in bold face as follows:

CASE NAME AND CITATION:  As a header on the first page of your brief, you should state the name of the case, identify each party’s role in the case, and give the full Bluebook style citation to the case.

PARTIES:    Who are the Defendants? Plaintiffs? Appellants? Appellees?

FACTS:   Who did what to whom?  Include all facts the court considered significant.  Summarize in your own words. DO NOT cut and paste from the opinion.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY :   Who is asking the court to do what?  How did the case procedurally get before this court?

ISSUE(S):    What question or questions did the court have to answer in order to make their decision?  Your issue(s) should be stated in the form of a question. Make sure you address ALL the issues in the case.

HOLDING:    Which way did the court answer the questions posed in the issues?  What did they decide?

REASONING:    Why did the court decide the case the way it did?  What legal standard did they use or establish?  What prior cases did the Court rely upon and why?

DECISION:   This section gives the Judgment rendered by the court. Describe the final disposition of the case. Did the court affirm the lower court’s decision, reverse it, and/or remand it for additional proceedings?

COMMENTS : Is there anything else that should be mentioned about this case? Is it a “landmark” case? Was the court “divided”? Were there any weaknesses/discrepancies in the court’s opinions? What were your personal thoughts on the case?   Legal case names should be done in standard “Blue Book” format.

 Example:   York v. Smith , 65 U.S. 294 (1995). For more information on case brief format see "How to Brief a Case" in the Case Brief folder in the Student Resources. There is also a model case brief in the case of   Delahanty v. Hinckley   that you should review.  I want the brief to be in your own words, so do NOT include long quotes from the opinion itself. Your brief should be approximately 2 pages in length.  The majority of the citations will be inside the Reasoning section.  

Case briefs are used to highlight the key information contained within a case for use within the legal community as court cases can be quite lengthy. When writing case briefs, all information must be properly cited.  Make sure you are not JUST copying and pasting from your source. Most of the material should be paraphrased; quotations should make up no more than 10%  of the brief.

HOWEVER, just because you are paraphrasing does not mean you do not need CITATIONS!!!  Your case brief should have a citation after almost every sentence, even when you do not have a quotation. Note: since the purpose to is highlight and summarize key information, merely copying and pasting from the case does not accomplish this goal. You must summarize the facts in your own words, using quotations sparingly.  

Supporting Materials

Legal+Studies+Program+Case+Brief+Training+_Delahanty+v.+Hinckley+Opinion_.pdf (96 KB)

Case Brief Graduate iRubric.pdf   (108 KB)

Legal+Studies+Program+Case+Brief+Training+_How+to+Brief+a+Case_.pdf (167 KB)

Legal+Studies+Program+Case+Brief+Training+_Model+Case+Brief+Delahanty+v.+Hinckley_.pdf (66 KB)