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Assignment for Chapter 5 (worth 2 points each)

Total Points Available for Chapters 5-7—(47)

1.

a. Which topic and key number discuss games as nuisances?

b. Find this topic and key number in Westlaw. Which 1955 New Jersey case discusses whether a Little League Field constitutes a nuisance?

2.

a. Which topic and key number discuss right to a jury trial in employment discrimination (Civil Rights) cases?

b. Review this topic and key number. Which 2003 case from the Eighth Circuit ruled on this issue?

c. Review this case. Was the plaintiff entitled to a jury trial in this matter? Why or why not?

3.

a. Which topic and key number discuss the use of expert witnesses in battered women’s syndrome cases?

b. Find a 1999 case from the second appellate district in Illinois which dealt with this issue and give all its citations:

4. Use Westlaw to access American Law Reports (ALR). Find a 2006 annotation in ALR for:

a. Legal Status of Posthumously Conceived Child of Decedent

Find a 1968 ALR annotation for:

b. Strict Liability of owner for injuries caused by a pet chimpanzee

5.

a. Which topic and key number discuss the reasonableness and validity of regulation of gang activity in Illinois Schools?

b. Which 2001 Illinois case from the 7th circuit ruled on this issue?

c. What was the school regulation involved and did the court hold that rule to be reasonable—

6. Use the Supreme Court Digest (in our library), or other means to find:

a. Give the case name of the case which interprets the phrase “liquidated damages.

b. Give the official citation to the US Supreme Court case Appleton v Bacon

7. Use Illinois Digest’s Words and Phrases (in our library). What cases construe the meaning of the term “assumption of risk”? Give 2 case names only.

INTERNET ASSIGNMENTS FOR CHAPTER 5 (worth 2 points each)

1. Find a relevant website to access authorities and information for your state.

a. Identify your state’s secretary of state.

b. Identify whether your secretary of state is a native of your state and where he or she attended college.

2. At http://store.westlaw.com use the “Search Products” box, and search for Words and Phrases. Review the product information about this set, specifically its “Summary of Contents.” What book and volume number covers the topics Gift—Governing Unit?

Assignment for Chapter 6 (worth 2 points each)

1. Use Am. Jur. 2d.

a. Which title and sections deal with Invasion of a deceased person’s or decedent’s privacy?

b. Review the sections to which you are directed. Do actions for the violation of the right to privacy generally survive the allegedly invaded party’s death? Answer the question and cite a FEDERAL case that supports your answer.

2. Give the title and the authors of the law review article located at 109 Colum. L. Rev. 237

3. Using Westlaw, find an article in the Illinois Bar Journal regarding: COMBATING ORDERS-OF-PROTECTION ABUSE IN DIVORCE:

4. Find a 2006 law review article by Beverly Cohen regarding hospital charges? What is the focus of the article?

5. What is the “Mailbox Rule” in Contract Law? What is the leading Treatise on Contract Law that begins with the Letter “W”?

INTERNET ASSIGNMENT FOR CHAPTER 6 (worth 2 points each)

1. Access the University Law Review Project at http://www.lawreview.org. Select “International Law Reviews.” Name 2 international law reviews from Illinois.

2. Access the Washington & Lee Law School study on the most cited legal periodicals at http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/. Sort the table by rank. In 2010, which were the top four most cited periodicals?

3. Access the site of the American Law Institute at http://www.ali.org and review ALI’s annual report for 2004. Review the table or annex that indicates how many times published cases cite to the Restatements. (Use Site Map)

a. How many times has Illinois cited the Restatement of Torts as of March 1, 2004?

b. What is the total of all citations to all Restatements?

Assignment for Chapter Seven

(2 points each)

1. Use Black’s Law Dictionary (9th ed. 2009).

a. What is the definition for a “business trust”?.

b. To which topic and key number(s) are you directed relating to this definition?

c. What does the legal maxim non omne damnum inducit injuriam mean?

2. Use Am. Jur. Legal Forms (2d). (in our library)

a. What sections relate to the payment of moving expenses in employment contracts?

b. Review the first section. What Am. Jur. 2d reference are you given?

3. Locate a 2006 Illinois Attorney General Opinion on whether the Illinois Department of Revenue can legally operate the game of Keno. Is the answer in the affirmative or negative? If negative, what must happen for the Illinois Dept. of Revenue to be allowed to legally operate a keno type game in Illinois?

Internet Assignments for Chapter 7(worth1 or 2 points each as noted)

1. Access the website for the National Association of Attorneys General at http://www.naag.org and identify the attorney general for Wisconsin. Did the number of firearms prosecutions rise or fall since he took office and by what percentage? (worth 2 points)

2. Access LexisNexis’s Lawyer Locator at http://www.martindale.com. Robert J. Paul is an attorney practicing in Chicago, Illinois. Where and when did he receive his J.D. degree? (worth 1 point)

3. What is the filing fee in your state for filing articles of organization to form a limited liability company? (worth 1 point)

4. Locate the Civil Cover Sheet (Form JS-44) used in all civil cases initiated in federal courts. What does Section II require the plaintiff to indicate? (worth 1 point)

5. Access the website of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws http://www.uniformlaws.org/ and review the Child Abduction Prevention Act. (worth 2 points)

a. How many states have enacted this legislation and is Illinois one of them?

b. What is the definition of Wrongful Retention and in what section of the act is this

definition?