English Law case
Landmark Case Evaluation
Fill in the notes for the landmark case you selected to connect with your topic in the previous lessons. You may use the official court documents for the case and articles written about the case to fill in the required information below. Basic Information
Title of landmark case(including case number): McDonald v. Chicago (08-1521)
Plaintiff: Otis McDonald
Defendant: City of Chicago, Illinois
Date case argued and decided: Arugued March 2, 2010, Decided June 28, 2010.
Judgment Affirmed or Reversed: Judgement is Reversed. Case Evaluation
Write three to five complete sentences to respond to each of the following items.
Issue/charges being discussed: Otis Mcdonald moved to Morgan park, he told that the neighborhood was not very safe. Mcdonald's house was broken into sereval times and he wanted to register previous guns he had before moving to chicago also to purchase another gun and was unable to due to the law of the city a handgun ban was passed.
Evidence presented during the arguments: McDonald told that his home was broken into 5 times and he recongized his own neighbor during the last burglary. Also his lawn was littered on by pople in the neighborhood.
Conclusions of the judge/judges:
The city of chicago gun ban was reversed.
Connection with amendment/personal freedom topic for your informative/explanatory article:
The 2nd Amendment is about having to have the freedom of bear arms and weapons for safety. Having the gun ban in the city of chicago it was not following the 2nd Amendment of having the freedom to have guns or wepons in your home for safety.
Fill in the notes for the landmark case you selected to connect with your topic in the previous lessons. You may use the official court documents for the case and articles written about the case to fill in the required information below. Basic Information
Title of landmark case(including case number): McDonald v. Chicago (08-1521)
Plaintiff: Otis McDonald
Defendant: City of Chicago, Illinois
Date case argued and decided: Arugued March 2, 2010, Decided June 28, 2010.
Judgment Affirmed or Reversed: Judgement is Reversed. Case Evaluation
Write three to five complete sentences to respond to each of the following items.
Issue/charges being discussed: Otis Mcdonald moved to Morgan park, he told that the neighborhood was not very safe. Mcdonald's house was broken into sereval times and he wanted to register previous guns he had before moving to chicago also to purchase another gun and was unable to due to the law of the city a handgun ban was passed.
Evidence presented during the arguments: McDonald told that his home was broken into 5 times and he recongized his own neighbor during the last burglary. Also his lawn was littered on by pople in the neighborhood.
Conclusions of the judge/judges:
The city of chicago gun ban was reversed.
Connection with amendment/personal freedom topic for your informative/explanatory article:
The 2nd Amendment is about having to have the freedom of bear arms and weapons for safety. Having the gun ban in the city of chicago it was not following the 2nd Amendment of having the freedom to have guns or wepons in your home for safety.