kaplan university- pa401 advanced legal writing | Case Brief Draft | Unit 3 Assignment | | Vicky Hunter | 1/21/2013 | | memorandum to: victoria corbo‚ esq. from: vICKY hUNTER- pARALEGAL Subject: Case Brief date: 3/2/2013 ------------------------------------------------- CC: Tony T. Smith Gonzalez v. Reno‚ 212 F.3d 1338 (11th Cir. 2000) Procedural History: Plaintiff‚ Elian Gonzalez‚ a six year old minor‚ through his “next of friend”‚ Lazaro Gonzalez‚ filed an asylum
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HOW TO BRIEF A CASE Below I have sketched in the beginnings of a brief as a format. This time-honored method of analysis is the basic unit of law school instruction and so most judicial opinions are written to conform to this approach. Knowing the rules makes watching the game so much more interesting. Start with the name of the Case which is called the “style” of the case. PERLA GRAFF v. JAY L. GRAFF‚ 569 So. 2d 811‚ Fla. 1st Dist. Ct. App. (1990). First is the case name‚ followed by the citation
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MEXICO Mexico is bordered by the United States to the north and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast. Mexico is about one-fifth the size of the United States. Baja California in the west is an 800-mile (1‚287-km) peninsula that forms the Gulf of California. In the east are the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche‚ which is formed by Mexico’s other peninsula‚ the Yucatán. The center of Mexico is a great‚ high plateau‚ open to the north‚ with mountain chains on the east and west and with ocean-front
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Furman v. Georgia Nicholas‚ 4 Furman v. Georgia: The Death Penalty Ethan Nicholas Liberty High School AP Government 4A Furman v. Georgia was one of the many court cases that dealt with the death penalty. This time‚ the topic of the death penalty was reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1972. This particular case ruled that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment violating the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. ?The ban on ?cruel and unusual punishments? is one of the most difficult
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KELO V. CITY OF NEW LONDON POV: The City of New London LEGAL ANALYSIS 1. IDENTIFICATION OF “CRITICAL OR RELEVANT FACTS” FROM THE CASE In the 2005 US Supreme Court decided on the case of Kelo vs City of New London. Inherent to the case was a challenge to the concept of “eminent domain” and its relation to the 5th Amendment of the US Constitution. The town of New London‚ CT‚ planned to develop an area of 90 acres‚ divided into 7 parcels‚ along the Thames River / Fort Trumball area in an effort
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Kathryn Myrick Business Law 1 Professor McDonnell Case Brief A.5 Braun v. Soldier of Fortune Magazine Inc.‚ 968 F. 2d 1110 (11th Cir. 1992) FACTS: In 1985 Michael Savage placed an ad in the Soldier of Fortune Magazine (“SOF”) advertising “Gun For Hire”. The ad ran from June 1985 to March 1986 generating an average of 30-40 call per week for jobs ranging from murder‚ kidnapping‚ assault and other criminal activity. After three previous failed attempts on his business partner Richard Braun’s
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Marriot Case Brief 1. What is the weighted Average Cost of Capital for Marriot Corporation? WACC for Marriott Corp is 11.89 WACC of divisions: Lodging 10.29‚ Restaurant 13.49‚ Contract Services 13.615 a) What risk-free rate and the risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? We used 8.95% as the risk free rate (LT Government Debt) and the MRP we used was 7.43%‚ which means are expected market return is 8.95+7.43=16.38% b) How did you measure Marriott’s cost of debt? We added
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There were many conflicts that were more significant in terms of gains‚ losses‚ and casualties than that of Villa’s raid of Columbus‚ New Mexico. Upon hearing that the nearby town of Columbus‚ New Mexico was lightly garrisoned‚ Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa ordered what remained of his army to attack the small farming town. His well-earned reputation had been seriously damaged by this point considering recent losses that devastated his army‚ having both the Mexican and American
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Case Brief A.4 GNAZZO v. G.D. SEARLE & CO. 973 F.2d 136 (1992) U.S. Court of Appeals‚ Second Circuit Pierce‚ Circuit Judge Facts: On November 11‚ 1974‚ Gnazzo had an intrauterine device (IUD) inserted in her uterus for contraceptive purposes. The IUD was developed‚ marketed and sold by G.D. Searle & Co. (Searle). When Gnazzo’s deposition was taken‚ she stated that her doctor had informed her that “the insertion would hurt‚ but not for long‚” and that she “would have uncomfortable and probably
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New Mexico is always thought of as just another desert to people‚ to me it is my favorite place to visit. It is actually a heartwarming place. The beautiful flat lands that spread as far as the eye can view‚ great mountain scenery. I will be giving you three reasons why you should consider visiting three of my favorite spots in New Mexico. Ruidoso‚ Pistachio land‚ and Las Cruces old Mesilla village are the places that anyone would fall in love with. Ruidoso‚ New Mexico feels like a town that is
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