Aviation Legal Case review.
1. A legal brief covering a case that deals with aviation. Aviation accidents or incidents or
lawsuits between the years 2015-2020. Case briefs are a necessary study aid in law
school that helps encapsulate and analyze the mountainous mass of material that must be
digested. The case brief represents a final product after reading a case, rereading it,
taking it apart, and putting it back together again
2. The brief must include a Title Page and References page. The brief must be 4 to 5 pages
in length (length of brief does not include title page, table of contents [optional], abstract
[optional], or references pages). Include 2 separate sources that do not include the
textbook. Review the provided rubric for a complete listing of how this assignment will
be graded. APA formatting must be followed.
3. Use the following information (as well as the PDF attached below) to assist you in
completing the Legal Brief.
4. The brief that you will complete will include the following headings (in your own
words):
Facts (name of the case and its parties, what happened factually and procedurally, and the
judgment)
Issues (what is in dispute)
Holding (the applied rule of law)
Rationale (reasons for the holding)
Dissent (if a valuable dissenting opinion exits, the dissents opinion)
Party's Arguments (each party's argument concerning the ultimate issue)
Comments (your opinion of the case, the outcome, and how it related to this course)
References (include all sources used)
The following websites provide free access to court decisions:
Google Scholar, http://scholar.google.com/ (choose “case law”, select court(s), and
search by citation, case name, or keyword)
Public Library of Law, http://www.plol.org/Pages/Search.aspx (free; registration
required)
Findlaw, http://caselaw.findlaw.com/
Justia, http://law.justia.com/cases/
Leagle, http://www.leagle.com/
Cornell Legal Information Institute (Cornell University Law School):
o Federal cases: http://www.law.cornell.edu/federal/opinions.html
o State cases: http://www.law.cornell.edu/opinions.html
Law Library of Congress Guide to Law Online:The Supreme Court of the United States
places recent decisions, as well as bound volumes of the United States Reports back to
volume 502 (October 1991 term), on its website,
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/opinions.aspx.
o Federal cases: http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/federal/usjudic.php
o State cases: http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/states.php
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