Exam 25: How to Brief Cases and Analyze Case Problems

Keisha is a state court judge.A statute of limitations limits

Ahsan and Imani want to obtain a divorce and divide their marital property according to the principles of sharia.Officially recognized sharia courts with the full power of equivalent courts within a judicial system to rule on issues of divorce and financial disputes between couples have been sanctioned in

In terms of the power of Congress, John Marshall's decision in Gibbons v.Ogden

Libel tourism is

According to the ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Gibbons v.Ogden, as used in the Constitution's commerce clause, commerce means

Bly is a judge in a country that follows a common law system.In this system, Bly's application of a principle of law to a certain set of facts must be adhered to by

In a brief filed in Lea's suit against Mica in a state court, Neil, Lea's attorney, cites, Ole! Cafe v.Pan Foods Corp., an unpublished opinion.With respect to the persuasiveness of unpublished opinions, most states

Paoli asserts against River City a claim based on allegedly conflicting rights and protections stemming from the U.S.Constitution.In this case, the role of the United States Supreme Court is to

Grace hosts Harvest, a social networking site.Idle Fields, a competitive site, hires Jeb to anonymously post on Harvest stories that question its privacy practices.Harvest might most successfully sue Idle Fields for

Recent advances have fostered the growth of a relatively new industry to profit from crime.Statistics show that criminals have learned it is easier, less risky, and more profitable to

Trending Topix, Inc., is dissatisfied with its rankings in Google, Inc.'s search results and files a suit, seeking an injunction.The court is most likely to rule that under the First Amendment, search results on Google are

According to the United States Supreme Court in Miranda v.Arizona, an individual must be apprised of certain of his or her rights

Jennifer, a sophomore at West High School, posts suggestive-but not pornographic or obscene-photos of herself on Facebook.The images do not identify the school and require "friend" status to be viewed.Jennifer intends the photos to be humorous, and this is how her friends understand them.Under the First Amendment, West can most likely

An extensive hacking operation uncovered in 2013 and linked to the "Comment Crew" involved the theft of hundreds of terabytes of data and intellectual property.The goal of the attacks was to

Jack initiates a sequence of events that results in an injury to Kay.According to the New York Court of Appeals in Palsgraf v.Long Island Railroad Co., the question of whether Jack was negligent with respect to Kay depends on whether Kay's injury was reasonably foreseeable to

Clark appeals a decision in his suit against Dona, grounded on rights provided in the U.S.Constitution, to the United States Supreme Court.The task of the Court to interpret and give meaning to those rights is made more difficult because

In a brief filed in Gene's suit against Hoyt in a federal court, Ilsa, Gene's attorney, cites, Jon v.Klint, an unpublished opinion.According to a ruling of the United States Supreme Court, the judge in Gene's suit

Business Credit Company files a suit against City Developers, Inc., and seeks, as part of dis-covery, certain electronic documents in City Developers's possession.City Developers did not preserve the requested data-e-mail mes-sages among employees.The court is not likely to sanction City Developers if

Ira is a judge in a court of equity.In this court, Ira may bar a suit if it is not filed within a proper time under the doctrine known as

When Maja, an attorney and a U.S.citizen, crosses the border between the United States and Canada, she expects the U.S.Department of Homeland Security to search her laptop.To avoid disclosing confidential client data during the search, Maja could