Assignment _ Case Law Summary
READ VERY CAREFULLY ALL THE TASK from top to the bottom !!!! Locate and Read the case of Jones v. Wake County Hospital System, Inc., 786 F.Supp. 538 (E.D.N.C. 1991) One way to locate the court’s opinion for this case is to use the LexisNexis Data Base. You may also try using Google Scholar or law.justia.com. You will prepare a case law summary using the Issue, Rule, Analysis and Conclusion by explore a IRAC method. http://www.lawschoolsurvival.org/index.php/legal-writing/the-irac-method You are summarizing the case. For court decisions, statutes, codes and other legal publications, you must use APA formats outlined in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. (California and federal sources). The objective is to learn how court opinions are written. However, sections 4 and 5 require a demonstration of critical thinking skills. Your paper must include headings and content for the following sections. 1. Section One: Facts (Summarize only the most important facts that support the Court’s Ruling) 2. Section Two: Issue (This should be a “yes or no question”) 3. Section Three: The Court’s Ruling (EMTALA Violation) 4. Section Four: The Court’s Analysis (Explain the judge’s reasons for the ruling) 5. Section Five: Conclusion Your memo should be 2 pages in length, single-spaced, using a Times New Roman 12-point font.
