{"id":234354,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essaysparlor.com\/?p=238872"},"modified":"2018-10-24T09:12:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:12:28","slug":"supreme-court-cases-worksheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/supreme-court-cases-worksheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Cases Worksheet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supreme Court Cases Worksheet<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Please answer the following questions: (These questions can also be found on Page 34 of your textbook)<\/p>\n

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  1. What was the holding (the central decision) of\u00a0Griswold v. Connecticut<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. What were the arguments of the two attorneys in\u00a0Roe v. Wade<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Was\u00a0Griswold<\/em>used as precedent in\u00a0Roe<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. What was the issue (legal question before the court) in\u00a0Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          1. What were the arguments of the two attorneys in\u00a0Casey<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            1. Was\u00a0Roe<\/em>used as precedent in\u00a0Casey<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              1. What are the differences among majority, plurality, concurring, dissenting, per curiam, and en banc court decisions?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                1. What is a \u201ccourt of last resort\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                  1. Give an example of mandatory authority for federal courts and for the courts of your state.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                    1. Give an example of persuasive authority for federal courts and for the courts of your state.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                      1. One of the issues before the Court in\u00a0U.S. Fidelity and Guar. Co. v. Braspetro Oil Services Co<\/em>., 369 F.3d 34 (2d Cir. 2004), was whether the sureties were liable for $36,700,000 in attorneys\u2019 fees under the contract provision obligating the sureties to pay \u201clegal costs.\u201d According to the Court, did the contract term legal costs include attorneys\u2019 fees? What was the court\u2019s reasoning?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                        1. Muscarello v. United States<\/em>, 540 U.S. 31 (1998), consolidated two cases that involved a federal statute imposing a mandatory five-year prison term for anyone who \u201cuses or carries a firearm\u201d during an illegal drug offense. In one case, the firearm was in a locked glove compartment and in the other case the firearm was in the trunk of a car. What was the issue, and what was the holding? What was the Court\u2019s reasoning?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                          Supreme Court Cases Worksheet   Please answer the following questions: (These questions can also be found on Page 34 of your textbook) \u00a0 What was the holding (the central decision) of\u00a0Griswold v. Connecticut?   What were the arguments of the Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}