How to Brief a Case

Philip J. Cooper v. Charles Austin 837 S. W. 2d 606 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992)

What was the court’s decision in the case? What reason did they give? What landmark case did they cite?

The United States Court of appeals ruled that the suppressed evidence is purely impeaching evidence and no defense request has been made, the suppressed evidence is material only if its introduction probably would have resulted in acquittal. Given a minor role of Phillips' testimony and the limited impact that Phelps statement had on the jury's assessment of Phillips credibility, Maddox could not demonstrate that so the evidence probably would have resulted in an acquittal. Also, the evidence was immaterial under United States V.Blasco; the defendant filed a joint motion to suppress all physical evidence gathered by the officers and any statements made by the defendant. The magistrate found that the defendant did not have to raise a fourth amendment challenge and its suppression did not violate his (Maddox’s) due process right. For ongoing reasons, the district court's dismissal of Maddox's habeas petition was affirmed.

This civil court case takes place in a West Virginia school system located in Taylor County, when a general education high school history teacher failed to follow an IEP for Douglas Devart. During the case Devart and his parents Robert and Virginia ended up using aliases by the names of John Doe, Jane Doe and son D.D. Doe as a deterrent from the public so the family would not endure any additional embarrassment, slander, and/or liable regarding the son’s handicap. The defendants of this case were

The marriage between the two parties involved (Richard S. Dougall and Myrna R. Dougall) was dissolved in 2008 with the dissolution decree ordering Richard to pay Myrna $750 per month in spousal maintenance. Each of the two parties was also awarded one half interest in two parcels of property. Richard was ordered by the court to obtain appraisals and pay a fair share of the equity (as designated by the court’s property division assessment) to Myrna. In 2011, the court entered two judgments against Richard for failing to comply with obligations set down in the court order. A $5,000 judgment represented Myrna’s interest in one of the properties. The second judgment for $4,745 represented spousal maintenance arrearages. The court also reduced Richard’s spousal maintenance obligation to $500 per month effective August 2011.

The Court ruled in favor of the appellant, and the decision is described as follows:

The court deciphering between criminal negligence and recklessness. Criminal negligence being a person failing to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists. The risk must be of such nature and degree that the failure to perceive it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would observe in the situation.

State v. Santiago, this case was filed in December 13, 1996 in the state of Wisconsin.

Carvin v. Arkansas Power and Light, No. 90-6055, 1991 WL 540481, slip op. at 4-7 (E.D. Ark. Dec. 2, 1991)

Jacquelyn Young hired the law firm of Becker & Poliakoff to represent her in her federal employment discrimination lawsuit against her employer. The firm associate that filed the action made a mistake by attaching the wrong U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) right-to-sue letter. The court dismissed the claims. The law firm did not try to re-file using the correct attachment, or try to dismiss the motion. Thirteen months later, the law firm informed Young that the claims had been dismissed, and that the firm was withdrawing from representing her further with the case.

Use U.S. Reports; parallel cites are not used unless there is not yet a cite to official report.

Dr. Ed Settle has expressed his concerns regarding the abnormal potassium levels we have recently received. I have spoken with our phlebotomist and she feels her procedure is correct. In addition, Dr. Jami Perry is experiencing the same issues. With that said, it leads me to believe the issue is with the transport since we utilize the same courier. I would like to resolve the issue quickly as it is costly to our patients and worrisome for the providers.

The first step to dividing marital assets is taking an inventory. Just like anything else proper preparation makes everything easier. When dividing property there are seven categories the state of Wisconsin lists on the marital settlement agreement form. They include household items, automobiles, life insurance, securities and investments, deferred compensation, retirement benefits, and cash and cash accounts.

Declining shares in the past in the Columbus, Ohio market—the fight for market share is very intense due to large supermarkets, small regional chains, independents that include lower priced TopVal, mid-range Galaxy (owned by Supervalu), and top-range Delfina, three Whole

The community property would consist of the House, the two vehicles, the jewelry, furniture, joint checking accounts, student loans, credit card debts, and Virgil’s bank account, scratch off ticket winnings. For the community I would divide it up evenly by first dividing up the house, if either party wanted to keep the house they would end up with the $250,000 debt and give the other party $25,000 for assets to that amount so that they can keep the house. But since they both cannot agree to anything I would divide the property up by giving both parties’ a debt of $125,000. The Ford trucks debt would go $25,000 each to pay off and the Ford car could be sold with each getting $10,000 in assets. The jewelry would be spilt 50/50since it was brought during the marriage with both Mary and Virgil getting $12,500 each in assets. The furniture only having been partly paid off would have the debts split evenly with both, getting $32,500 in debt. The joint checking accounts both will get $1,000 in assets. The student loan will be divided up evenly with both getting $22,500 in debts. Virgil’s secret bank account will also get divide evenly with both, getting $2,500 in assets. The credit card debts will get divide up evenly with both, getting $5,000 in debts each. The scratch off winning will get divide up evenly with both, getting $50,000 each. After dividing up the property both will end up with a debt of $46,000 dollars if all the