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LEGAL ANALYSIS
JOANNE HAMES
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Course Objectives and Requirements
Objectives Requirements
Reading Writing Exams
Review Text
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Helpful Web sites
http://www.courts.ca.gov/ http://lp.findlaw.com/ http://www.supremecourt.gov/ www.law.cornell.edu/ www.law.cornell.edu/citation/ Google scholar
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Legal Analysis
What it is Analysis: Definition?
Analyzing a client’s dispute Analyzing the law
Example
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Class Approach to Legal Analysis
Basic concepts of American Law How to Read and Brief a Case How to apply a case to a factual
situation How to read and analyze statutory
law How to apply statutory law to a
factual situation
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Legal Analysis—IRAC/CRAC
Analyzing a client’s legal question or dispute Identify the question or Issue (or
Conclusion) Read and understand applicable law
or Rules Apply the law to the issue Reach a Conclusion
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EXAMPLE
Smith was stopped because he was weaving from lane to lane. The officer thought he detected alcohol and asked Smith to perform field sobriety tests. When asked to stand on one foot, Smith fell. Smith refused to take a chemical test.
Legal Question or Issue?:
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Cont.
Analyze the factual dispute (Important facts):
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Applicable Law 23152. (a) It is unlawful for any
person who is under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or drug, or under the combined influence of any alcoholic beverage and drug, to drive a vehicle. (b) It is unlawful for any person who has 0.08 percent or more, by weight, of alcohol in his or her blood to drive a vehicle.
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Apply the law to the facts
Following facts show that Smith was under the influence of alcohol:
Weaving Odor of alcohol Inability to perform tests Refusal to take test
Officer stopped him while driving
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Conclusion
Smith guilty of drunk driving
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Legal Analysis and Paralegals
Necessary component of legal research and writing Identifying client’s issue Understanding the law or “rules”
Client and other interviews Document review Assisting with discovery
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LEGAL ANALYSIS
Legal analysis involves applying the law to the facts and issues of a client’s problem and reaching a conclusion about the client’s rights and liabilities
Requires that you identify and understandthe facts related to the client’s problem the issues in a client’s problem the law that applies
This is a circular process
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Identifying the facts
Client interviews Document reviews Third party interviews
[Need to know something about the law to identify the important facts]
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Identifying the Issue
Attorney question Often Requires legal knowledge Relates to why client is seeking
legal help
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Example
Recall “Smith” example: Change the facts: Instead of weaving, Smith is involved
in an accident in which driver of other vehicle is injured. Police are called, detect odor of alcohol, etc.
What is the issue?
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Identifying and understanding the Law
Starting point for Legal Analysis
This is where we will start
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Some Basic Concepts
Types of Law Jurisdiction Case Law and Stare Decisis Administrative Regs Constitutional Law
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The “R” in IRAC-Rules
Case Law
Statutory Law
Administrative Regs
Constitutional Law
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State v. Federal
Each has all categories of law
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Types of Analysis or Application—the A in IRAC
If law is case law, then facts and reasoning must be compared and/or contrasted with facts of your case
If law is statutory or constitutional, then statute must be broken down into elements and each element applied to facts.
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Example: Case law Factual dispute: Jones buys a used car.
The brakes fail within a week and Jones is injured. Jones sues dealer based on strict liability.
Case Law: LaRosa is injured when a punch press malfunctions. The punch press was purchased as used. He sues seller of punch press for strict liability. Court of appeals says no strict liability
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Example: Statutory Law S and friends barge into a hotel room and
demand that S’s property be returned to him. Some of the friends have guns.
P.C.211. Robbery is the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from his person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear.
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Example: Constitutional law
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…(4th Amend.)
Police search the trunk of a car of a man stopped for speeding and find drugs
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Legal Analysis—The starting point and end product Starting: Reading and
understanding controlling or applicable law
End Product: Interoffice memorandum Memorandum of Points and Authorities Trial Brief Appellate Brief
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Legal Analysis--Case Law
What case law stems from--decision of a factual dispute by a court; based on common law
Concept of Stare Decisis Once a factual dispute and issue have
been resolved, the same rule applies to subsequent cases
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Case Law/Stare Decisis
Case Law in American Law—Stare Decisis
Published decisions from appellate or supreme courts and
Published cases from higher court and Published cases from same jurisdiction
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JURISDICTION
In Legal Analysis = State or Federal
Case authority must come from higher court in controlling jurisdiction
Look to nature of trial court
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Federal Court System
U.S. Supreme Court(Decisions binding on all lower courts)
U.S. Courts of Appeals (13 Circuits)
(Decisions binding on U.S. District Courts within same circuit)
U.S. District Courts (trial courts)
(Decisions not binding on other courts)
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State Court System
California Supreme Court(Decisions binding on all California courts
of appeals and superior courts)
Calif. Courts of Appeals (6 Districts)(Decisions binding on all superior courts)
Calif. Superior Courts (trial courts)
(Decisions not binding on other courts)
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Published = Reported Supreme court cases (U.S. and State)
All published or reported Appellate Courts
Decision to publish—deciding court Higher court can review publication
Publication nullified if hearing granted in higher court
Trial courts Publication is for interest only—never stare
decisis
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Publication in Electronic Age Check online services for
“unreported cases”
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How Cases are Reported
Book Format Federal Reporters
State Reporters Electronic Format
Internet CD
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Court Opinion v. Editorial Enhancements Court Opinion
Written by Judges Public record—anyone can republish Many court opinions found on Internet
Editorial Enhancements Added by publisher Subject to copyright protection Found on Internet only in proprietary sites such
as Westlaw and Lexis Let’s look at Weirum in Appendix 252
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Weirum
15 Cal.3d 40, 123 Cal. Rptr. 468
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Case Reporting Process Appellate Court issues written opinion Publishers (usually West and Lexis Law
Publishing) obtain court opinion and add editorial enhancements or features Summary Headnotes Parallel citations
Case published (both in print and online through Lexis and Westlaw)
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Official v. Unofficial Reporters
Official—either the gov’t or a publisher that contracts with gov’t
Same case law appears in both
Official is not better law, but courts require citations to this source
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Primary Authority v. Secondary
Primary Authority--the law itself
Secondary Authority--explanation or discussion of law
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Primary Authority
Case law Statutes (Codes) Ordinances Constitutions Administrative Regulations
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Secondary Authority
Treatises Dictionaries Periodicals Encyclopedias Restatements
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Mandatory Law v. Persuasive
Mandatory Constitution, statutes from jurisdiction Case law from higher courts in same
juris. Case law from fed cts of appeal of same
circuit Case law from Supreme court
Persuasive Everything else
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Appeal
Usually appellant v. appellee
Civil Case--Both parties usually have right to appeal once
Criminal Case--Defendant only can appeal; both sides could file writs
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Writs
Mandate or mandamus order from higher court to lower court or
to administrative agency
Habeas Corpus Usually criminal case; defendant claims
unlawfully in custody; often looks like an appeal; allows defendant to ask for review more than one time
Certiorari/ Review
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Understanding Case Law
What courts of appeals do Review questions of law, not questions of
fact Apply statutory law Apply constitutional law Apply rule of stare decisis
compare facts of prior cases follow cases with analogous facts and issues distinguish cases with different facts
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Reading a Case—Before you Begin
Understand publishing format Understand special features Have a legal dictionary handy—
and use it!
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Format of Typical Reported Case—
Common Features: Case Name Court Date Summary (usually added by publisher) Headnotes (added by publisher) Opinion (this is where you find case law) Concurring Opinions Dissenting Opinions
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Special Features
• U.S. Supreme Court cases--Official syllabus
• West Reporters--key numbering system
• Official v. Unofficial reporters
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West Key Number System
• Method developed by West to allow indexing of cases
• West creates a list of legal topics– All rules of law found in cases are assigned to one or
more topics– Topics are subdivided into sections and given a key
number
• Topic and Key Number and Rule of law are placed in a headnote.
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West Key Number—Print View
• See sample pages
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West Key Number—Westlaw View• West Headnotes•
[1] KeyCite Notes
313A Products Liability 313AI Scope in General 313AI(B) Particular Products, Application to 313Ak57 k. Presses. Most Cited Cases
Assuming that defect or defects in punch press which injured claimant were attributable to design or fabrication of the press by original manufacturer, seller of used punch press could not be deemed, in the requisite sense, an integral component of the enterprise which placed the press on the market and, thus, could not be held strictly liable for the original defect or defects.
[2] KeyCite Notes
313A Products Liability 313AI Scope in General 313AI(A) Products in General 313Ak23 Persons Liable 313Ak23.1 k. In General. Most Cited Cases (Formerly 313Ak23)
The enterprise liability doctrine, which forces entrepreneur to include certain enterprise-related costs, such as costs of injuries caused by defective products, as part of cost of doing business, while superficially applicable to any merchant selling the product, by no means compels application of strict liability to dealers in used goods.
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Understanding Case law
Starting point for legal analysis using cases, requires that you read and understand the case
First you must understand all terminology used by court
Briefing a case can help understand it
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Briefing a case Summary of case Breaking case into common
component parts Procedural history Facts Issues Holdings Rationale
Rules relied upon by court Application of those rules
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Case Brief—Alternative format
Judicial History (Procedural History) Facts Issue Rules relied upon by Court Application or Analysis of Rules Conclusion
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Review Brief
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How to Successfully Read Cases
Have a dictionary Brief case Read a lot of cases Be Patient
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Analyzing a Case
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Caption and Procedural History
Name of parties citation procedural history
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Decoding the Caption
Full names of parties and related actions
name of case is last name of first named party(appellant/petitioner) versus last name of first named appellee/respondent
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Examples
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/www.supremecourtus.gov
VICTOR A. RITA, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES
No. 06-5754
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
127 S. Ct. 2456; 168 L. Ed. 2d 203; 2007 U.S. LEXIS 8269; 75 U.S.L.W. 4471; 20 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 381
February 20, 2007, Argued June 21, 2007, Decided
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Special Vocabulary Et al In re
juvenile matters probate Domestic
Respondent Petitioner Disposition Per Curiam opinion Plurality opinion Certiorari Inter alia
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Special vocabulary--citations
Id. Supra Cf Et seq.
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Citations
Bluebook
California
ALWD
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Citation--Bluebook
Case name Vol. Reporter/series Page (Circuit Date)
Smith v. Jones 101 P.2d 62 (Ariz. Ct. App 1994)
Rochester v. Tucker, 488 U.S. 960 (1992)
Flynn v. Brown, 106 F.2d 987 (5th Cir. 1972)
Flynn v. Brown, 96 F. Supp. 456 (S.D.N.J. 1971)
SEE PAGE 12 IN TEXT
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Citation—California Style Manual
Smith v. Jones (Ariz. Ct. App 1994) 101 P.2d 62
Allen v. Bates (1994) 34 Cal. App. 4th 376, 289 Cal. Rptr. 78
Rochester v. Tucker (1992) 488 U.S. 960
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California Reporters
• Cal. California Reports
• Cal. App. California Appellate Reports
• Cal. Rptr. California Reporter
• P. Pacific Reporter
• LEXIS
• D.A.R. Daily Appellate Reports
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Federal Reporters
• U.S. United States Reports
• S.Ct.Supreme Court Reporter
• L.Ed. Lawyers Edition
• F. Federal Reporter
• F.Supp Federal Supplement
• Lexis & WL
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Procedural History
• Nature and result of all proceedings that occurred PRIOR to case report you are reading
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Appellate Process--Civil Cases
STATE FEDERAL
State Trial Court District Court
Appellate Court Circuit Ct. of Appeals
State Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court
(If Federal Issue) (Writ of Cert.)
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Appellate Process--Criminal Cases
STATE FEDERAL
State Trial Court District Court
Appellate Court Ct. of Appeals
State Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court
(Certiorari)
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PRIOR PROCEEDINGS VS. CURRENT PROCEEDING
• Judicial History = Prior Proceedings
• Examples:– Hill v. Crosby
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Procedural History
Prior Proceedings: Give complete details
Current Proceedings: Only tell who has appealed (or filed writ) and what court is hearing it; DO NOT give results of current proceedings in this part of brief.
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Components of a Procedural History
Prior Procedings: Trial court
Parties’ names Relationship of Parties Who sued whom Result of trial court proceedings
I.e. Verdict, motion for summary judgment/other motion/dismissal
Who appealed
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Procedural History cont.
If current proceeding is in Supreme court then also discuss appellate court proceedings: Identify Court Result of appeal
reverse/remand/affirm
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Current Proceeding The Judicial History has a brief
statement about how the case arrived at the current proceeding: i.e. (If decision is appellate court decision, then
“Plaintiff appealed.” or “Plaintiff filed a petition for writ of mandate, etc.”).
(If Supreme Court) then “Supreme Court granted a hearing.”
END JUDICIAL HISTORY HERE
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Writing Judicial History
Refer to trial court as “trial court” This is history--write in past tense and
use complete sentences State what courts did—Give a brief
reason Avoid word “contend” DO NOT TELL WHAT CURRENT COURT
DID--ONLY TELL HOW CASE GOT THERE
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Judicial History Checklist—What to Include
1. Identify who sued whom
2. Describe the general nature of the suit in one sentence
3. Describe the procedures that occurred in the trial court i.e. Were motions made?
Was there a jury/court trial? Who won?
4. If the case is in a state Supreme Court, explain what the appeals court did.
Affirm/reverse/remand 5. If the case is in the U.S. Supreme Court, on a writ from a
state supreme court, what did the state supreme court do?
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Notes on Writing Judicial History
Use verbs that describe something that the court does or that a party does in court:
Party: SueFileMake a motionAppeals Petitions
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Cont.Trial Court: Award judgment Jury returned a verdict Granted Motion Denied Motion
Appellate Court: Affirm Reverse Remand
* Be sure to be specific as to what is affirmed or reversed