Reinhart, Susan M.

Strategies for Legal Case Reading and Vocabulary Development

Introduction xi Note to the Teacher xiii Part 1: Introduction to American Legal Case Reading and Discussion 1(122) Reading 1: The United States Legal System---The Courts and the Law 2(10) Vocabulary Development, Task 1: Common Law 8(2) Vocabulary Development, Task 2: Certiorari (leave to appeal), Verbs of Permission and Refusal 10(2) Reading 2: Reading Legal Cases, Part 1 12(13) Vocabulary Development, Task 3: Good Law, Bad Law 16(1) Tort Cases, Overview 17(1) Torts, Case 1: Bosley v. Andrews---Negligence, Impact Rule 18(4) Vocabulary Development, Task 4: Claim 22(2) Vocabulary Development, Task 5: Incur, Suffer, Support, Sustain, Uphold 24(1) Reading 3: Reading Legal Cases, Part 2 25(20) Vocabulary Development, Task 6: Appeal 29(1) Vocabulary Development, Task 7: More Practice with Appeal 30(2) Torts, Case 2: Eckenrode v. Life of America Insurance Company---Intentional Torts, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress 32(9) Vocabulary Development, Task 8: Inter Alia 41(2) Vocabulary Development, Task 9: Prima Facie 43(2) Reading 4: The Civil Litigation Process---Key Motions 45(30) Vocabulary Development, Task 10: Cause of Action 50(1) Vocabulary Development, Task 11: Verbs with Action, Cause of Action 51(1) Vocabulary Development, Task 12: Suit 51(1) Torts, Case 3: Niederman v. Brodsky---Negligence, Impact Rule 52(5) Vocabulary Development, Task 13: Arguendo 57(1) Vocabulary Development, Task 14: Opening Pandora's Box 58(2) Contract Cases, Overview 60(1) Contracts, Case 1: Livingstone v. Evans---Offer, Counter-Offer, and Acceptance (Common Law) 61(3) Vocabulary Development, Task 15: Allege, Assert 64(1) Vocabulary Development, Task 16: Assert in Context 65(1) Vocabulary Development, Task 17: Repetition of Alleged 66(1) Vocabulary Development, Task 18: Controlling 66(1) The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), Sales 67(1) Contracts, Case 2: McAfee v. Brewer---Offer, Counter-Offer, and Acceptance (Uniform Commercial Code) 68(4) Vocabulary Development, Task 19: Doublets (Coupled Synonyms) and Other Word Pairs 72(3) Reading 5: Briefing a Legal Case---The Holding 75(23) Contract Cases on Consideration 84(1) Contracts, Case 3: Harrington v. Taylor---Consideration 85(1) Contracts, Case 4: Rose v. Elias---Consideration 86(1) Contracts, Case 5: Pick Kwik Food Stores, Inc. v. Tenser---Consideration 87(3) Vocabulary Development, Task 20: Lease Terminology 90(8) Reading 6: Briefing a Legal Case---The Issue 98(25) Property Cases, Overview 103(1) Property, Case 1: Armory v. Delamirie---Found Property 104(2) Property, Case 2: Excerpt from Benjamin v. Lindner Aviation, Inc.---Found Property 106(2) Property, Case 3: Hurley v. City of Niagara Falls---Found Property 108(4) Vocabulary Development, Task 21: Speaking like a Lawyer---Give 112(2) Property, Case 4: In re Marriage of Graham---Definition of Property 114(7) Vocabulary Development, Task 22: Academic Verbs and Their Synonyms 121(2) Part 2: Statutory Interpretation 123(22) Reading 7: Statutory Law 124(21) Statutory Interpretation Cases, Overview 130(1) Statutory Interpretation, Case 1: McBoyle v. United States 131(2) Statutory Interpretation, Case 2: D'Allessandro v. P.F.L. Life Insurance Company 133(3) Statutory Interpretation, Case 3: Dykes v. Scotts Bluff County Agricultural Society, Inc. 136(6) Vocabulary Development, Task 23: More Academic Verbs and Their Synonyms 142(3) Part 3: The U.S. Constitution 145(36) Reading 8: The Constitution of the United States 146(35) Constitutional Law Cases, Overview 150(1) Constitutional Law, Case 1: In re Griffiths---Fourteenth Amendment, Alienage 151(8) Constitutional Law, Case 2: Ambach v. Norwich---Fourteenth Amendment, Alienage 159(7) Vocabulary Development, Task 24: Not 166(2) Constitutional Law, Case 3: LaMunion v. State---Fourteenth Amendment, Exclusionary Rule 168(6) Vocabulary Development, Task 25: Guessing the Meaning of a Term in Context 174(7) Answer Key for Vocabulary Development Tasks 181