Law 10 - Case Briefs - Fall 2013

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• Week 4 - In Class Group Briefs Due 9/18/13 

• #5 Chimel case Brief (burglary of coin shop)
  
• #6 Chapter 3 Case Problem - Rhodda Thompson v  Altheimer & Gray (racial discrimination)
  

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  Week 5 - In Class Group Briefs Due 9/25/13

• Read Chapter 4 - Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business
• #7 Chapter 4 Case Problem -  Yurczyk v Yellowstone (ordinance against mobile homes) 
  

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  Week 6 - In Class Group Briefs Due 10/2/13

• Read Chapter 6 - Intentional Torts
• #8 Chapter 6 Case problem - Irvine v Akron Beacon Journal (invasion of privacy)
  

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  Week 7 - In Class Group Briefs Due 10/9/13

• Read Chapter 7 - Negligence and Strict Liability
• #10 Chapter 7 Case problem - Wal-Mart Stores v Gonzalez (slip and fall)
  
• #11 Katz case brief (public telephone booth)

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• Week 8 - In Class Group Briefs Due 10/16/13
• Read Chapter 8 - Intellectual Property
• #12  Chapter 8 Case problem - A & H Sportswear v Victoria's Secret (trademark infringement)
  
• #13  Chambers case  brief (search & seizure - automobile)
  

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  Week 9 - In Class Group Briefs Due 10/23/13

• Read Chapter 9 - Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes
• #14 Chapter 9 Case problem - United States v Yang (trade secret)
  

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  Week 10 -In Class Group Briefs Due 10/30/13

• Read Chapter 43 - Administrative Law
• #15 Chapter 43 Case problem - Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp v Natural Resources Defense Council (administrative law case)
  

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  Week 11 - In Class Group Briefs Due 11/6/13

• Read Chapter 52 International Law
• #17 Chapter 52 Case problem - Pere v Nuovo Pignone

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  Week 12 -In Class Group Briefs Due 11/13/13

• Read Chapter 5 - Ethics & Business Decision Making
• #18  Chapter 5 case problem - Elm City Cheese Company v Mark Federico (breach of fiduciary duty)
  

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  Week 13 - In Class Group Briefs Due 11/20/13

• No case briefs 

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  Week 14 -In Class Group Briefs Due 11/27/13

• Read Chp. 49 Insurance
• #20 - Chp. 49 Insurance Case problem-  Zurich American Insurance Co v ABM Industries Inc.

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  Week 15 - In Class Group Briefs Due 12/4/13

• Read Chp.  34  Employment Discrimination
• #21 - Chp. 34 - Employment Discrimination Case problem - - Jespersen v Harrahs 

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  Week 16 - In Class Group Briefs Due 12/11/13

• Read Chp. 45  Environmental Law
• #22 - Chp. 45 - Environmental Law Case problem - CIBA-GEIGY Corp v United States Environmental Protection Agency
  

updated: 9/5/13 @ 12:37 pm