Discuss below in a 800 words and use Bluebook Format
Prepare a legal brief on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Kentucky v. King, 563 U.S. ___ (2011)
By briefing a case, you are reading the entire court opinion then summarizing it into your own words so that the important information from the brief is easier to understand and remember. Legal case names should be done in standard "Blue Book" format. Example: York v. Smith, 65 U.S. 294 (1995). For further information see https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation and look under the "How to Cite" section. In addition see the web resource section for this course and click on the folder marked "how to brief a case". *** Please review the materials in the Resources section of the classroom under the Case Brief folder. These will be useful to you because they instruct ("How to..") students about the case briefing process, shows the relationship between the Opinion and the brief (Opinion and Model Case Brief), and then enables you to see the relationship between the case brief and the grading process (Rubric). Case briefs are used to highlight the key information contained within a case for use within the legal community as court cases can be quite lengthy. When writing case briefs, all information must be properly cited.