An update of key employment law developments in 2014 in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia written by veteran employment lawyer Robert B. Fitzpatrick, principal of Robert B. Fitzpatrick, PLLC.
IST 309 Team-ProjectA. Write about laws of Drones. (Like Privacy.docxpriestmanmable
IST 309 Team-Project
A. Write about laws of Drones. (Like Privacy rights or public concerns)NO TITLE PAGE!
B. The main content of my paper is talking about Laws of public concerns, so don’t talking about military or famers or other things!
C. You must read these three articles and quote these articles, moreover use these articles as your references.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/few-privacy-limitations-exist-on-how-police-use-drones-20150205
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/mar/05/drones-california-police-sacramento-privacy/
http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2014/11/drones-and-aerial-surveillance
D. APA format, double space, NO INTRODUTION, NO HISTORY, because it is a team project and I need write a Laws Part on it. Other team member will do introduction and history part. SO, PLEASE just write LAWS of Drones!
E. This is the order of my paper.
1. A starting of Laws of Drones. The following is a example, you need to write like that, but you cannot copy it:
(As drones become cheaper and more capable, more police departments across the country are asking for and getting federal approval to use them for law enforcement.
But the Federal Aviation Administration only takes safety into consideration when it grants a law enforcement agency approval to use drones, leaving privacy protections to legislation—which, depending on the state in question, may or may not exist.)
2. Give a Real Example of Drones.
a) How Drones invasion of Privacy? Give a real example of it. Like Drone fly to someone’s backyard without search warrant.
b) Talk about a certain law about Drones of privacy protection.
c) How public feels about it? How public concerns about it?
3. Talk about two Police Departments have different views: Mesa County and other law enforcement agencies. You need to write down the following content on my paper.(You can get a lot information from first article).
a) Mesa County proactive role in drones and publics concerns
i. Largent Drone Program in the US
ii. 17 pages Policy Manual on Drones
b) Other Law Enforcement agencies played a more secretive role in deploying Drones.
4. Bills and Government Regulation. (You can get more information from second article).
a) Write Laws SB-142 and AB-56, and list the main points of Drones from these two laws.
b) Talk about Government Regulations.
5. The views of Gregory McNeal(You can get more information from third article)
a) Give an introduction of Gregory McNeal, like Gregory McNeal who is Professor of Pepperdine University and also is an Expert in Law and Public Policy.
b) Talk about Gregory McNeal’s Main Focus: security, technology and crime.
c) Write about Five Core Recommendations of Gregory McNeal.
d) Give more details or explain Fifth Point of McNeal. It’s following one.
(5. Legislators should recognize that technology such as geofencing and auto-redaction, may make aerial surveillance by drones more protective of privacy than human surveillance.)
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Case Brief GuidanceSingle space and clearly label each section. A .docxwendolynhalbert
Case Brief Guidance
Single space and clearly label each section. A case brief should never exceed a page and a half (usually one page). I may not ask for you to provide all six sections for a given case, so read the assignment instructions. I have included an actual example below and note my comments about the facts, decision, and implications. You are to use only the information in the actual case (no outside help), thus no citations are necessary. You should be sure to include quotation marks if you utilize a direct sentence or phrase. A rubric for scoring is provided in the link below where you accessed this document.
Sections Usually Needed and Clearly Label Each Section:
1. Facts – In a paragraph not to exceed a half of a page, summarize the key events that led us to the presents courts review. This must include include the results of the lower courts as well.
2. Issue – What key question (maybe two) is the Supreme Court addressing? This is usually not whether the court of appeals got it right or wrong, but a legal issue that needs further examination or clarification. It is to be phrased as a question(s) and usually can be directly quoted.
3. Decision – What did the court decide with regards to the question AND what is the next course of action for the case or parties as described in the opinion? This should only two sentences max!
4. Reasoning – Why did the court decide the way they did? This should include the legal reasons for their decision and is likely as long as the facts section depending on the case.
5. Other opinions – Quickly identify what other opinions were written by Supreme Court Justices (concurring/dissenting) and by whom. You do not have to discuss what they said unless I specifically ask for that in the instructions for that case.
6. HRM/Business Implications – What will be the lasting impact of the courts decision on business and HRM practices? This section should probably be around 3 good solid sentences depending on the case.
Example:
1. Facts of the Case
The petitioner Barbara Grutter applied to the University of Michigan Law School in 1996 with a 3.8 GPA and a 161 LSAT score. Grutter was initially placed on a waitlist but was ultimately rejected by the Law School. Grutter filed suit in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan against the Regents of the university, the Dean of the Law School, the President of the university, and the Director of Admissions at the Law School. Grutter, a white female, claimed that they had discriminated against her on the basis of race which, violated the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d; and Rev. Stat. §1977, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Grutter alleged that the University of Michigan used race as a predominant factor to grant admission to certain minority groups and that the respondents had “no compelling interest to justify their use of race in the admissions process. Grutter sued for compensato ...
Do Pictures belong in Judicial Opinions or Law Briefs?Lawrence Berezin
What does a circuit court of appeals judge, lawyers for the Dallas Mavericks and Manny Pacquiao have in common? All included images in their opinion and briefs.
Do pictures belong in these type of law documents?
HowtoBriefaCase A case brief is a written summary.docxpooleavelina
How to Brief a Case
A case brief is a written summary of a decided case. Each professor and lawyer has
their own format for briefing a case. A case brief will focus on the main issue(s) of the
case and is a valuable tool when conducting legal research. Not only does the act of
briefing a case help you to isolate the issue, it can clarify the facts that were instrumental
in coming to the conclusion that the Judges or Justices did. When asked to prepare a
brief for someone, it is a good idea to ask for a sample first to make sure you comply with
their format requirements. It is also vital for you to obtain a copy of the actual case. What
is in your textbook is usually a very abbreviated version of the case, which may or may
not even contain all of the issues decided in that case.
For the purposes of this class, you will use the following format:
Citation: The citation is the name, reporter and date the case was decided. It is also a
good idea to list the actual court if it is not apparent from the citation. For example:
Marbury v. Madison 5 US 137 (1803).
Facts: The facts section will only include the facts important to the actual holding in the
case. While you need to provide enough information so that the reader will know who is
doing what, you should exclude any matters which did not have an effect on the outcome
of the case. You do not want to copy of the facts straight from the case, it will be very
obvious and prevent your case brief from being “brief.”
You should make sure you know what the issue and reasoning is before you set down the
facts. You should indicate which party was the plaintiff and which was the defendant at
trial and refer to them by name throughout the brief. This is because at the appellate
level the winner will be called the appellee and the loser, the appellant. It gets confusing
if you continue to call them plaintiff and defendant or appellant and appellee.
Procedural History: The procedural history will indicate what happened in the trial level
(and appellate level if it made it to the Supreme Court). You should also indicate which
trial court the case came from. You would need to indicate what the causes of actions
were and how the court ruled on them. You will then indicate who brought the appeal
and why.
Issue: Unless the decision is very clear, this may be the most difficult part of the brief.
You need to indicate in question form, what the appellate court is being asked to decide.
If there is more than one question to be answered, you need to list them all.
Holding: This is the answer to the question(s). You will tell the conclusion of the appellate
court and what they have ordered: affirmed, reversed, or remanded.
Reasoning: This is the most important part of your brief. It is in this section that you
explain why the appellate court decided the way it did and include citations to any cases
they relied on in their decis ...
1 How to B rief a Case Prepared for the L egTatianaMajor22
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How to B rief a Case
Prepared for the L egal Studies Program
Amer ican Public University System
December 2013
Introduction: A case brief is a concise summary of the significance of a case. It is a bit
like but with very special rules! It is a time-honored practice used throughout
the legal profession and law schools. As a teaching tool, the case brief forces the student to
identify and provide a written description of the most important aspects of a case. Legal
precedent, also known as Stare Decisis, is a doctrine which governs much of our legal process.
and the
rationale underlying it ---- that is, how the judges arrived at their decision ---- is essential to
the study of law. The case brief serves as a very useful vehicle by means of which to analyze
and understand judicial decisions.
A case brie
aspects of a case. A case brief is not an invitation to re-write the opinion or to paste together
ed on your
understanding of the case. Of cour words can be useful, if used
sparingly. A case brief should be concise; it should be no more than 1-2 pages. There are at least
several different methods or models for writing the case brief; these are based on personal
preferences. In the Legal Studies Program, however, the format described here will be used for
all of the case briefs which you are required to write in your courses. By using this uniform
format, you will gain familiarity with the case analysis and brief writing process.
opinion, rather than a mere summary. Therefore, the first step in the brief writing process is
always to thoroughly read the entire case. This includes reading any concurring and dissenting
opinions of members of the court. In this regard, be very sure that you are reading the entire
opinion! In some internet based sources, the Syllabus (headnotes/summary) of the opinion is
presented at one link, the majority opinion is presented at another link, etc. You need to read all
portions of the opinion as all of them are relevant to your analysis of the case. For example, if
there are strong dissenting opinions based on key legal points, this could predict what the court
might decide in the future on similar issues.
1. Case Name and C itation: As a header on the first page of your brief, you should state
citation to the case. (See Bluebook resources in the APUS library for more information about
Bluebook format.) It is essential that the reader of your case brief know who initiated the
litigation and who appealed. For example, in the sample case brief of the Delahanty case (see
accompanying materials), Thomas and Jean Delahanty are clearly identified as the plaintiffs
(parties who initiated the litigation) and as appellants (parties who sought appellate review of the
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legal reporter in which the opinion is found, the volume and page on which the case appears, and
the year in which the case was decided.
2. Facts ...
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Spring 2007 appellate brief assignment u.s. v. belfast (public defender's office)
1. Memorandum
To: Associates in LARW II Section A/B (Last names beginning with A-J)
From: Professor Goering
Date: February 13, 2007
Re: Appellate Brief Assignment: United States of America v. Roy M. Belfast, Jr.
_____________________________________________________________________________
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We have been retained by the Federal Public Defender’s Office to assist with an appellate
brief to be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Our client is Roy
Belfast, Jr., a/k/a Charles Taylor, Jr. He recently pleaded guilty in Miami to making a false
statement on a passport application. On December 6, 2006, the day before he was to be
sentenced for the passport violation, he was arrested for engaging in torture, conspiring to engage
in torture, and carrying a firearm in connection with a crime of violence. All of these offenses
allegedly occurred in the west African country of Liberia in July 2002.
The Federal Public Defender’s Office has assigned the case to Miguel Caridad, Assistant
Federal Public Defender. He needs our help preparing for the appeal. Mr. Caridad filed a
Motion to Dismiss the Indictment for Factual Insufficiency. He essentially argued that the
indictment charging our client with torture and conspiracy was not specific enough. The
defendant is charged with specific, graphic acts of torture against a single individual, but the
indictment does not identify the victim by name. Furthermore, the indictment does not name the
co-conspirators. The government opposed the Motion to Dismiss, and the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Florida held oral arguments on the motion last week.
Yesterday, February 12, 2007, Magistrate Judge Turnoff issued his ruling on the motion.
The Report and Recommendation is in the file. Basically, the magistrate judge granted our
client’s motion to dismiss the torture charge, but refused to dismiss the conspiracy charge. The
district court’s approval of the magistrate’s report and recommendation is expected within ten
days.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has made it very clear to Mr. Caridad that the government
intends to seek permission to take an immediate appeal from the dismissal of the underlying
charge of torture. If the government is successful in filing an interlocutory appeal, Caridad
wants to file a cross-appeal challenging the magistrate’s decision not to dismiss the conspiracy
count. I need your help in drafting the appellate brief.
The attached file contains all the documents in the record that we currently have
available. Note that a couple of transcripts are missing. One is the transcript of the pretrial
detention hearing, which was taped on December 15. The other is the transcript of the February
5 hearing on Caridad’s motion to dismiss. I have contacted the court reporters to order copies of
2. those transcripts, but it may take awhile to get them for you. In the meantime, you can review
the documents in the record and begin preparing the appellate brief.
I have attached a copy of the transcript of the press conference held on December 6,
2006, at which the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the indictment against our client for
participating in the alleged torture of a victim in Monrovia, Liberia. Keep in mind that the press
conference transcript is not evidence and is not part of the trial record. However, it gives you
some helpful background information on the case.
Be sure to check the local rules of the Eleventh Circuit for filing appellate briefs. Also,
remember that Fed. R. App. P. 28 and 32 govern the filing of briefs in the circuit courts of
appeal, so you must carefully comply with those general rules as well.
Please draft the brief for our client. The narrative portion of your draft should be no
longer than 15 double-spaced pages, excluding the Cover Page, Table of Contents, Table of
Authorities, and Certificate of Service. Your title page, margins, pagination, and other format
issues must be consistent with the local rules of the Eleventh Circuit and the Federal Rules of
Appellate Procedure. We would normally wait for the government to file its appellate brief first
on the primary issue (the dismissal of Count Two – the torture count). However, in the interest
of expediency, please go ahead and prepare our Appellee’s Brief on that issue. In the same brief,
as a separate argument heading, you should go ahead and include our Cross-Appellant’s Brief
challenging the trial court’s refusal to dismiss Count One – the conspiracy count.
I will need your draft brief no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 2, so we can review
it together and make necessary revisions before the filing deadline in early April. For your draft
brief, you may omit the Table of Contents, Table of Authorities, Summary of Argument, and
Certificate of Service. Of course, all of those sections are necessary in your final appellate brief,
which should be ready for filing. Thank you for your assistance.
PLEASE NOTE: You may discuss the assignment and your research with other
associates in our firm only (LARW Section A/B), but do not show your written work or your
legal analysis to anyone but me or my junior partner, Matt Stromberg. The Honor Code applies
to this assignment and all others in this course. If you have questions, please refer to the
Washburn University School of Law Honor Code, or ask me for clarification. Feel free to ask
either Mr. Stromberg or me if you have any questions about this assignment.