Purpose of Assignment: This assignment will help students be able to locate case law, and also summarize cases they have discovered during their research.

Course Competency: Demonstrate finding case law.

Instructions:

Content:

• Locate the following cases in LexisAdvance or FastCase You should copy and paste your search history under the citation for each case found, to show how you located the case.
  • Find a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case in which it was decided that a juvenile cannot be sentenced to the death penalty, as it violates the eighth amendment and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
  • Find the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held that the federal government must provide benefits to legally married same-sex couples.
• Locate the following cases in LexisAdvance and answer the questions provided.
  • Locate Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, (1963)
    • How many headnotes are provided?
    • Which case was overruled in Headnote 2?
  • Locate Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
    • Headnote 1 states that “the government may regulate corporate political speech through disclaimer and disclosure requirements, but it may not __________?” (fill in the blank).
    • Explain why headnotes can be useful when researching and reading a case?
• Locate the following case in either LexisAdvance or FastCase (your choice). You should provide a case brief of 1 to 2 paragraphs using the case briefing elements you learned about this week.
  • Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969)

Format:

• To copy and paste your search history in Lexis, follow these instructions: Go to the history tab, and click View all history to open your full History in list format to see all searches, document views, and deliveries. Copy and paste the information found into your assignment.
• To copy and paste your search history in FastCase follow these instructions: You can retrieve your recent search history from the start page in the tile to the bottom left. The searches are listed according to the search terms you used. If you do not see the search you are looking for, you can click on more history to see older searches. If you click on the any of the listed searches, you will be taken directly to the corresponding search results. You can also view your most recent search history from any screen by selecting “History” from the bar at the top of the screen.

Resources:

Lexis Advance and FastCase