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Supreme Court Case Summary Rubric Supreme Court Case Summary Rubric Supreme Court Case Analysis Rubric Code: AXB27B7 By kcl9160 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Law Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 9-12

Written Justice Analysis
	Poor F equivalent<BR> 0-1 points 0 pts	Fair D equivalent<BR> 2 points 1 pts	Average C equivalent<BR> 3 points 2 pts	Good B equivalent<BR> 4 points 3 pts	Exemplary A equivalent<BR> 5 points 4 pts
Case Summary	Poor No case summary is provided	Fair The case summary is too short and doesn't give enough information for the reader to understand the justice's decisions.	Average Summary provides some background of the case, but the connection between the case the explanation of justices' opinions is not clear.	Good Summary provides some background of the case, but some major points are missing.	Exemplary Summary provides enough background of the case for the justice analysis to make sense.
Decisions	Poor Did not explain the decisions of the courts in essay.	Fair Explained the decision of the court with no supporting details or uses quotations that do not support the decision.	Average Explained the decision of the court but has limited details or uses quotations that partially support the decision.	Good Explained the decision of the court with 1 quote that makes sense and support decision.	Exemplary Explained the decision of the court with 2+ quotes that make sense and support decision.
Student Opinion on Decision	Poor Did not discuss personal opinion of case	Fair Concurred or dissented with Court's decision	Average Concurred or dissented with opinion only with student's personal opinion	Good Concurred or dissented and stated valid reasoning on student's personal decision.	Exemplary Concurred or dissented and stated valid reasoning and support on student's personal decision.
Writing Errors	Poor The document is difficult to read due to errors or misspellings	Fair Frequent compositional errors or misspellings, but the essay can be read and understood	Average More than occasional errors or misspellings that somewhat distract from the content	Good Occasional errors or misspellings that do not effect the meaning and content	Exemplary Writing has few, if any, compositional errors
Length	Poor Less than 5 lines.	Fair Less than 7 lines (less than 1/2 page)	Average Less than 12 Lines (1/2 page)	Good Less than 15 lines (3/4 page)	Exemplary 15+ Lines (one page)