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Case Brief 
Case Brief
Assignment is to brief a court case
Rubric Code: C45W26
By tcardon
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Private Rubric
Subject: Law  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: Undergraduate

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2 pts


1.5 pts


1 pts


0.5 pts


0 pts

Identification

2

Identifies case name, legal citation and court in the correct format with no spelling, punctuation or any other errors.
1.5

Identifies all three items, case name, citation and court but makes one or two minor errors.
1

Identifies only two of the three required items in the correct format with one minor error or identifies all three items but makes a few minor errors.
0.5

Only identifies one of the three required items.
0

Does not identify the case name, citation or court.
Facts

2

Identifies all relevant facts and presents them in an organized, concise, chronological manner.

Few extraneous facts and includes the current status of the case.
1.5

Identifies all relevant facts but does not present them in an organized, concise or chronological manner.

Few extraneous facts and includes the current status of the case.
1

Fails to identify all the relevant facts but presents some of the relevant facts in an organized manner with some extraneous facts.

Includes the current status of the case.
0.5

Identifies facts but most of them are extraneous facts.

Missing many relevant facts. May also be missing the current status of the case.
0

Does not identify any relevant facts in the case.
Key Issue

2

Key issue correctly identified and is stated in the form of a question.
1.5

Key issue correctly identified and is stated in the form of a question, but may contain extraneous information. Not sufficiently succint and brief.
1

Key issue is not stated in the form of a question.
0.5

Key issue is not completely or correctly identified. Identifies many issues, some of which are not relevant to the case.
0

No issues identified.
Analysis/Rule

2

Correctly identifies the court's analysis and reasoning.

Summation complete with correct statement of the rule of law.
1.5

Reasoning may contain minor weaknesses, but is basically cogent and accords with the opinion.

Summation complete with correct statement of the rule of law.
1

Reasoning contains major weaknesses, is absent or incoherent or is not in accord with the opinion.

Attempts to distinguish dictum, but incomplete.

Summation incomplete but accurate.
0.5

Reasoning is absent or formation, analysis or rule of law is incorrect.

Does not distinguish dictum.

Summation inaccurate.
0

No analysis, summation or rule of law provided.
Decision.

2

Essentially a complete and correct statement of the court's decision. Succint and clearly written.
1.5

Partially incomplete.
1

Mostly Incomplete or partially incorrect.
0.5

Incorrect.
0

No summation of the decision.




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