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Case Brief

Assignment is to brief a court case

Rubric Code: CAAAC3

By sarahanntrask

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Subject: Law

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: (none)

Case Brief
	Outstanding 4 pts	Very Good 3 pts	Satisfactory 2 pts	Below Average 1 pts	Well Below Average 0 pts
Case name and citation	Outstanding Identifies case name, legal citation and court in the correct format with no spelling, punctuation or any other errors.	Very Good Identifies all three items, case name, citation and court but makes one or two minor errors.	Satisfactory 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.	Below Average Only identifies one of the three required items.	Well Below Average Does not identify the case name, citation or court.
Facts	Outstanding Identifies all relevant facts and presents them in an organized, concise, chronological manner. Few extraneous facts and includes the current status of the case.	Very Good 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.	Satisfactory 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.	Below Average Identifies facts but most of them are extraneous facts. Missing many relevant facts. May also be missing the current status of the case.	Well Below Average Does not identify any relevant facts in the case.
Issue	Outstanding Issue correctly identified and is stated in the form of a question. Issue is concise and stands on its own if removed.	Very Good Issue correctly identified and is stated in the form of a question, but may contain extraneous information. Not sufficiently succint and brief. Issue stands on its own if removed.	Satisfactory Issue is correctly identified but not stated in the form of a question and may not stand on its own.	Below Average Issue is not completely or correctly identified. Identifies other issues, some of which are not relevant.	Well Below Average No issues identified.
Result	Outstanding A correct statement of the court's decision. Begins with a direct answer to the issue.	Very Good Partially incomplete.	Satisfactory Mostly Incomplete or partially incorrect.	Below Average Incorrect.	Well Below Average No summation of the decision.
Analysis	Outstanding Correctly identifies the court's analysis and reasoning and does so in an organized, concise and well written manner.	Very Good Reasoning may contain minor weaknesses, but is basically cogent and accords with the judge's reasons.	Satisfactory Reasoning contains major weaknesses, is absent or incoherent or is not in accord with the opinion.	Below Average Reasoning is absent or formation, analysis or rule of law is incorrect.	Well Below Average No analysis provided.
Conclusion	Outstanding Properly and succintly states the rule for which the case stands. Thoughtful and logical insight given into the case or its implications.	Very Good Properly states the rule for which the case stands but it may not be succint or may contain extraneous information. Some relevant comment or insight into the case or its implications is attempted.	Satisfactory Statement addressing the rule for which the case stands may be partially incorrect. Some commentary attempted.	Below Average Statement addressing the rule for which the case stands is incorrect. No commentary attempted.	Well Below Average No conclusion provided.
Spelling, Grammar, Format	Outstanding Spelling is perfect, contains no major grammatical error. Formatting is correct.	Very Good Spelling is very good with one or two minor errors, some grammatical errors but nothing which affects the understanding of what is written. Formatting is correct.	Satisfactory Several spelling errors and at least one major grammatical error. Formatting may contain mistakes.	Below Average Numerous spelling errors throughout, some grammatical erros which affect the understanding of what is written. Several formatting mistakes.	Well Below Average Riddled with spelling errors, numerous grammatical errors which make understanding what is written very difficult or impossible. No real attempt at formatting.

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