November 29, 2007

POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Thursday 11/29, I distributed 2 handouts. One had excerpts from the Maine Tort Claims Act, which we reviewed when we discussed sovereign immunity. The
other handout, regarding the assignment due next Thursday 12/6 is included here. I went over a recent U.S. Supreme Court argument regarding the reach of the commerce clause to bar Maine's law regarding internet sales of tobacco to minors. We discussed the Kruckenberg and Solomon cases. On Tuesday 12/4 we will finish Chapter 6, and move onto Chapter 7. The assignment is to read and prepare to discuss Chapter 7,
as well as to work on the case brief assigned.

ASSIGNMENT FOR DECEMBER 6, 2007
The assignment for December 6 is to do a case brief of the case of Campbell Soup Company v. Wentz, page 293 of the text. I will collect the assignment at the beginning of class. Please make an extra copy of your brief so that we can still
discuss it after I’ve collected the brief.

Follow the format from the Sample Brief that I previously distributed. Note especially that the Facts, Issues, and Holding are copied and pasted. Whatever you
put into the Fact section should appear exactly in your Issue and
Holding sections as well. Your Issue and Holding sections should be
identical to each other, except that the issue is a question, and the Holding is the
answer to that question. Your briefs will be evaluated on the format, as well as the specific content.

You should work by yourself in doing this brief. This is not a collaborative assignment, and working with others, or copying or allowing the copying of work, will
be considered academic dishonesty.

If for any reason you cannot be in class on December 6th,
I still expect the case brief to be submitted on time. You can e-mail
it to me before class meets. I may still accept papers later than that,
but late papers will be reduced one letter grade. I have decided that I
will accept a maximum of one late paper from any student, so if you
have already handed any previous paper in late, you’ve used up your quota.