September 18, 2008

POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Thursday 9/18, I distributed four handouts: a sample case brief template, sample briefs of the Glucksberg and Katko cases, and the Maine statute regarding protection of premises and possessions. We went over state court citation form, and discussed some more the concept of common law in the Katko case. We went over the different types of authority cited by the Katko Court in reaching its decision, and the procedural setting of the motions that were the exact subject of the Katko decision. We then spent most of the class going over the format for a case brief. The assignment for Tuesday September 23 is to read over the 4 handouts, and also read and prepare to discuss through page 76 of the text.

CMJ 375--Mass Media Law
In class today, Thursday 9/18, we continued discussing the concepts of Chapter 3 of the text, but we did not finish that Chapter. We did discuss the Pentagon Papers case, the Progressive H-bomb case, and several of the Personal Injury cases from the text and the casebook. I went over one case that was not from the text, Orozco v. Dallas Morning News. We went over state court citation form. The assignment for Tuesday September 23 is to read and prepare to discuss through page 122 of the text, and the read the NY Times v. Sullivan case starting on p. 66 of the casebook.