September 4, 2008

POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Thursday 9/4, I distributed three handouts, the Augusta parade ordinance, the Bangor parade ordinance, and some simplified sample holding for the AAC v. Dearborn case. We went over a number of concepts from the reading in the text, including the federal and state court systems,concurrent and exclusive jurisdiction, mandatory and persuasive authority, equitable remedies, and the idea of a cause of action. The assignment for Tuesday 9/9 is to read the three handouts, and to review the AAC case, comparing that ordinance with those of Bangor and Augusta.

CMJ 375--Mass Media Law
In class today, Thursday 9/4, we went over a number of concepts from the reading in the text, including the federal and state court systems,concurrent and exclusive jurisdiction, mandatory and persuasive authority, equitable remedies, federal jurisdiction, the concept of common law, and the idea of a cause of action. I went over the facts of the Bartnicki case. The assignment for Tuesday 9/9 is to read through page 57 of the textbook, and to read the first case, Near v. Minnesota, on pp. 8-13 of the casebook.