POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Thursday 12/12, I distributed one handout, an excerpt from the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure regarding service of process. We began by discussing the assigned case from Chapter 5, Dorsey v. Gregg. We then went over the similar Maine Rules of Civil Procedure regarding service of process. I discussed a Maine service of process case, Brown v. Thaler, which also discussed the conflict between actual notice versus the need to follow the rules. We then returned to and covered the three Chapter 4 cases regarding subject matter jurisdiction in the federal court system (both federal question and diversity) Kopp, Gebbia, and Gilmore. The exam will be on Thursday 12/19 at 9:30, open book and open note. It will be for 75 minutes. If you are missing any of the handouts from class, email me no later than Wednesday night, as I will only bring extra copies for those who have requested them.
POS 484 CRIMINAL DUE PROCESS
In class today, Thursday 12/12 we first watched a clip from the movie Fracture that raised questions of the meaning of the Double Jeopardy clause. We then discussed the 1970 case of Ashe v. Swenson, which answered some questions about the meaning of the "same offense" phrase of Double Jeopardy. We looked at the majority decision, the concurrence, and the dissent. I then discussed two recent Double Jeopardy Supreme Court cases, Blueford v. Arkansas and Evans v. Michigan, covering again the majority and dissenting opinions. The exam will be on Thursday 12/19 at 12:15 (not 12:30), open book and open note. It will be for 75 minutes. If you are missing any of the handouts from class, email me no later than Wednesday night, as I will only bring extra copies for those who have requested them.
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