Analyze and explain what prompted Brittany to file her lawsuit
Use Westlaw to retrieve and read the opinion located at: 450 Md. 51. Analyze and explain what prompted Brittany to file her lawsuit and why Michelle
Analyze and explain what prompted Brittany to file her lawsuit
You are to summarize your analysis in a written report to Carter.
Instructions:
Use Westlaw to retrieve and read the opinion located at: 450 Md. 51.
Respond to following items about the case 450 Md. 51.
Number all responses
1. Cite the opinion located at 450 Md. 51 in correct Bluebook format. (Cite to cite the regional reporter only.)
2. Analyze and explain what prompted Brittany to file her lawsuit and why Michelle decided to countersue.
(Hint: focus on what happened outside of court and each woman’s stated goal.)
3. Identify which party prevailed at trial.
4. Identify which party prevailed in the Court of Special Appeals.
5. Analyze and explain the legal issue the Court of Appeals chose to address in its opinion.
6. Explain de facto parenthood.
7. Analyze and describe the holding of the Court of Appeals in its opinion.
Note: the holding describes the legal rule that resulted on the court’s decision on the issue.
It is not merely a statement like, “Affirmed” or “Reversed and remanded to the trial court.”
8. Analyze the legal question the H.S.H.-K. test is designed to answer; describe the 4 r parts of the H.S.H.-K. test.
9. Describe the two reasons the court gave for departing from stare decisis.
10. Lastly, discuss whether you agree with the opinion of the Court of Appeals in this case and why or why not.
All quoted text – even text from a primary authority like a court opinion – must be enclosed in quotation marks and given appropriate attribution.
Enclose all quotes from a court opinion in quotation marks and providing a pinpoint
citation in Bluebook format.
Lastly, i strongly encourage all students to read or review The Indigo Book’s section on
quotations, which includes Rules 37 through 40.