Case Brief

About this Assignment

In this course, you learned that employment law is constantly evolving and responding to temporary issues. For this assignment, you will be researching a contemporary employment law case decided by the United States Supreme Court. When considering what qualifies as a ‘contemporary employment law case’, please consider a law case that raises a legal question (or questions) related to the workplace and employer-employee relationships and that has been presented to the U.S. Supreme Court within the last 5 years. You will be preparing a case brief of the case you research.

For help locating U.S. Supreme Court cases, see:

• Supreme Court of the United States
• Justia

Your case brief should be approximately 600-800 words (not including your Reference page) in length. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. Use distinct headings to clearly identify each element (prompt) of your case brief.

Case Brief Prompts

Your case brief should include each of the following elements:

• Procedural History: What is the history of the selected case? What prior courts heard the case? What were the rulings of the involved prior courts?
• Facts: What are the critical facts of the case? Identify the parties and the facts that were considered in the Court’s ultimate holding.
• Issues: What were the specific legal question(s) presented to the Court? Present the issues in clear and concise question format. If there were multiple legal questions, list each issue separately.
• Holding (Decision): How did the Court answer the issues? What was the Court’s final decision with respect to each issue?
• Court Rationale: Summarize of the Court’s reasoning. Why did the Court rule in the way that it did? How (and why) did the Court arrive at its ultimate answers to the legal issues?
• Analysis: Share an original analysis and interpretation of the case and the Court’s ruling. What is the case’s significance? How has the case impacted our courts? How has the case impacted our government and/or our citizens? Do you agree with the Court’s analysis?

Using Sources

You may refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must also use at least two credible, outside sources and cite them using APA format. Identify any source in your Reference page. Any laws and legal cases used in the body of your paper must also be included in the References page.

Please include a mix of both primary and secondary sources. At least one of your sources should be the case opinion. If you use any Study.com lessons as sources, please also cite them in APA format (including the lesson title and instructor’s name).

• Primary sources are first-hand accounts such as interviews, advertisements, speeches, company documents, statements, and press releases published by the company in question within the case you selected.
• Secondary sources come from peer-reviewed scholarly journals, such as the American Business Law Journal. You may use resources like JSTOR, Google Scholar, Cornell University Law School’s Legal Information Institute and/or FindLaw to find articles from these journals and related case law. Secondary sources may also come from reputable websites with .gov, .edu, or .org in the domain. (Wikipedia is not a reputable source, though the sources listed in Wikipedia articles may be acceptable.)

If you’re unsure about how to use APA format to cite your sources, please see the following lessons:

• What is APA Format? Definition & Style
• How To Format APA Citations

Grading Rubric

Your case brief will be graded on the following rubric:

Category	Unacceptable (0-1)	Needs Improvement (2-3)	Good (4)	Excellent (5)	Total Possible Points
Procedural History	Procedural history is lacking or summarized in an illogical or significantly difficult to understand manner.	Procedural history is partially summarized, history is disjointed or hard to follow.	Procedural history is summarized fully.	Procedural history is clearly explained. Summary uses specific details and clear and relevant terminology.	5
Facts	Brief does not provide a summary of the case’s critical facts. Brief does not identify those facts that influenced the court’s holding.	Brief shares a partial summary of the case’s critical facts. Brief does not identify all facts that influenced the court’s holding.	Brief shares a thorough summary of the case’s critical facts. Brief identifies all facts that influenced the court’s holding.	Brief shares a rich and comprehensive summary of the case’s critical facts. Brief identifies all facts that influenced the court’s holding and uses clear and specific details throughout.	5
Issues (x2)	Brief does not identify the specific legal issues before the court.	Brief identifies only one of several legal issues before the court.	Brief fully identifies all relevant legal issues.	Brief identifies the legal issues before the court and uses specificity and/or detail.	10
Holding	Brief does not provide a summary of the court’s final decision in the case.	Brief provides a summary of the court’s final decision regarding only one of several legal issues raised in the case.	Brief provides a full summary of the court’s final decision in the case in all legal issues raised in the case.	Brief provides a summary of the court’s final decision in the case and uses specificity and/or detail.	5
Rationale (x2)	Brief does not provide an explanation of the rationale underlying the court’s holding.	Brief provides an explanation of the rationale underlying the court’s final decision regarding only one of several legal issues raised in the case.	Brief provides a full explanation of the rationale underlying the court’s final decision.	Brief provides an explanation of the rationale underlying the court’s final decision in the case and uses specificity and/or detail.	10
Analysis (x2)	Brief does not share an original analysis of the case and its implications.	Brief shares a cursory analysis of the case and its implications. Analysis lacks detail and/or fails to incorporate any relevant examples from scholarly resources.	Brief shares a thorough and original analysis of the case and its implications.	Brief shares a rich, original analysis of the case and its implications. Analysis incorporates relevant examples from scholarly resources.	10
Mechanics	Incorrect spelling, punctuation, capitalization, use of standard English grammar and/or format hinders understanding.	Several instances of incorrect spelling, punctuation, capitalization, usage of standard English grammar and/or format.	Few instances of incorrect spelling, punctuation, capitalization, usage of standard English grammar and/or format.	No or very few instances of incorrect spelling, punctuation, capitalization, usage of standard English grammar and/or format.	5

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