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How to Brief a Case
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- 1Appellate BriefAn appellate brief is a written legal argument presented to an appellate court. Its purpose is to persuade the higher court to uphold or reverse the trial court’s decision. Briefs of this kind are therefore geared to presenting the issues involved in the case from the perspective of one side only.
- 2landmark briefsincludes the full texts of briefs relating to a very few of the many cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court
- 3student briefA student brief is a short summary and analysis of the case prepared for use in classroom discussion. It is a set of notes, presented in a systematic way, in order to sort out the parties, identify the issues, ascertain what was decided, and analyze the reasoning behind decisions made by the courts.
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