Capstone
Capstone: one invented opinion, from the first reading to the brief, the class and the outline
Renata Okafor hired a kayak. A bracket gave way, and she broke her wrist. The hire company, Brindle Marine Hire, points to a clause on the hire form. The trial court agrees, Renata appeals, and the Court of Appeal of Westmark gives a majority opinion, a concurrence and a dissent. You are a student who has been given the opinion to read for tomorrow’s class, and the teacher is known to cold-call. This capstone takes you through the whole method on one invented decision: reading it, sorting its parts, finding the holding and what is only a remark, writing and checking the brief, answering the hypotheticals, preparing for the cold call and filing the case in an outline. Everything here is invented, and the Act and the court are imaginary.
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