Introduction xi
Note to the Teacher xiii
Part 1: Introduction to American Legal Case Reading and Discussion 1
Reading 1: The United States Legal System-The Courts and
the Law 2
Vocabulary Development, Task 1: Common Law 8
Vocabulary Development, Task 2: Certiorari (leave to appeal), Verbs of
Permission and Refusal 10
Reading 2: Reading Legal Cases, Part 1 12
Vocabulary Development, Task 3: Good Law, Bad Law 16
Tort Cases, Overview 17
Torts, Case 1: Bosley v. Andrews--Negligence, Impact Rule 18
Vocabulary Development, Task 4: Claim 22
Vocabulary Development, Task 5: Incur, Suffer, Support, Sustain,
Uphold 24
Reading 3: Reading Legal Cases, Part 2 25
Vocabulary Development, Task 6: Appeal 29
Vocabulary Development, Task 7: More Practice with Appeal 30
Torts, Case 2: Eckenrode v. Life ofAmerica Insurance Company-Intentional
Torts, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress 32
Vocabulary Development, Task 8: Inter Alia 41
Vocabulary Development, Task 9: Prima Facie 43
Reading 4: The Civil Litigation Process-Key Motions 45
Vocabulary Development, Task 10: Cause ofAction 50
Vocabulary Development, Task 11: Verbs with Action,
Cause ofAction 51
Vocabulary Development, Task 12: Suit 51
Torts, Case 3: Niederman v. Brodsky--Negligence, Impact Rule 52
Vocabulary Development, Task 13: Arguendo 57
Vocabulary Development, Task 14: Opening Pandora's Box 58
Contract Cases, Overview 60
Contracts, Case 1: Livingstone v. Evans-Offer, Counter-Offer, and
Acceptance (Common Law) 61
Vocabulary Development, Task 15: Allege, Assert 64
Vocabulary Development, Task 16: Assert in Context 65
Vocabulary Development, Task 17: Repetition of Alleged 66
Vocabulary Development, Task 18: Controlling 66
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), Sales 67
Contracts, Case 2: McAfee v. Brewer-Offer, Counter-Offer, and
Acceptance (Uniform Commercial Code) 68
Vocabulary Development, Task 19: Doublets (Coupled Synonyms) and
Other Word Pairs 72
Reading 5: Briefing a Legal Case-The Holding 75
Contract Cases on Consideration 84
Contracts, Case 3: Harrington v. Taylor-Consideration 85
Contracts, Case 4: Rose v. Elias-Consideration 86
Contracts, Case 5: Pick Kwik Food Stores, Inc. v. Tenser-
Consideration 87
Vocabulary Development, Task 20: Lease Terminology 90
Reading 6: Briefing a Legal Case-The Issue 98
Property Cases, Overview 103
Property, Case 1: Armory v. Delamirie-Found Property 104
Property, Case 2: Excerpt from Benjamin v. Lindner Aviation, Inc.-
Found Property 106
Property, Case 3: Hurley v. City of Niagara Falls-Found Property 108
Vocabulary Development, Task 21: Speaking like a Lawyer-Give 112
Property, Case 4: In re Marriage of Graham-Definition of Property 114
Vocabulary Development, Task 22: Academic Verbs and Their
Synonyms 121
Part 2: Statutory Interpretation 123
Reading 7: Statutory Law 124
Statutory Interpretation Cases, Overview 130
Statutory Interpretation, Case 1: McBoyle v. United States 131
Statutory Interpretation, Case 2: D'Allessandro v. PEL. Life Insurance
Company 133
Statutory Interpretation, Case 3: Dykes v. Scotts Bluff County Agricultural
Society, Inc. 136
Vocabulary Development, Task 23: More Academic Verbs and Their
Synonyms 142
Part 3: The U.S. Constitution 145
Reading 8: The Constitution of the United States 146
Constitutional Law Cases, Overview 150
Constitutional Law, Case 1: In re Griffiths-Fourteenth Amendment,
Alienage 151
Constitutional Law, Case 2: Ambach v. Norwick-Fourteenth
Amendment, Alienage 159
Vocabulary Development, Task 24: Not 166
Constitutional Law, Case 3: LaMunion v. State-Fourteenth
Amendment, Exclusionary Rule 168
Vocabulary Development, Task 25: Guessing the Meaning of a Term
in Context 174
Answer Key for Vocabulary Development Tasks 181
(includes answer key for Reading 5, Exercise 2)