PRECEDENTS

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Precedents and Instructional Materials

(Note: by no means are these examples of “perfect” written submissions. Far from it. D. Stratas would make changes to these today. For example, most of these factums could be shorter and still accomplish their purposes. These are some techniques in them that work well. During the course we will discuss these. They materials are included here for instructional purposes only.)

1. Factum overview sample #1 Factum overview sample #2

(Thanks to Justice John Laskin for the examples)

Factum overview sample #3 (Singleton) Factum overview sample #4 (Raymond)

(Thanks to Justice Tom Cromwell for the examples)

2. Sample Moving Party’s Factum (Motion)

2a. Sample Appellant’s Factum: Application for Leave to Appeal

3. Sample Respondent’s Factum: Application for Leave to Appeal

4. Sample Factums: The Merits – A B C D

5. Sample Factum: an example of high synthesis and high compression

6. Sample Appellant’s Factum: Development of the Facts

7. Sample Respondent’s Introduction

8. Winning the “Battle of Controlling Ideas”

9. Compressing an Argument: Making the Point Quickly