Case Name

Case Caption/Citation
AT/P’s Name: AE’s/D’s name:
Date of Case: Name of Court:
Citation:
Casebook Page No.:
Parties’ Identities/Description (How do identities frame/inform the controversy?)
AT/P AE/D

Procedural History (What has happened in the courts up to this point?)

Key Facts (Short narrative of determinative facts and necessary contextual details.)

Issue(s) (Define the question(s)/dispute(s) before the court.)

Summary of the Arguments (only essential points of each party’s argument.)

Rule (What rule, definition or standard does this case stand for in that the court used it to
solve the parties’ dispute?)

Holding(s) (What is the court’s answer on the issue?)

Court’s Reasoning (Summarize the court’s thinking, including not only the steps of court’s
logic, but also the public policies the court intended to advance.)

Judgment or Order (What did court do as a result of its holding?)

Comments/Reflection (Did the court write any instructive dicta? Do you have questions or
concerns about the decision? How does opinion relate to others?)