Lawyering Skills I

Class Info

Law School: Liberty University School of Law

Course ID: LAW 525

Term: Fall 2017

Instructor: Prof. Thompson

My Grade Earned: B−

Name	Court	Year	Summary	Time Detained	How Restrained	Holding
W. T. Grant Co. v. Owens	Supreme Court	1928	Woman detained for stealing 50¢	1¼ hours	Threatened to call the police Sat in chair between her & door	Was false imprisonment
S. H. Kress & Co. v. Musgrove	Supreme Court	1929	Employees pushed out back door instead of walking out front door because was bothering woman	5 minutes	Taken by arm	Was false imprisonment
Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Wickline	Supreme Court	1948	Man arrested by police for stealing 75¢ tool	A few minutes in the presence of police	Told to with cop nearby	Reversed verdict. (Probably not?)
Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Freeman	Court of Appeals	1952	63-year-old woman tried to return zippers, was accused of shoplifting, pushed into window(?), pushed into room(?), and told to wait in a chair.	5–10 minutes to call police	Pushed(?); told to wait	Reversed verdict. (Probably not?)
Zayre of Virginia, Inc. v. Gowdy	Supreme Court	1966	Two girls told to go back into store to check if stolen swimsuit by security guard in a police officer uniform	A few minutes	Afraid because of his police officer uniform	Was false imprisonment
F. B. C. Stores, Inc. v. Duncan	Supreme Court	1973	Accused of stealing casette tape because acting suspicious by messing with jacket and pants	~15–20 minutes	Small man with badge and hand on arm	Was not false imprisonment
Samuel v. Rose's Stores	District Court	1995	Handcuffed wearing purchased shoes for stealing them and taken back into store	~1 hour	Handcuffed and taken to back room	Not enough for 12(b)(6) dismissal

Bluebook Test

Basic Citation Form

Name of first party·v.·name of second party,·volume·abbreviation of reporter·page number the opinion begins on·(Court, if required·year).

From Rule 10.2.1

Abbreviations

Close up all adjacent single capitals.

End an abbreviation with a period unless the last letter of the word is offset with an apostrophe.

Look at Table T6 for every word that isn't a proper name.

From Rule 6.1

Short Forms

With Id./Id.·at·753, the period is underlined.

Thompson,·375·F.2d·at·753.

From Rule 4.1

Thompson's Local Rule

When citing to a court within the jurisdiction, use the state-specific reporter. When citing to a court outside the jurisdiction, use a regional reporter.

From 10.3.1(a)

Signals

The most common and strongest signal is no signal at all.

From 1.2–4

Rules to know

Rule 10.2.1
Rule 6.1
Table T6