Case brief of Noakes v. Virginia. FIRAC Method Case Briefing

Case brief of Noakes v. Virginia. Requirement and the case detail will be attached.

Case Briefing

The FIRAC Method

 

Your case brief should be typewritten, in narrative paragraph style (with sub-heads) and no longer than one-page.  Your subheads and outline for your brief are as follows:

 

Facts

Narrate the relevant facts/ competing narratives of the facts in the case.

 

Issue

Describe the precise issue/s before the court and tell why they are important in this case.

 

Rule

State the rule/s, principle/s or statute/s that apply in this case/state the reason for the rule; principle or statute/state the relevant exceptions to the rules, principles/statutes that apply/state the reasons for those exceptions.

 

Analysis-Arguments

Describe how the court applied the rules and principles to the relevant facts/show how the court analyzed and synthesized the pertinent legal rules and principles in light of the facts/summarize both party’s best arguments on applying the rule to the facts of the case.

 

Conclusion-Holdings

State the court’s holding/s, the reasoning supporting the holdings, and assess the persuasiveness of the court’s opinion/state the positions of any concurring or dissenting opinions, the reasoning behind the concurrences and dissents, and the persuasiveness of their reasoning. Give your opinion, with reasons, of whether you think the case was rightly or wrongly decided.