Stanislaus IRAC Method: Jones v. Wake County Hospital System, Inc Case
Business Finance
Begin Case Law Summary Using IRAC Method (5%):Locate and Read the case of Jones v. Wake County Hospital System, Inc., 786 F.Supp. 538 (E.D.N.C. 1991)
This assignment does not require critical thinking or analysis on your part.The objective is to learn how court opinions are written.Your memo should be 2 pages in length, single spaced, using Times New Roman 12-point font.Do not include an abstract or title page.Your paper must include headings and content for the following sections.
Section One: Facts (Summarize only the most important facts that support the Court’s Ruling)
Section Two: Issue (This should be a “yes or no question”)
Section Three: The Court’s Ruling (EMTALA Violation)
Section Four: The Court’s Analysis (Explain the judge’s reasons for the ruling)
Section Five: Conclusion
You will prepare a case law summary using the Issue, Rule, Analysis and Conclusion (IRAC) method. You are summarizing the case.Here is a resource: http://www.lawschoolsurvival.org/index.php/legal-writing/the-irac-method
Use legal citations as appropriate. The 6th edition of thePublication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2010) outlines the citation style for legal materials in the Appendix to Chapter 7 (pp. 216 – 224). For court decisions, statutes, codes and other legal publications, APA uses the formats outlined in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. (California and federal sources). See: https://library.csustan.edu/apalegal
