Supreme Court case report
2019 AOJ 200 US SUPREME COURT CASE REPORT (25 Points)INSTRUCTIONS for Case #1:
- Your case is United States v Mendenhall
- Research the case and read the Supreme Court decision.
- Produce a type written report, single spaced and no longer than two pages, using the outlinebelow. Title each section and answer each.
- Use your own words and sentences. Demonstrate to my satisfaction that you understand whatthe decision was about. Do not cut and paste from the court decision.
- Punctuation, grammar, sentence structure and adherence to the outline will be graded.
TITLE: Your Name, the Date and the case citation
- Describe the IncidentWrite one or two paragraphs to identify the involved parties and describe the incident.
- The Trial Court DecisionIdentify the court and write one paragraph to summarize the trial court decision.
- The Appellate Court DecisionIdentify the court and write one paragraph to summarize the appellate court, if any.
- The US Supreme Court Majority OpinionIdentify the number of Justices and write one paragraph to summarize the majority decision.
- The US Supreme Court Minority OpinionIdentify the number of Justices and write one paragraph to summarize the minority decision.
- Your CommentsWrite one paragraph to summarize your view of the case and the decision.PRINT YOUR FINAL REPORT & SUBMIT TO ME IN CLASS Due on or before May 1st, 2018
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United States v Mendenhall
Involved Parties in United States V Mendenhall
In the year 1976, the developments that occurred in a Detroit airport is what led to what is commonly known as the United States v. Mendenhall case. Sylvia Mendenhall was a 22 year old black female on the February of 1976 who had booked a direct flight from LA to Michigan (Justicia, 2018). The DEA where stationed in various airports assessing passengers as they left the plane and Mendenhall had the classic characteristic of a drug trafficker. She has used names on her air ticket that didn’t match that on her Driving license and was also the last passenger to get off the plane. This lead to the DEA requesting her to follow them for further scrutiny on her and her language. Mendenhall was reminded more than one time that the search was voluntary and she could certainly decline to cooperate with the Drug Enforcement Officers at any time.
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