Sign Up Sheet for Afternoon Class Presentations* – PLSC 4336
(Spring 2010)**


Case

Target Date


Student

ZORACH v. CLAUSON, 343 U.S. 306 (1952) 3 February  
McGOWAN v. MARYLAND, 366 U.S. 420 (1961) 3 February

Monica M. Edwards

EPPERSON v. ARKANSAS, 393 U.S. 97 (1968) 5 February P.J. Gardner
BOARD OF EDUCATION v. ALLEN, 392 U.S. 236 (1968) 5 February  
WOLMAN v. WALTER, 433 U.S. 229 (1977) 10 February  
WIDMAR v. VINCENT, 454 U.S. 263 (1981) 10 February  
MUELLER v. ALLEN, 463 U.S. 388 (1983) 10 February  
WALLACE v. JAFFREE, 472 U.S. 38 (1985) 19 February Dylan James
ALLEGHENY COUNTY v. ACLU, 492 U.S. 573 (1989) 19 February Sean Peikari
LEE v. WEISMAN, 505 U.S. 577 (1992) 19 February

 

MITCHELL v. HELMS, (2000) 22 February  
ZELMAN V. SIMMONS HARRIS (2002) 22 February

Taylor Horton

ELK GROVE SCHOOL DIST. v. NEWDOW, 000 U.S. 02-1624 (2004) 24 February

Rhiannon Hamam

VAN ORDEN v. PERRY, 000 U.S. 03-1500 (2005) 24 February

Hossein Khavari

SHERBERT v. VERNER, 374 U.S. 398 (1963) 26 February

Christopher Greco

LYNG v. NW INDIAN CEMETERY PROT. ASSN., 485 U.S. 439 (1988) 3 March Adriana "Muffy" Martinez 
CHURCH OF LUKUMI BABALU AYE v. HIALEAH, 508 U.S. 520 (1993) 3 March  
CUTTER v. WILKINSON, 000 U.S. 03-9877 (2005) 3 March Cody Louise Meador

Second Half of the Course

   
GITLOW v.  NEW YORK, 268 U.S. 652 (1925) 5 March

 

NEAR v. MINNESOTA283 U.S. 697 (1931) 5 March  
DENNIS v. UNITED STATES , 341 U.S. 494 (1951) 17 March  
COHEN v. CALIFORNIA, 403 U.S. 15 (1971) 17 March

Amy Lee

COHEN v. COWLES MEDIA CO., 501 U.S. 663 (1991) 24 March  
VIRGINIA v. BLACK (2003) 24 March Matthew Tullman
MEMOIRS v. MASSACHUSETTS, 383 U.S. 413 (1966) 26 March Ashley Stockton
PARIS ADULT THEATRE v. SLATON, 413 U.S. 49 (1973) 26 March  
BARNES v. GLEN THEATRE., 501 U.S. 560 (1991) 28 March

Michael Sheetz

U.S. v. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (2003) 28 March  
POSADAS v. TOURISM CO., 478 U.S. 328 (1986) 31 March  
44 LIQUORMART v. RHODE ISLAND, __ U.S.__ (1996) 7 April Kevin Eaton
WEST VIRGINIA STATE BD OF ED v. BARNETTE, 319 U.S. 624 (1943) 7 April

Kyle Johnson

UNITED STATES v. O'BRIEN, 391 U.S. 367 (1968) 7 April  
SPENCE v. WASHINGTON, 418 U.S. 405 (1974) 7 April Veronica Davis
CLARK v. COM. CREATIVE NON-VIOLENCE, 468 U.S. 288 (1984) 7 April  
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA v. DALE , 000 U.S. 99-699 (2000) 7 April  
HAZELWOOD S.D. v. KUHLMEIER, 484 U.S. 260 (1988) 9 April  
ADDERLEY v. FLORIDA, 385 U.S. 39 (1966) 14 April Maillil Acosta
CITY COUNCIL v. TAXPAYERS FOR VINCENT, 466 U.S. 789 (1984) 14 April Paul Renton
WARD v. ROCK AGAINST RACISM, 491 U.S. 781 (1989) 14 April

Nick Brait

RANKIN v. McPHERSON, 483 U.S. 378 (1987) 21 April

Wade Tanner

RUST v. SULLIVAN, 500 U.S. 173 (1991) 21 April

Jessica Burnett

N.E.A. v. FINLEY, 000 U.S. 97-371 (1998) 21 April  
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION v. VELAZQUEZ (2001) 21 April  
BOWERS v. HARDWICK, 478 U.S. 186 (1986) 30 April  
WEBSTER v. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, 492 U.S. 490 (1989) 30 April  
Stenberg v. Carhart (2000) 4 May  
Lawrence v. Texas (2003) 4 May  
Gonzales v. Carhart (2006) 4 May  

* Look over the case selections above, and then email me (jkobylka@mail.smu.edu) your top three choices by Wednesday, 27 January.  I will assign cases on a first-come, first-served basis.  When you present a case, you must read and brief from a full text source (published full opinions on Findlaw). Brief and present all opinions.

**Every student should email me (jkobylka@mail.smu.edu); or bring by my office on a disk) a copy of their brief at least one class day before s/he presents her/his case to the class. Late briefs will be penalized as indicated in the syllabus.

***Case assigned by instructor, as student didn't request a case.

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