SmartBrief
Confirm favorite deletion?
Constitutional Law Keyed to Maggs
Baird v. State Bar of Arizona
Citation:
401 U.S. 1 (1971)Facts
Sara Baird graduated from Stanford Law School in 1967 with no marks against her moral character. She satisfactorily passed the Arizona bar examination. She answered Question 25, listing all organizations with which she had been associated since age 16, to the Committee’s satisfaction. These organizations included Church Choir, Girl Scouts, Girls Athletic Association, Young Republicans, Young Democrats, Stanford Law Association, and Law School Civil Rights Research Council. However, when asked Question 27 about whether she had ever been a member of the Communist Party or any organization advocating violent overthrow of the United States Government, she refused to answer, responding “Not Applicable.” The Committee declined to process her application further based solely on this refusal. Under Arizona law, false answers to bar committee questions constitute perjury, punishable as a felony.
Only StudyBuddy Pro offers the complete Case Brief Anatomy*
Access the most important case brief elements for optimal case understanding.
*Case Brief Anatomy includes: Brief Prologue, Complete Case Brief, Brief Epilogue
- The Brief Prologue provides necessary case brief introductory information and includes:
Topic:
Identifies the topic of law and where this case fits within your course outline.Parties:
Identifies the cast of characters involved in the case.Procedural Posture & History:
Shares the case history with how lower courts have ruled on the matter.Case Key Terms, Acts, Doctrines, etc.:
A case specific Legal Term Dictionary.Case Doctrines, Acts, Statutes, Amendments and Treatises:
Identifies and Defines Legal Authority used in this case.
- The Case Brief is the complete case summarized and authored in the traditional Law School I.R.A.C. format. The Pro case brief includes:
Brief Facts:
A Synopsis of the Facts of the case.Rule of Law:
Identifies the Legal Principle the Court used in deciding the case.Facts:
What are the factual circumstances that gave rise to the civil or criminal case? What is the relationship of the Parties that are involved in the case.Issue(s):
Lists the Questions of Law that are raised by the Facts of the case.Holding:
Shares the Court's answer to the legal questions raised in the issue.Concurring / Dissenting Opinions:
Includes valuable concurring or dissenting opinions and their key points.Reasoning and Analysis:
Identifies the chain of argument(s) which led the judges to rule as they did.
- The Brief Prologue closes the case brief with important forward-looking discussion and includes:
Policy:
Identifies the Policy if any that has been established by the case.Court Direction:
Shares where the Court went from here for this case.
4m 14s
8m 2s
