Supreme Court Case Organizer

Fill in a separate organizer for each court case you choose to use.

Supreme Court Case (including date):

What Amendment or Amendments does the case cover: ______, ______, ______, ______, ______

Summarize the basic meaning and importance of the case in your own words. (Summary means to capture the main points in shorter and more simple language. Group separate ideas of the court case into separate paragraphs.)

ON THE BACK OF THIS PAGE:

Find 3 or more relevant or useful quotes from the original text of the ruling in your own words. (Copy entire sentences, even if you plan on only quoting part of a sentence.)

Find 3 or more web sites, newspaper articles, or what-have-you that talk about the case. List the name of the article. Get quotes that you can use in your paper. (Copy entire sentences, even if you plan on only quoting part of a sentence.)