First, read the following case: Southern Prestige v. Independence Plating (Links to an external site.).
Next, prepare a case brief for this case (400 words), using the IRAC format (Citation, Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion). A few reminders: your issue should be a question, and the conclusion should answer that question. The rule should state the rule of law that is being applied--it should not reflect the specific facts of the case. The application section is where you take the facts of the case and apply them to the rule to reach a conclusion.
Avoid using direct quotes from the case: put as much as possible into your own words. If you do use language from the case, you must put it in quotation marks and indicate that it is a direct quote. If you do not do so, you are plagiarizing, which is a violation of the OSU Student Conduct Code.