Recent Supreme Court Cases
Get to Know the Inns of Court - Pt 2
Law at the Movies
Law and Literature
Intellectual Property
Criminal Law
100
In June 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that the use of affirmative action in the admissions programs at these two schools were unconstitutional.
What are Harvard and University of North Carolina?
100
This is the title held by least one member of the Executive Committee Team who is not a member of a specific team.
Who is the Administrator, President, President-Elect, and Immediate Past President?
(Any one is accepted)
100
This movie, based on a true story, follows the life of a paralegal and environmental activist who sues PG&E for polluting a California city’s water. The real paralegal acts as an extra in the movie.
What is "Erin Brockovich"?
100
This book was the second draft of the author’s story of her father’s defense of a black man in the South charged with raping a white woman.
What is "To Kill a Mockingbird?"
100
This United States agency oversees trademark, copyright, and patent filings at the federal level.
What is the United States Patent and Trademark Office?
100
The burden of proof falls on this party in a criminal case.
What is the Government?
200
This famous whiskey company “fetched” a Supreme Court victory against VIP Products LLC when it wrote that the company had infringed on the company’s trademarks and “associated the famed whiskey with, well, dog excrement.”
What is Jack Daniels?
200
These are the four levels which identify the members who compose each Inns of Court team.
What are Master of the Bench, Masters of the Bar, Barristers, Associates, and Students?
200
This movie details the life of a lawyer who sues his former employer when he is fired after his sexuality and HIV status is exposed to his employer.
What is Philadelphia?
200
This revolutionary true crime novel set in Kansas was written by the best friend of fellow author Harper Lee.
What is "In Cold Blood?"
200
Of the four types of words which can act as a trademark, this type has the best chance at successfully being registered as a trademark with the USPTO.
What is fanciful?
200
Attempt, Conspiracy, and Aiding and Abetting are all considered this type of offense.
What is inchoate?
300
The Supreme Court limited this government agency’s ability to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
300
All but these three meetings are approved for CLE credits.
What are the Kickoff, Jeopardy, and End of Year Celebration?
300
This movie follows the misfortune of a first-year Harvard law student who faces a number of academic challenges as the helm of his Contracts professor, whose daughter he begins to date.
What is the Paper Chase?
300
The name of this famous novel about a rookie lawyer’s first personal injury case shares the same name as numerous songs about making money.
What is "Rainmaker?"
300
A large design on a t-shirt would be protected under this law.
What is copyright?
300
In Nebraska, these are the possible mandatory minimums if a defendant is convicted and determined to be a Habitual Criminal.
What are 3, 10, or 25 years.
*Note, the 3 years is a new change based on LB50, passed earlier this year. Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. 29-2221
400
This state was the subject of a dispute with the Navajo Nation in which the Supreme Court (in June 2023) had to decide issues relating to water rights for the Colorado River.
What is Arizona?
400
After this number of years in practice, members change from an Associate to a Barrister.
What is 5?
400
What is the Pelican Brief?
400
The Charles Dickens novel "Bleak House" centers around a long running legal case involving these conflicting documents.
What are wills?
400
Under copyright law, an expression created on or after March 1, 1989, will become part of the public domain this number of years after it was first created.
What is 70?
400
This 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision has led some courts to strike down some portions of 18 U.S.C 922(g). Provide both Petitioner and Respondent names.
What is New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen?
142 S.Ct. 2111 (2022)
500
In Counterman v. Colorado the Supreme Court held that the government must prove the defendant had some subjective understanding of his statements’ threatening nature when he sent hundreds of messages to the recipient through this social media platform.
What is Facebook?
500
This is the number of teams in the Robert Van Pelt Inn.
What are 7?
500
This movie details the early career of a Supreme Court justice, focusing on one of the first cases of his career State of Connecticut v. Joseph Spell.
What is Marshall?
500
This best selling book turned Scorsese movie tells the story of murder, conspiracy, and the first days of the FBI.
What is "Killers of the Flower Moon?"
500
When applying for trademark registration based on current use in commerce, applicants must submit this to show the current use.
What is a specimen?
500
In Nebraska, if the death penalty is a possible sentence, who determines the sentence and how are they chosen?
The presiding District Court Judge and two active District Court judges chosen at random by the Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court.
Source: Neb. Rev. Stat 29-2521.