If you are asked to read a dissent in the case, what was the decision and reasoning in the minority?

nn2 pages, double spaced, at standard type face (12 or 14 point).nnIt should briefly (in very few sentences) lay out the basic facts of the case. These are usually generally agreed upon by the time it gets to final appeal stage; i.e., the Supreme Court of a Federal District court.nnWhat is much more important is the issue at law – the dispute about what the law means or how it should be interpreted.nnWhat was the majority of the court’s decision in the case, and – more importantly – what was the basic reasoning behind this decision?nnIf you are asked to read a dissent in the case, what was the decision and reasoning in the minority?nnDo you agree or disagree with the court’s decision? Explain why.nnDirect quotes should be in quotation marks or, if more than one sentence, in an indented paragraph. Material which is a close paraphrase of another work, although not a direct quote, should be referenced and explicitly acknowledged with the expressions like ‘paraphrase,’ ‘in other words,’ ‘to put it another way,’ or something similar.nn