ELEMENTS B 2019 POWER POINT SLIDES

1. ELEMENTS B 2019POWER POINT SLIDES Class #9: Friday, August 30 National Toasted Marshmallow Day

2. MUSIC: SERGEI PROKOFIEV, PETER & THE WOLF (1936) [3 WAYS]Narrators: David Bowie, STING, STERLING HOLLOWAY (Voice of Winnie-the-Pooh & Kaa) STORMY WEATHER • WHERE WE ARE • CHECK FOR E-MAILS & UPDATED COURSE PAGE FOR SCHEDULING INFO FOR WHEN SCHOOL REOPENS Briefing Assmts • Shaw Brief Probably Due Night Before Next Class Meeting; Can Do Sooner • Other Panels TBA; Self-Quizzes Posted Today • Qs on Instructions?

3. FRIDAY Pop Culture Moment Between Shaw & Liesner Most Performed Waltz in American Popular Music

4. Liesner DQ1.17: Oxygen What are “the superior advantages which the trial court had”? • Case doesn’t say • You need to try to figure out what court means • Will get easier with experience

5. Liesner DQ1.17: Oxygen What are “the superior advantages which the trial court had”? • Visual Observation of Witnesses and of Physical Evidence • Hearing Testimony

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7. LiesnerDQ1.17: Oxygen What do these advantages suggest about the appropriate role of appellate courts in reviewing factual determinations made by “finders of fact” (juries or trial judges )?

8. Liesner DQ1.17: Oxygen What do these advantages suggest about the appropriate role of appellate courts in reviewing factual determinations made by finders of fact? DEFERENCE!! See, e.g., tests for taking a case away from the jury: • Wisc 1914: “No reasonable doubts remain.” • Fed’l 2019: “No reasonable jury could find …”

9. LiesnerBrief: Rationales • Not especially significant in a narrow case reviewing sufficiency of the evidence. • Might give “prevailing rule” as a doctrinal rationale. • Might give “superior advantages” as a policy rationale • Examples of each in Sample Brief posted after class today

10. Liesner v. Wanie: Context 1914

11. Liesner v. Wanie: Context 1914: Deaths • Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (Civil War Hero) • John Muir (Naturalist) • Jacob Riis (Journalist/Author) • 19th Century Industrialists • CW Post (Grape Nuts & Other Cereals) • George Westinghouse (Railroad Brake and Electronics) • FrederikWeyerhauser (Timber & Paper)

12. Liesner v. Wanie: Context 1914: Births • Alec Guiness • Joe Louis • Joe DiMaggio • Ralph Ellison • Danny Thomas • Dylan Thomas

13. Liesner v. Wanie: Context 1914: Introduced in U.S. • term “Birth Control” (coined by Margaret Sanger) • First Blood Transfusion • Doublemint chewing gum • Elastic Brassiere • Federal Trade Commission • Company that will become Greyhound Bus • Mother’s Day (by Congr. Resolution)

14. Liesner v. Wanie: Context 1914: Introduced in U.S. • New Republic Magazine • Panama Canal • Pygmalion by GB Shaw • Rookie Pitcher: Babe Ruth • Tarzan of the Apes • Teletype Machine • Traffic Lights using red-green signals

15. Liesner v. Wanie: Context 1914: World War I 105 Years Ago Thursday: Sept. 5: 1st Battle of the Marne Begins • NE of Paris, French 6th Army Attacks Germans  Allied Victory (Keeps German Army out of Paris)

16. Liesner v. Wanie: Context 1914: World War I 102 Years Ago Yesterday: Sept. 5: 1st Battle of the Marne Begins • NE of Paris, French 6th Army Attacks Germans  Allied “Victory” • Two Million Soldiers Participate

17. Liesner v. Wanie: Context 1914: World War I 102 Years Ago Yesterday: Sept. 5: 1st Battle of the Marne Begins • NE of Paris, French 6th Army Attacks Germans  Allied “Victory” • Two Million Soldiers Participate • 500,000 Killed or Wounded

18. Liesner v. Wanie: Context 1914: World War I Sept. 5: 1st Battle of the Marne Begins • NE of Paris, French Attacks Germans  Allied “Victory” • Two Million Soldiers Participate • 500,000 Killed or Wounded Dec. 24-25: Christmas Truce

19. Liesner v. Wanie: Context 1914: World War I June 28: Archduke Francis-Ferdinand (Heir to the Austro-Hungarian Throne) Assassinated in Sarajevo: “The Shot Heard Round the World”

20. Liesner v. Wanie Cf. “Some Shots Into a Brush Pile” (LiesnerTrial Transcript) featuring KRYPTON & URANIUM

21. Liesner Trial Transcript Note Anderson testimony (p.17): “REPLEVIED” Suggests replevin was cause of action. (= Common law action for return of personal property)

22. LiesnerTrial Transcript: DQ1.19: Best Evidence for Each Side (Krypton) Liesners’ Attys must have argued: • L-Boys did mortally wound wolf • L-Boys did continue pursuit (Uranium) Wanie’sAttys must have argued: • Uncertain that L-Boys mortally wounded wolf • L-Boys did not continue pursuit

23. LiesnerTrial Transcript: DQ1.19: Best Evidence for Each Side (Krypton) Liesners’ Attys must have argued: • L-Boys did mortally wound wolf. Ev? • L-Boys did continue pursuit (Uranium) Wanie’sAttys must have argued: • Uncertain that L-Boys mortally wounded wolf • L-Boys did not continue pursuit

24. LiesnerTrial Transcript: DQ1.19: Best Evidence for Each Side (Krypton) Liesners’ Attys must have argued: • L-Boys did mortally wound wolf • Comparing wounds and possible sources (ammo/direction) • Abdominal Wound likely Fatal • Behavior of Wolf • L-Boys did continue pursuit (Uranium) Wanie’sAttys must have argued: • Uncertain that L-Boys mortally wounded wolf. Ev? • L-Boys did not continue pursuit

25. LiesnerTrial Transcript: DQ1.19: Best Evidence for Each Side (Krypton) Liesners’ Attys must have argued: • L-Boys did mortally wound wolf • L-Boys did continue pursuit. Ev? (Uranium) Wanie’sAttys must have argued: • Uncertain that L-Boys mortally wounded wolf • Lots of Shots/Wounds + Dog Bites • Wolves Hard to Kill • No Manure Inside Wolf • L-Boys did not continue pursuit

26. LiesnerTrial Transcript: DQ1.19: Best Evidence for Each Side (Krypton) Liesners’ Attys must have argued: • L-Boys did mortally wound wolf • L-Boys did continue pursuit. • Boys run after wolf; F shoots into brush pile • Boys testify F told Wanie (Uranium) Wanie’sAttys must have argued: • Uncertain that L-Boys mortally wounded wolf • L-Boys did not continue pursuit. Ev?

27. LiesnerTrial Transcript: DQ1.19: Best Evidence for Each Side (Krypton) Liesners’ Attys must have argued: • L-Boys did mortally wound wolf • L-Boys did continue pursuit. (Uranium) Wanie’sAttys must have argued: • Uncertain that L-Boys mortally wounded wolf • L-Boys did not continue pursuit. • Not very active attempts to enter brush pile • Ps didn’t claim from W (tho Trial Court says this is OK)

28. Liesner Trial Transcript: DQ1.20Trial Judge’s Perspective • To make this decision, Judge must believe: • Abdomen shot was mortal wound (“gut shot”; wolf’s behavior) • Only shot that could have made that wound was Ed Liesner shot (bullet/angle) Questions/Concerns?

29. Liesner Trial DQ1.20: Trial Judge’s Perspective • Trial Judge must have believed: • Abdomen shot was mortal wound (“gut shot”; wolf’s behavior) • Only evidence of shot that could have made that wound was Liesner shot (bullet/angle) • Keep in Mind • Judge might have experience with guns/hunting • Judge could see pelt & holes • Not every factual dispute is material to outcome. • Whether there was “manure” in abdominal cavity • Whether Wanie tried to hide bullet hole