Plain English Exercise 1

Textbook: Plain English for Lawyers, Fifth Edition by Richard C. Wydick

Chapter 2, Exercise 1:

1. The majority opinion gives three reasons for rejecting the Supreme Court's approach in it's earlier decisions on the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause.
2. Erickson has moved to sever his case from those against Orrick and Sims and try it seperately.
3. When settling a client's claim, a lawyer must not offer or agree to restrict their own right to practice law. This includes the right to represent or act on behalf of other persons.
4. In Brown v. Board of Educuation of Topeka, the United States Supreme Court concluded that the system of "separate but equal" violated the Fourteenth Amendment.