HOSTS

THE TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL
JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION IN
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND PRIVACY LAW

OCTOBER 16-18, 2003

Requests for Interpretation

Question: Is the word "publicity" on p. 1 of the record on appeal supposed to be "publicly"?

Answer: No.

Question: Does the fact that discovery has not been completed refer to only the stipulated elements or to issues in dispute for both intrusion and false light?

Answer: No.

Question: Is there any jurisdiction that has mandatory authority--or are all state authorities of equal value. i.e. are Illinois cases more persuasive than Mississippi cases--etc.

Answer: Courts in the State of Marshall are bound by decisions of the Supreme Court of Marshall.

Question: My question is in to which jurisdiction's case law are we allowed to use in writing the brief for authority. I see that the brief mentions the Restatement Second of Torts. Are we only to use the Restatement? Does it matter which jurisdiction's case law we use?

Answer: Consult the Rules.

Other requests for interpretation received by the Committee were addressed by the corrections that were posted to the Website on August 29, 2003, pursuant to the email sent to the teams on the same date. Please ensure that you are working with the corrected version of the Record.