Ames First Semi-Final Round Results:
Best Brief: The Honorable Justice Albert L. Sachs Team
Best Overall Team: The Lucy Stone Memorial Team
Best Oralist: Caroline Trusty from The Lucy Stone Memorial Team
Presiding Judges:
The Honorable David Barron, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
The Honorable John J. McConnell, United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
The Honorable Fernande R.V. Duffly, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Participating Teams:
The Honorable Justice Albert L. Sachs Team (Appellant)
- Andrew Ferguson
- Alex Loomis, Oralist
- Cassie Mitchell
- Clara Spera, Oralist
- Elyssa Spitzer
- Maile Yeats-Rowe
The Lucy Stone Memorial Team (Appellee)
- Michelle Adler
- Victoria Hartmann
- Helen Rave
- Caroline Trusty, Oralist
- Stefanie Tubbs
- Mengjie Zou, Oralist
Arguing Avery v. Rex.
The two questions on appeal are:
- Whether the conditional dismissal of the § 1985 claim undermines the finality of the district court’s judgment and therefore deprives the Ames Circuit of appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
- Whether the district court erred in granting summary judgment to Rex on Avery’s First Amendment claim.