Webb v. City of Philadelphia Case Summary and Analysis
Your analysis of the Webb v. City of Philadelphia case requires that you identify the facts, the legal issues facing the court, the various laws that guide the court, and the decision the court came to and why.
It does not need to be in essay format. It is helpful to use subheadings such as:
FACTS – this section should be about 1/3rd page in length and should describe the story as to why Webb brings the lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia. The procedural history is NOT necessary.
ISSUE – this section should describe the issue facing the 3rd circuit judge in one or two sentences.
LAWS – this section should recite the statutory law used by the court to guide its decision in this case.
ANALYSIS – this section should be half a page or more in length and should analyze several of the cases the court used to inform its decision, stating how the cases were similar or different from the Webb case (this is similar to what you are asked to do in question 1 below).
CONCLUSION/HOLDING OF THE COURT – state in one sentence the court’s decision.
Then, answer the following 2 questions:
1. How did the Webb court distinguish the facts of Webb from those in what seems to be a similar case discussed by the court, which is the one brought by a police officer against the city of Newark?
2. Set forth your reasons as to whether or not the court reached the correct decision.
