Court Case Logic Lineup

Procedure: Each team receives four cards.

  1. Select a Logic Leader for each team. The leader will assist with lining up teams.
  2. Teacher reads the first clue.
  3. The Logic Leader verbalizes how teammates should line up, according to the clue. Teammates assist. Allow for conversation and discussion.
  4. Repeat steps until all clues have been read.
  5. Teacher repeats all the clues so students can check their lineup.
  6. Teacher calls on one correct team to give their order. The other teams check for correctness.
  7. Teams correct themselves if necessary.
  8. A different Logic Leader is selected for the next problem.

Problem 1:

  1. The case dealing with funding for school districts is on the opposite side as the case about freedom of speech for students.
  2. The case about the black man who applied for admission into the University of Texas’ Law School is the only one next to the case dealing with the right of free speech for students.
  3. The case that upheld separate but equal is on the left of the case in which it was ruled that a separate black Law School at University of Texas would have been grossly unequal.
  4. The case in which it was ruled that a more equitable finance system for schools be implemented in Texas is not last.

Answer: Edgewood, Plessy, Sweatt, Tinker

Problem 2:

  1. The case dealing with funding for school districts is left of the case dealing with the right of free speech for students.
  2. The case about the black man who applied for admission into the University of Texas’ Law School is not before the case in which it was ruled that a more equitable finance system for schools be implemented in Texas.
  3. The case dealing with funding for school districts and the case that upheld separate but equal are on an end.
  4. The case about freedom of speech for students is before the case in which it was ruled that a separate black Law School at University of Texas would have been grossly unequal.

Answer: Edgewood, Tinker, Sweatt, Plessy

Problem 3:

  1. The case dealing with funding for school districtsis not in the middle.
  2. The case dealing with freedom of speech of students is not third.
  3. The case where the black man applied for admission into the University of Texas’ Law School is as far away from the Freedom of speech for students.
  4. The case that upheld separate but equal is second to last.
  5. The case in which it was ruled that a separate black Law School at UT would have been grossly unequal is to the right of the case that upheld separate but equal.

Answer: Edgewood, Tinker, Plessy, Sweatt

Problem 4:

  1. The case over funding for school districts and the case over freedom of speech for students are not next to each other.
  2. The case where the black man applied for admission into the University of Texas’ Law School and the case that upheld separate but equal are not next to each other.
  3. The case in which it was ruled that a separate black Law School at UT would have been grossly unequal is second.
  4. The in which it was ruled that a more equitable finance system for schools be implemented in Texas and the case that upheld separate but equal are next to each other.

Answer: Edgewood, Sweatt, Tinker, Plessy