4/26/05--In a spirited argument before an overflow crowd at the Grimes Moot Court Final Round, held on April 20, the team of Heather Castillo and Patrick Halasz prevailed over the team of Tracy Hresko and Joshua Marmol. Ms Castillo was selected best oralist. The judges complimented both teams for the quality of the arguments. The presiding bench consisted of Judge Cabranes from the Second Circuit, Judge Hochberg from the United States District Court in New Jersey, and Justice Corrigan from the Supreme Court of Michigan.

Other awards were announced after the arguments. The award for best oralist in the overall Competition went to Andrea Perry. The best brief award went to the team of David Zetlin-Jones and Nate Winegar, with the Runner-up award going to James McGuinness and Andrew Vacisek.

The Grimes Moot Court is the Law School’s internal moot court competition. This year’s question involved whether a City violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment when it erects a Ten Commandments monument in a public park.