Ames Moot Court Competition 1979

The case Fenton Oil Company INC. v. Amar Petroleum Company was argued in November 1979, at the Ames Moot Court Competition. The presiding judges were Hon. Potter Stewart, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. Phyllis Kravitch, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit; Hon. Louis Pollack, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The Ames Competition, held in the historic Ames Courtroom of Harvard Law School, is one of the most prestigious competitions for appellate brief writing and advocacy in the country. The students participating in the Final Round started the competition in fall of their 2L year.  Two teams progressed to the Final Round through their strong research abilities and excellent written and oral advocacy.