In the final of the Dean’s Cup Moot Court Competition, four Duke Law students argued the case of Agustín Aguayo v. Francis J. Harvey, Secretary of the Army before a three-judge panel headed by Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.

2009 classmates Jessica Rivera and David Maxted argued on behalf of the petitioner, while Adam Doverspike ’09 and Kristin Collins Cope ’10 acted as counsel for the respondent. Following oral arguments, Justice Scalia, Judge Allyson K. Duncan ’75 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and Circuit Judge E. Grady Jolly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of the respondent, naming Doverspike Outstanding Oral Advocate.