Dean's Cup
The Dean’s Cup, initiated in 1963 by Deans E.R. Latty and J.D. Johnston, is Duke’s premier oral advocacy competition.
The Moot Court Board hosts the Dean’s Cup annually for second- and third-year students. The competition seeks to highlight the school’s best appellate advocates.
National Basketball Association v. Salazar, 118 F.4th 533 (2d Cir. 2024). Putative class action brought by Salazar and other individuals who watched videos on NBA.com while logged into Facebook, alleging the NBA's disclosures of his video-watching history and Facebook ID to Meta (Facebook's parent company) violated the Video Privacy Protection Act. The circuits are split 2–2 on whether the VPPA's definition of “consumer” – “any renter, purchaser, or subscriber of goods or services from a video tape service provider” – encompasses all of a provider's goods or services or only its audiovisual offerings. There are two issues at play: (1) the justiciability issue of whether Article III standing requires a plaintiff to plead that his personal information was disclosed to the public, or merely to any third party without his consent, and (2) a substantive question of whether the VPPA bars a business from disclosing information about consumers who do not subscribe to its audiovisual goods or services specifically. Research or assistance to competitors on this problem is strictly prohibited.
Judges
Recent judges of the Final Round of the Dean’s Cup have included U.S. Supreme Court Justices, federal court of appeals judges, U.S. district court judges, and state supreme court justices:
U.S. Supreme Court: Justice Scalia, Justice Alito, Justice Barrett.
U.S. Courts of Appeals: Thomas Ambro (3d Cir.), Rosemary Barkett (11th Cir.), Marsha Berzon (9th Cir.), José A. Cabranes (2d Cir.), Michael Chagares (3d Cir.), R. Guy Cole, Jr. (6th Cir.), Andre Davis (4th Cir.), Allyson Kay Duncan ’75 (4th Cir.), David Ebel (10th Cir.), Emilio Garza (5th Cir.), Roger Gregory (4th Cir.), Robert Henry (10th Cir.) (ret.), Jeffrey Howard (1st Cir.), E. Grady Jolly (5th Cir.), Allison Jones Rushing ‘07 (4th Cir.), Brett M. Kavanaugh (D.C. Cir.), Jane Kelly (8th Cir.), Carlos Lucero (10th Cir.), Blane Michael (4th Cir.), Karen Nelson Moore (6th Cir.), Diarmuid O'Scannlain (9th Cir.), Rosemary Pooler (2d Cir.), Reena Raggi (2d Cir.), Marjorie Rendell (3d Cir.), Robin S. Rosenbaum (11th Cir.), David Sentelle (D.C. Cir.), Dennis W. Shedd (4th Cir.), Sonia Sotomayor (then on the 2d Cir.), Richard C. Tallman (9th Cir.), Justin R. Walker (D.C. Cir.), James A. Wynn, Jr. (4th Cir.).
U.S. District Courts: Timothy Corrigan (M.D. Fla.), Catherine Eagles (M.D.N.C.), Robert Lewis Hinkle (N.D. Fla.), James P. Jones (E.D. Va.), David F. Levi (E.D. Cal.) (ret.), Kimberly J. Mueller (E.D. Cal.), William H. Pauley ’77 (S.D.N.Y.), Gene Pratter (E.D. Pa.), Lee H. Rosenthal (S.D. Tex.), Frederick Stamp (N.D.W. Va.).
State Supreme Courts: Christine M. Durham ’71 (Chief Justice, Utah Supreme Court), Anita Earls (Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court), Henry Frye (Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court) (ret.), Goodwin Liu (Associate Justice, California Supreme Court), Mark Martin (Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court).
Contact Information
To reach the Deans Cup Coordinators, contact deanscup@law.duke.edu