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Post by duke on Apr 5, 2012 10:47:30 GMT -5
McCallie School's Mock Trial Team Wins State Title Posted on Apr 05, 2012 09:35 am
04/05/12 [Note McCallie is a private school well endowed by a former student, Ted Turner of CNN - Atlanta Braves fame.] From The Chattanoogan...
McCallie School's varsity mock trial team claimed its first state championship in more than a decade at the Tennessee State Mock Trial Tournament in Nashville.
After district qualifying rounds, the state competition pitted the 13 top mock trial teams from across Tennessee head-to-head through four rounds. The championship round proved especially notable as it was an all-Chattanooga final, pitting McCallie against Chattanooga Southeast Tennessee Home Education Association. The central issue in the case was whether or not the defendant, Mr. Jesse Stewart, had intentionally set fire to his business, Denim 'N More, a fictional Tennessee textile manufacturer, in order to collect a multimillion dollar insurance policy. <snip>
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