TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision.  Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. You should write an incorrect option. Even though there exist multiple wrong answers, we only need a single wrong answer. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.
PROBLEM: objectively by a reasonable person. Cooper v. Albacore Holdings, Inc., 204 S.W.3d 238, 244-45 (Mo.App.E.D.2006). Here, the trial court found that the Employer’s alleged conduct was not sufficient as a matter of law to objectively establish severe or pervasive hostility based on a disability. Whether “a reasonable person would objectively consider [an employer’s] behavior towards [a claimant] severe enough to alter the conditions of her employment and create an abusive working environment” is a question of fact. Cooper, 204 S.W.3d at 245; see also Howard, 149 F.3d at 840; 37 William C established, whether a reasonable person would similarly find the conduct offensive will generally be a question of fact for the jury. Cf. Meyerkord v. Zipatoni Co., 276 S.W.3d 319, 326 (Mo.App.E.D.2008) (<HOLDING>); Y.G. v. Jewish Hasp, of St. Louis, 795 S.W.2d 
 Holding statements: (A) holding that a person is seized when a reasonable person would have believed that he was not free to leave (B) holding that whether misrepresentations would be highly offensive to a reasonable person are questions for a jury (C) holding that questions of proximate cause are within the exclusive domain for the jury and may only be removed when reasonable minds cannot differ (D) holding in determining whether driver was insured under terms of policy exclusion of person using vehicle without a reasonable belief person was entitled to do so must be considered (E) holding that whether an encounter is consensual hinges on whether a reasonable person would have felt free to disregard the police and go about his business

SOLUTION: holding that a person is seized when a reasonable person would have believed that he was not free to leave

PROBLEM: evaluate each piece of evidence according to its independent worth. B. The Copyright Act of 1909 The plaintiff renewed its copyright in The URANTIA Book in 1983, by which time the Copyright Act of 1976 had become effective. However, the renewal section under which the book falls, Section 304, is identical to that of Section 24 of the Copyright Act of 1909. Furthermore, as the plaintiff correctly states, “[t]he passage of the [1976 Act] did not alter the definition of a Svork for hire’ for the purpose of renewing a copyright originally registered under the [1909 Act].... Thus, whether The URANTIA Book is a ‘eommis-sioned work’ must be decided under the Copyright Act of 1909.” (Pl.’s Br. at 5 n. 4.) See Stewart v. Abend, 495 U.S. 207, 217, 110 S.Ct. 1750, 1758, 109 L.Ed.2d 184 (1990) (<HOLDING>); Forward v. Thorogood, 985 F.2d 604, 606 n. 2 
 Holding statements: (A) holding that under illinois law interpreting the meaning of a contract is a question of law determined by the court (B) holding renewal rights in pre1978 works require court to look to the language of and case law interpreting  24 (C) recognizing a court must look beyond the plain language of a statute when the literal interpretation would lead to an absurd result (D) holding that if statutory language is plain and unambiguous this court will not look beyond the same to divine legislative intent (E) holding that in construing statute courts must first look to its plain language

SOLUTION: holding that under illinois law interpreting the meaning of a contract is a question of law determined by the court

PROBLEM: dyed or otherwise marked as a control on numbers permitted on a lease in accordance with the annual operating plan. 9 . Op. at 143. 10 . See, e.g., Kachemak Bay Watch, 935 P.2d 816; Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. v. State, Dep’t of Natural Resources, 921 P.2d 1134 (Alaska 1996); Gilbert v. State, Dep't of Fish & Game, 803 P.2d 391 (Alaska 1990); State v. Northern Bus Co., 693 P.2d 319 (Alaska 1984); Kenai Peninsula Fisherman's Coop. Ass’n v. State, 628 P.2d 897 (Alaska 1981); State v. Tanana Valley Sportsmen's Ass’n, 583 P.2d 854 (Alaska 1978). 11 . See Gilbert, 803 P.2d at 396-97 (concluding that agency policy limiting fishery before escapement goals were met was regulation because it modified commercial fishery limits); Kenai Peninsula Fisherman's Coop., 628 P.2d at 905-06, 905 n. 20 (<HOLDING>); Tanana Valley Sportsmen’s Ass’n, 583 P.2d at 
 Holding statements: (A) recognizing that when an agency promulgates a regulation that is intended to preempt state law the regulation should not be disturbed unless there is evidence that it is contrary to congressional intent (B) holding that agency classification was regulation subject to apa because it intended to regulate future conduct affecting fishery rights by establishing salmon use priority (C) holding that ojrdinarily when a regulation is not promulgated in compliance with the apa the regulation is invalid however when equity demands the regulation can be left in place while the agency follows the necessary procedures citation omitted (D) holding that a judgment establishing a partys exclusive light to use a trade name was not subject to collateral attack (E) holding that verbal requirement of need not contained in hunting regulation was addition of substance and thus regulation under apa

SOLUTION:
recognizing that when an agency promulgates a regulation that is intended to preempt state law the regulation should not be disturbed unless there is evidence that it is contrary to congressional intent