THABO MELI v R Fact of the case : The defendants had taken their intended victim to a hut and plied him with drink so that he became intoxicated. They then hit the victim around the head‚ intending to kill him. In fact the defendants only succeeded in knocking him unconscious‚ but believing the victim to be dead‚ they threw his body over a cliff. The victim survived but died of exposure some time later. The defendants were convicted of murder‚ and appealed to the Privy Council on the ground that
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Summary R. v. Morgentaler was decided by the Supreme Court of Canada‚ a verdict which declared abortion laws in the Criminal Code of Canada as arbitrary and unconstitutional. The court ruled the laws to have violated the woman’s right to security of the person under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to security of person. After the ruling‚ you could not be charged under the Criminal Code of Canada for having an abortion without consent of the therapeutic abortion committee
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1) Both companies Ingram Micro and H and R block both experienced difficulties in managing customers. Both companies had to change there business process and there internal cultures to cope with the changing customer environment. I think the web has changed the expectations of customers because they want everything to be shorter and quicker. Customers want to order what they want faster they also want it shipped and delivered faster because they know that with today’s technology it can be done
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Defendant’s Argument: Mr. Chief Justice and may it please the court: The issue is this case is whether a public school district may regulate indecent speech in a public school setting. The facts of this case are that on April 26th‚ 1983‚ Matt Fraser‚ a 17 year old high school senior‚ gave a speech in front of the student body. Fraser’s speech was to introduce his candidate for vice president’s position of the student body. His speech contained references to sexual innuendo when compare the candidates
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Running head: Terry v. Ohio‚ 392 U.S. 1 Case Brief of Terry v. Ohio 392 U.S. 1 October 4‚ 2014 Facts At approximately 2:30 in the afternoon‚ while patrolling a downtown beat in plain clothes‚ Detective McFadden observed two men (later identified as Terry and Chilton) standing on a street corner. The two men walked back and forth an identical route a total of 24 times‚ pausing to stare inside a store window. After the completion of walking the route‚ the two men would
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Swan v. Talbot‚ Phelan v. Gardner‚ Marron v. Marron Case Briefs Jennifer Beverly PA205-02 Professor Byron Grim June 20‚ 2011 Case Briefs Citation: Swan v. Talbot‚ 152 Cal. 142 (Cal. 1907) Facts: George Swan‚ plaintiff‚ sold James R. Talbot‚ defendant‚ a portion of personal property. Swan was inebriated at the time the deal was prepared. The portion of the property sold to Talbot was valued at $21‚949.86. Talbot paid Swan $10‚604.32‚ this included $200 in coin that was paid to Swan
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| CP-24 V-BLOCK Go to CALIBRATION PROCEDURE HOME or INDEX for links to other procedures.V-BLOCKS V-Blocks are often used to check true position gages and runout in the lab. They are also used for work holding and inspection on the shop floor. In some shop work holding applications‚ the accuracy would not need to be to the level of lab or inspection gage blocks. V-blocks are precisely square‚ and the V-groove should be in the exact center of the block. The prime purpose of a V-block is to hold
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1) Citation Palsgraf v. Long Island R. Co 248 N.Y. 339‚ 162 N.E. 99 (1928) Court of Appeals of New York 2) Key facts a. The plaintiff‚ Helen Palsgraf‚ was waiting for a train on a station platform. b. A man carrying a package was rushing to catch a train that was moving away from a platform across the tracks from Palsgraf. c. As the man attempted to jump aboard the moving train‚ he seemed unsteady and about to fall. d. A railroad guard on the car reached forward to grab him and another guard
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“stat[ing] with particularity facts giving rise to a strong inference that the defendant acted with the required state of mind.” Livid‚ 403 F.3d at 1055 (internal quotation marks omitted). The higher pleading standards incorporates the scienter standard in the federal rules that requires the circumstances constituting the fraud be pled with particularity‚ but allows the plaintiff to plead the state of mind generally. Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b). The particularity requirement is met by pleading facts about
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Page1 R. v G R. v R House of Lords 16 October 2003 Case Analysis Where Reported [2003] UKHL 50; [2004] 1 A.C. 1034; [2003] 3 W.L.R. 1060; [2003] 4 All E.R. 765; [2004] 1 Cr. App. R. 21; (2003) 167 J.P. 621; [2004] Crim. L.R. 369; (2003) 167 J.P.N. 955; (2003) 100(43) L.S.G. 31; Times‚ October 17‚ 2003; Official Transcript Subject: Criminal law Keywords: Capacity; Criminal damage; Knowledge; Mens rea; Recklessness Summary: A person who gave no thought to the risk of damage or injury resulting
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