CASE BRIEF FOR THE WINDSOR V. STATE OF ALABAMA WINDSOR V. STATE OF ALABAMA 683 So. 2d 1021 (1994) Judicial History: Harvey Lee Windsor was convicted of capital murder under § 13-A-5-40 (a)(2)‚ Code of Alabama 1975. The jury unanimously recommended the death penalty and the trial court accepted the jury’s recommendation and sentenced the appellant to death by electrocution. Windsor then appealed the conviction and sentence to the Court of Criminal Appeals. Facts: Harvey Lee Windsor and Lavon Gunthrie
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A CASE STUDY IN LEAN MANUFACTURING CONTENTS A brief description of the case study . 2 Abstract 3 Lean Manufacturing . 4 What is Kaizen?........................................................................................ 4 Garden State Tanning . 5 Getting to Lean . .. 6 Standard Tanning Industry Operations 7 Teams are formed and new process
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A GUIDE TO LEGAL CASE BRIEFS I. TITLE/ CITATION Warner-Lambert Company v. United States U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 425 F.3d 1381 (2005) II. THE FACTS A. Material • Warner-Lambert imports and sells lozenges in packages under the name "Halls DefenseTM Vitamin C Supplement Drops." Each drop contains daily requirement of Vitamin C‚ but the drops are composed primarily of sugar and glucose syrup‚ which together constitute more than 95 percent of each drop. Vitamin C
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How to Brief Cases To fully understand the law with respect to business‚ you need to be able to read and understand court decisions. To make this task easier‚ you can use a method of case analysis that is called briefing. There is a fairly standard procedure that you can follow when you “brief” any court case. You must first read the case opinion carefully. When you feel you understand the case‚ you can prepare a brief of it. Although the format of the brief may vary‚ typically it will present the
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Intro to Legal Environment Beachum v. White The West Virginia Record Background Facts: Leetta Beachum is the mother of Shana Cowley. Shana Cowley died from internal injuries on September 14‚ 2009. Injuries were sustained from leaping out of a moving vehicle. Timothy White was the boyfriend of Shana Cowley and the driver at the time when Cowley jumped from the moving vehicle. An altercation broke out between White and Cowley earlier that day‚ it continued when White picked up Cowley and
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Matthew Shepard Case Brief Facts: Twenty one year old‚ University of Wyoming college student‚ Matthew Shepard‚ died October 12‚ 1998 at 12:53 a.m. after spending five days in a comma due to massive injuries and head trauma in a robbery and hate crime assault (Matthew Shepard‚ 2000 [on-line]). Matthew Shepard met Aaron McKinney (22) and Russell Henderson (21) of Laramie in a local bar called Fireside Lounge. McKinney and Henderson had been drinking. The two led Shepard to believe they were
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INDIAN CONTRACT ACT 1. S. 124 - Gajanan Moreshwar Parelkar v Moreshwar Madan Mantri (Indemnity) (Plaintiff‚ at the request of the defendant‚ executed two mortgages in favour of Mohandas. Defendant wrote a letter promising to indemnify the plaintiff against any suits by the mortgagee‚ along with executing a third mortgage in place of the previous two. Plaintiff prays that the defendant obtains a release of liability from Mohandas; Issues: 1) Can the indemnified ask for performance of the contract
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reasonably to enhance the contractual objectiveness of a case. Judges use the grounds of how a ‘reasonable’ observer would interpret the facts to determine whether the elements of a contract are evident within an agreement to then make it legally binding‚ and whether the contractual performance of the parties was acted in good faith. This in effect allows for more procedural fairness‚ taking into account all matters within judicial review. Within this case‚ Robb J reasons that there is a legally binding contract
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liberty‚ or property without due process of law (p. 23).” In the case of Gunasekera v. Irwin Gunasekera was correct that his due process rights had be violated. According to an exert written up be Cornell University Gunasekera was denied property because he had tenure with the University (para. 13). Because the decision to prohibit him from advising students deprived him of property Gunasekera should have been granted due process. In this case‚ Gunasekera should have been given an adequate chance to clear
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Case Names and Roles Case #13 “The Day After” Charlie Jones: former Chief Executive of Riley Memorial Hospital Russell Adams: board chairman at Riley Memorial Hospital Bill Handy: COO of Riley Memorial Hospital Dr. Ralph Kemper: Chief of Radiology at Riley Memorial Hospital Background and Facts Over the last 18 months the average occupancy at Riley Memorial Hospital had fallen. This was certainly a cause for concern for Charlie and the hospital board. As a result‚ 134 employees were laid off to
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