EEOC v. Federal Express (2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 1260 [4th Cir.]) Facts: FedEx appealed a case awarding a disabled employee‚ Ronald Lockhart‚ with compensatory and punitive damages. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) the employer must be acting with malice for punitive damages to be awarded; in addition‚ there was evidence that questioned if punitive damages were warranted. FedEx claimed that Lockhart’s supervisors failed to accommodate him at work‚ not FedEx‚ and they did engage in a
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Shelby County v. Holder 570 U.S. __ (2013) was a United States Supreme Court case concerning Section 5 and Section 4 of The Voting Rights Act of 1965. Section 5 forbids any state or district‚ that is an eligible voter discrimination area‚ from making any changes to their election process without federal permission. Section 4 labels a state or district as eligible if said state or district had a literacy test or any other unfair device in place as of November 1‚ 1964. Section 4 also clarifies how
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In the case of Keller v. Inland Metals All Weather Conditioning‚ Inc. Inland Metals did have an express warranty with the humidifier it sold to Keller. According to NOLO (2015) “an express warranty is a verbal or written statement that guarantees that a product is of a certain quality or will work in a certain way or for a certain amount of time.” In the case of Keller v. Inland Metal‚ Inland Metals provided both verbal and written statements about the quality of the humidifier they sold the
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After reviewing the United States v. Parks case‚ I believe that Parks should have been charged with a crime. The responsible corporate officer doctrine states that even if the corporate officer did not know about the crime or engage in the crime then the court can still find the officer criminally liable (Kubasek‚ 2017 p. 161). In this case‚ Parks received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration and still failed to correct the unsanitary conditions. Parks should be convicted even
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In our history as a Nation‚ we have had some conflicts that have arisen when this occurs and it can be difficult to define what it means to have religious freedom. It should not come as a surprise to us that this may be a conflict in our future. Religion is an asset in our human lives that has directed us toward morality from the beginning of humanity as religions have grown in diversity. There is no category to which it belongs; therefore‚ it is difficult to face this problem head on when there
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This appears to be a mine-run case and not the unusual case outside the heartland. Certainly‚ Funk is not the unusually sympathetic and repentant figure depicted in Gall‚ 128 S. Ct. at 600-02‚ and the district court recognized as much. Funk‚ 477 F.3d at 424-25. And‚ unlike the 100-to-1 crack-to-cocaine ratio in Kimbrough‚ 128 S. Ct. at 575‚ the career offender guideline in this case (§ 4B1.1) is exactly the type of guideline issue that “exemplif[ies] the
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religion‚ color‚ sex or national origin (Dessler‚ 2016). This is the first law that needs to be considered when looking at hiring an employee. After this‚ employers need to make sure they are following the guidelines and example of the Griggs v. Duke Power Company case (Dessler‚ 2016). This law is to ensure that when in the hiring process‚ the requirements of the candidates applying
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Supreme Court Case Name & Date: Dred Scott v. Sandford ‚ 1857 | Constitutional Amendment or Article related to this issue: Articles III and IV| Democratic Ideals: Equality‚ Democracy‚ Liberty‚ Justice‚ Protection‚ Rights‚ Opportunity‚ Unity‚ Tranquility‚ Well-beingWhich of the Democratic ideals (above) are related to this issue: rights‚ equality‚ justice‚ opportunity.| OPPOSING SIDES IN THE ARGUMENT| Using the OYEZ.org web site‚ you can find the PETITIONER & RESPONDENT by clicking on the hypertext
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to the top ten percent of every graduating high school class in Texas. Miss Fisher sued the University of Texas because she claimed that the use of race in admissions to the college violated the Equal Protection Clause from the 14th Amendment. The case made it all the way up to the Supreme Court which came to a final verdict. The University of Texas could use race as a plus factor when considering admissions. This use of race as a plus factor promotes diversity and therefore satisfies strict scrutiny
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