Case Name: Missouri v. Jenkins 491 U.S. 274 (1989) United States Supreme Court Facts: The attorneys and associates for plaintiff‚ Kansas City Missouri School District‚ had been litigating a school district segregation case since 1979 and NAACP had been litigating the case since 1982. Attorneys asked and received reasonable attorney fees under Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976‚ 42 U.S.C. §1988. All fees were given at current market rates. A Court of Appeals affirmed this
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violated the First Amendment. In trying to keep minors away from inappropriate material the Act reduced "the freedom of speech" by restricting what adults could send over the internet. # 2) Legal Precedent: a. Sable Communications of California v. FCC (1989) was in response to a ban on indecent and obscene interstate commercial phone messages. Sable Communications was in the dial-a-porn business. The supreme court decision was that the ban on obscene speech was valid since the constitution does
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Janel Mitchell Ms. Winter Honors Civics & Economics B-1 Case name: DC V. Heller A controversial topic came about in the year of 2008. It was concerning whether or not DC’s gun law was following along the lines of the Second Amendment Rights. A man by the name of Dick Anthony Heller was a special police officer and had gone in to register for a handgun for his home. The true underlying issue was whether or not the rights were protected under the Second Amendments which states: The
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Lakeman v Mountstephen (1874) LR 7 HL 17‚ 43 LJQB 188‚ 22 WR 617‚ 30 LT 437‚ [1874-80] All ER Rep Ext 1924 Court: pre-SCJA 1873 Judgment Date: circa 1874 Case History Annotations Case Name Citations Court Date Signal - Lakeman v Mountstephen (1874) LR 7 HL 17‚ 43 LJQB 188‚ 22 WR 617‚ 30 LT 437‚ [1874-80] All ER Rep Ext 1924 pre-SC JA 1873 circa 1874 Affirming Mountstephen v Lakeman (1871) LR 7 QB 196‚ 36 JP 261‚ 41 LJQB 67‚ 20 WR 117‚ 25 LT 755 Ex Ch circa 1871 Cases referring
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Miranda V Arizona In the history of the United States‚ the legislative branch of government has developed systems of laws which the judicial branch of government checks. Because of modernization‚ the constitutionality of these laws needs to be reevaluated from time to time. There have been many cases that have caused the government to amend certain laws to protect its citizens. One of the most important cases that was brought to the Supreme Court was the case of Ernesto Miranda V the state of
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Henry and Prince Hal’s discussion on what makes a great king. Like a comet‚ the less is seen of the king‚ the more of a sovereign‚ enigmatic figure he becomes and the more respect he gains when he makes such seldom appearances.) Henry V (In the final act of Henry V‚ Henry approaches Princess Catherine of France to try and woo her. He makes it seem as if he is a lovestruck‚ simple man that isn’t very good with words (even though the reader know that this is certainly not the case). The reader knows
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personality‚ a company being a legal entity independent of its members‚ can enter into contracts and own property in its own right‚ can sue and be sued and also taxed in its own name. The principle of corporate entity was established in the case of Salomon v A. Salomon ‚ now referred to as the ‘Salomon’ principle. The facts of this case were that the owner of a business sold it to a company he had formed‚ in return for fully paid-up shares to himself and members of his family‚ and secured debentures
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recognized that those inmates do have less rights than free citizens. Taking away some rights of the inmates is a valid punishment and by restricting these rights it helps in maintaining security in prisons. The title of the case that I chose was Wolff v. McDonnell. This case was very important because it uniformed certain rights and freedoms within correctional facilities. “Although inmates received some procedural safe-guards to protect them against the notorious abuses of disciplinary meetings‚ they
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‘V for Vendetta’ directed by James McTeigue is a dystopian political thriller about a shadowy freedom fighter known as ‘V’ who along with his companion Evey‚ blows up parliament and eliminates the government’s control of the country. The film gives a deeper insight of the corruption that can take place in the government. It draws attention to the societal issues stopping us from being able to trust those of higher power. The film also portrays the idea that you can kill a man but you can’t kill an
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1984 and V. for Vendetta: Comparative Paragraph The famous philosopher Friedrich Nietzche once stated‚ “When you gaze long into an abyss‚ the abyss also gazes into you.” Implying the fact that when one strives to overcome a force‚ there is a possibility that one may naturally be altered into being similar to the force they struggle against. In the process of analyzing this quote‚ one can compare the two protagonists Winston and V. from 1984 and V. for Vendetta‚ to comprehend which of the two is
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