BRENNAN‚ J.‚ Opinion of the Court SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 491 U.S. 397 Texas v. Johnson CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS No. 88-155 Argued: March 21‚ 1989 --- Decided: June 21‚ 1989 JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. After publicly burning an American flag as a means of political protest‚ Gregory Lee Johnson was convicted of desecrating a flag in violation of Texas law. This case presents the question whether his conviction is consistent
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patient dies. Since most of the time it is hard to clearly determine whether the outcome was solely a result of the course of treatment chosen by the doctor or whether other factors played a role too‚ quite often patients take their grievances to court to seek justice. What makes these kind of cases complicated is the “What would have been if…?” scenarios where one can only guess what the outcome of the treatment would have been had a different course of treatment been chosen because the proximate
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Plessy v. Ferguson In 1896 the Louisiana Supreme Court was challenged with a case that had the potential to tear apart racial segregation in our country. The central question that revolved around this court case was whether or not segregation amongst whites and blacks was still equal. The decision made by the court prolonged unnecessary social/racial inequality‚ oppression‚ hate‚ and violence in our country. The court’s ruling had immutable repercussions that greatly scarred our nation’s history
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| Scott v. Sanford | [Type the document subtitle] | | Willis Watts | 8/8/2013 | [Type the company name] [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | Scott v. Sanford The Dred Scott decision of the Supreme Court in March 1857 was one of the major steps on the road to secession. Dred Scott
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MBA560 COUGHLIN v TAILHOOK 112 F.3d 1052 (1997) United States Court of Appeals‚ Ninth Circuit Facts: During a convention at the Las Vegas Hilton in September 1991‚ Navy Lieutenant Paula Coughlin was attacked by a group of men in a hotel hallway. The resulting post-traumatic stress disorder and other problems related to the attack eventually hampered her ability to perform her duties. Ultimately‚ she resigned from the US Navy. Coughlin brought action against the Hilton Hotels Corporation
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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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Alexa Englert Advanced legal writing unit 3 Kaplan University 11/5/11 Polovchak v. Meese‚ 774 F.2d 731 (1985)‚ Facts: U.S.S.R. citizens Michael and Anna Polovchak came to the United States with their three children and settled in Chicago. The Polovchaks decided to return to the U.S.S.R. at which time their older children Nataly who was 17‚ and Walter who was 12‚ went to live at their cousin’s house not wanting to leave the Unites States with their parents. Nataly and Walters parents sought
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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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in Allen v. United States. In each case‚ neither of the defendants were on their own property‚ instead they were located in a public place. While these court cases helped shape self-defense laws in today’s society‚ as seen these rulings still left a lot to be desired. While the court rulings settled the case‚ ambiguity resided in regards to what the rulings meant for future cases. Many state courts failed to recognize the self-defense doctrine because during the Beard case‚ the court did not make
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Winona Ryder‚ a fresh-faced young actress‚ was one of the most prominent screen starlets of the time. She had many hit movies under her belt‚ including “Heathers”‚ “Edward Scissorhands”‚ “Beetle Juice”‚ and “Reality Bites”. Ryder‚ a native of Minnesota‚ was on top of the world. However‚ a few years down the line‚ Ryder had a brush with the law that was widely publicized. Both negative and positive outcomes stemmed from this situation. On December 12‚ 2001‚ Ryder was stopped at Saks Fifth Avenue
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