December 2012 Hollingsworth v. Perry 1. In February of 2004 the mayor of San Francisco‚ Gavin Newsom and other city officials began distributing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples in the city of San Francisco‚ California. In March of the same year‚ the County of San Francisco ordered the halt of marriages‚ pending court review. On March 29th‚ the San Francisco Superior Court declared San Francisco’s issuing of same-sex marriage licenses illegal. Multiple state Supreme Court hearings were held on
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Virginia v Black Facts: Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan‚ who burnt a cross on private property. Black states that the cross was burnt to inspire his KKK buddies and that he had no knowledge anyone who might feel intimidated was present let alone could see it. Black was arrested for violating a Virginia statute. Separately‚ O’Mara and Elliott were arrested for violating the same statute after burning a cross in their neighbor’s yard after a dispute. All three men were convicted and
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Texas v Johson The first amendment grants the citizens of the United States the right to speak freely‚ without legal persecution. Over the past 200 years since this amendment was enacted there have been hundreds of judicial cases devoted to interpreting and refining this law. One such case‚ reviewed by the United States ’ supreme court in 1988‚ was Texas v Johnson. The case involved Johnson ’s conviction of desecrating a venerated object (a Texas Statute) by burning a U.S. flag (Texas V Johnson(1989))
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The case of Kansas v. Hendricks involves the respondent Hendricks filing suit against the State of Kansas in regards to the Sexually Violent Predator Act. Hendricks believed his incarceration through this Act would be considered double jeopardy and he was being convicted of the same crime twice. Hendricks had been found guilty of sexually molesting children. He was incarcerated and was nearing the end of his sentence when he filed the suit against the state of Kansas. The Sexually Violent Predator
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Gratz v. Bollinger 539 U.S. 244 (2003) Facts of the Case Jennifer Gratz‚ a student with a 3.8 GPA and ACT score of 25‚ applied to the University of Michigan’s College of Literature‚ Science and Arts (LSA) in 1995. Patrick Hamacher‚ a student with an adjusted GPA of 3.0 and an ACT score of 28‚ also applied to the School in 1997. They were both denied admission and had to study elsewhere (Oyez‚ 2003). The University of Michigan’s the LSA used a 150-point scale to rank applicants‚ with 100 points
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DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY‚ LUCKNOW 2012-13 FINAL DRAFT ON BIRD v JONES Under The Guidance Of: Submitted by: ( ) ( ) Mr. Shashank Shekhar Assistant Professor Roll
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Shlensky v. Wrigley Facts: William Shlensky (plaintiff/appellant)‚ minority stock holder for the Chicago Cubs baseball team sued the team directors who deferred the case to Phillip Wrigley (defendant/appellee) stating mismanagement and negligence because of the refusal of the directors in installing lights at Wrigley Field‚ home field for the Chicago Cubs. Procedural History: Plaintiff original case was lost at trial and plaintiff appealed. Issue: The issue is whether the court should
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Page 1 ICLR: Chancery Division/1949/CANNON v. HARTLEY. - [1949] Ch. 213 [1949] Ch. 213 [CHANCERY DIVISION] CANNON v. HARTLEY. 1948 Nov. 19‚ 22. ROMRE J. Settlement - Deed of separation - Covenant to settle after-acquired property - Breach of covenant Volunteer’s right to claim for damages. A volunteer who is a party to a deed and a direct covenantee thereunder is entitled to damages for breach of a covenant contained in the deed. By a deed of separation made on January 23‚ 1941‚ between the defendant
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Miranda v. Arizona American Government This case is one that changed the way the United States Police forces will work forever. Every human in the world has natural born rights. Even people who have been arrested have rights‚ ‘The rights of the accused’. These rights are the main point of this court case. ‘On the third of March in 1963‚ an eighteen year old girl‚ “Lois Ann Jameson” (Sonneborn 6)‚ was leaving Paramount Theaters in downtown Phoenix’ (Sonneborn 7). Jameson would always take the bus
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Dothard v. Rawlinson Facts: After her application for employment as a "correctional counselor" in Alabama was rejected because she failed to meet the minimum 120-pound weight requirement of an Alabama statute‚ which also establishes a height minimum of 5 feet 2 inches‚ Dianne Rawlinson filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and ultimately brought a class action against appellant corrections officials challenging the statutory height and weight requirements
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