29. Introduction 30. The decision of the House of Lords in Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd [1] evinces the accuracy of Gooley’s observation that the separate legal entity doctrine was a "two-edged sword".[2] At a general level‚ it was a good decision. By establishing that corporations are separate legal entities‚ Salomon’s case endowed the company with all the requisite attributes with which to become the powerhouse of capitalism. At a particular level‚ however‚ it was a bad decision. By extending the
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Mcculloh v Maryland Case In many ways‚ the opinion in this case represents a final step in the creation of the federal government. The argument involved which was the power of Congress to charter a bank. The larger questions would go out to the Constitutional interpretation and would still be debated to this day. In 1791‚ as part of his financial plan‚ Secretary of The Treasury Alexander Hamilton proposed that Congress charter a Bank of the United States‚ to serve as a central bank of the country
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Gravel v. United States 408 U.S. 606 (1972) Facts of the Case Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska was given a copy of the classified “Pentagon Papers” in 1971. After he received the classified documents‚ he called a meeting of his subcommittee in the Senate and shared their contents with the others in the subcommittee. He also allegedly arranged to publish the documents through Beacon Press. A federal grand jury‚ in the process of an investigation of possible federal law violations‚ subpoenaed one of
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Cruzan v. Missouri The right to die This case is Appellate. Twenty-five years old‚ Nancy Cruzan‚ was in an automobile accident on January 11‚ 1983. She was driving an old car‚ which lacked seat belts. Massive injuries resulted in her falling into an unconscious state‚ unresponsive to outside stimulation. Doctors estimated that Nancy’s brain had been without oxygen for at least fourteen minutes before she was found. A person who goes without oxygen for more than six minutes suffers brain
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Criminal Justice 1 Case Review October 16‚ 2013 Terry Brice Horton v. California Argued February 21‚ 1990 496 U.S. 128‚ 110 S. Ct. 2301‚ 110 L. Ed. 2d 112 (1990) The defendant’s armed robbery conviction was upheld by the California Supreme Court‚ the defendant then petitioned the writ of certiorari‚ which is a decision by the Supreme Court to hear an appeal from a lower court. Justice Stevens then held that “Fourth Amendment does not prohibit warrantless seizure of evidence of crime
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Judy Sal DATE November 11‚ 2011 Costanza v. Seinfield 181 Misc. 2d 562; 693 N.Y.S.2d 897 (1999) Parties: Petitioner: Costanza Respondent: Seinfield Facts: The plaintiff‚ Michael Costanza alleges that the television show‚ “Seinfield” has a character by the name of George Costanza who is based off of him without his consent. The character is bald‚ fat‚ has bad romantic relationships‚ and poor employment. Plaintiff alleges that “Seinfield” has portrayed him in a negative‚ humiliating
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Oriana McGrath POSC Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz Case Brief FACTS: The Michigan State Police established a sobriety checkpoint pilot program that went on for only one day. “Under the guidelines‚ checkpoints would be set up at selected sites along state roads. All vehicles passing through a checkpoint would be stopped and their drivers briefly examined for signs of intoxication. In cases where a checkpoint officer detected signs of intoxication‚ the motorist would be directed to
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After a four year hiatus in the Supreme Court docket‚ the court finally rule in 1824‚ the case of Gibbons v. Ogden‚ which eventually proclaimed the federally supremacy clause and the commerce clause‚ but it’s impact of American commerce can still be felt today. The loose interpretation of the Constitution by Chief Justice Marshall had greatly infuriated and scared the Southerners because if the government could regulate interstate commerce‚ then it could one day regulate slavery; it’s technically
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King v Cogdon Minerva Rodriguez Criminal Law 1310 22 April 2013 Professor Holden Case: King v Cogdon King v Cogdon‚ was an Australian case heard in 1950. Ms. Cogdon who suffers from minor neurotic conditions is believed to be her daughter’s murderer. She had on an occasion dreamt spiders were attacking her daughter (Pat). That night Ms. Cogdon had slept walked into her room and began to violently brush the spiders off her daughter’s
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Carhart case in 2007 was significant to the way abortions were to be performed. The case established the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act which banned D&E procedures and regulated abortions. The procedure was the dilatation of a woman’s cervix followed by the extraction of an unborn baby. (Kennedy 1)
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