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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Ruben H. Caudle v. Peter Betts‚ Et al. Supreme Court of Louisiana 1987 Facts: The plaintiff‚ Ruben Caudle‚ was employed as a salesman at Bett Lincoln-Mercyry in Louisiana. While at a Christmas party‚ the defendant engaged in horseplay with an electric automobile condenser‚ which he used to shock the plaintiff on the back of the neck and chased him with it. The plaintiff was able to escape the defendant by locking himself in an office. Plaintiff Caudle testified that he developed a headache
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Marbury v. Madison As the government was newly establishing its stronghold on the nation a struggle to preserve the foundations of American society instituted by Washington and John Adams existed as Thomas Jefferson took office. In an attempt to maintain the "edifice of the National Government" believing Jefferson would topple the prestigious nation with his atheist views‚ Adams appointed various Federalists to the judiciary. Thus‚ attributing to the single most significant case of the Supreme
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Dartmouth College V. Woodward The case of Dartmouth College V. Woodward was a famous decision from the United States Supreme Court dealing with the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution to private corporations. The case arose when the president of Dartmouth College was dismissed by his trustees. This lead to the New Hampshire legislature’s attempt to force the college to become a public university and it placed the power to appoint trustees in the hands of the governor. The College’s
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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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Bollywood v. Hollywood The expectations for Hollywood are quite high in talent. Nevertheless so are they for Bollywood. Bollywood is the same for the most part‚ but just consists of mostly Indians. Hollywood on the other hand is consisted of genres that include multiple races and culture in their moneymaking films. These two film industries on the contrary have somewhat different talents. Bollywood‚ to a certain extent‚ involves more dancing‚ singing‚ and longer movies. For Hollywood‚ movies are
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ANSWER : The issue is whether Apparat Pty Ltd can take legal action against Dali. In this case‚ Apparat as a retailer who sells expensive imported sports car has engaged Dali an advertisement agency to advertise his product on a TV station. The agreement agreed to be last for two years. It is said that Apparat wants to cancelled that week’s advertisement slots after knowing that the TV station was planning to run a movie based around the search for the wealthy driver who carelessly knocks down
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the members as separate legal persons as decided in the case Salomon v Salomon. - However‚ in certain circumstances‚ a court may ignore the separate legal entity of a company (lifting the corporate veil) and look at the members of the company and make them liable. - The relevant rule here is the use of company to evade legal obligation to commit fraud under the case law or judicial exceptions and the relevant case is Jones v Lipman. (3/4
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DIMAPORO V. HRET FACTS: This is a petition brought by Congressman Dimaporo seeking to nullify the twin Resolutions of the HRET which denied his Motion for Technical Evaluation of the Thumbmarks and Signatures Affixed in the Voters Registration Records and Motion for Reconsideration of Resolution Denying the Motion for Technical Examination of Voting Records. Pursuant to the 1998 HRET Rules Congressional candidate Mangotara Petition of Protest (Ad Cautelam) seeking the technical examination
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Gideon V. Wainwright Name of teacher: Mr. James Pierce Name of student: Course: Criminal Court Systems Assignment due date: December 16‚ 2013 January 8‚ 2014 Gideon V. Wainwright Since time immemorial‚ history has always recorded in its annals that man is by nature both a rebellious and dominant creature. Because of these two innate traits‚ it seems nearly impossible for men to cohabit or coexist without having any channel or medium through which one man does not feel
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