slavery into the Western territories threatened to tear the nation apart.With Congress sharply divided‚ reflecting the divisions in the nation‚ the Supreme Court took the unusual step of hearing the case of a fugitive slave suing for his freedom. Intended to be the definitive ruling that would settle the controversy threatening the Union for good‚ the case instead produced a divisive decision that pushed the nation one step closer toward the precipice of civil war. John Marshall‚ in his time the single
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The facts of the case 18 States and the Justice Department brought suit against Microsoft to "eliminate Microsoft’s unlawful practices‚ to avoid recurrence of similar practices and to restore the competitive threat that middleware products posed prior to Microsoft’s unlawful conduct. The procedural history of the case Microsoft grew the government’s attention in 1991‚ because word was that it was abusing its monopoly in the PC operating system market. The government had the FTC conduct an inquiry
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proposed law or court case The court case that is being reviewed is Women’s Health Protection Act of 2017. The Intentions of this case is to "protect a women’s right and ability to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion services." (Chu‚ J. 2017) Abortion is defined as "the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy‚ most often performed during the first 28 weeks or first trimester of pregnancy". the Supreme court ruled in
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WILFREDO M. CATU‚ complainant vs. ATTY. VICENTE G. RELLOSA‚ respondent A.C. No. 5738 (February 19‚ 2008) This is an administrative case filed by the complainant claiming that the respondent committed an act of impropriety as a lawyer and as public officer when he stood as counsel for the defendants despite the fact that he presided over the conciliation proceedings between the litigants as punong barangay.. Facts: Complainant Wilfredo M. Catu is a co-owner of a lot and the building erected thereon
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America’s Need for DUI Courts Claudia Delude Ivy Tech Community College ABSTRACT Persistent drunk driver’s have already been through the system. They need an alternative form of punishment. The traditional punitive punishments handed out by statute are not effective. This is proven when a driver gets his third‚ fourth or fifth DUI. This paper explores the DUI court model and how it is more effective in reducing recidivism. This method of judicial process
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Roughly 10 years ago a court case was introduced to sue McDonald’s Corporation for knowingly selling defective products. The particulars of the case involved a woman spilling hot coffee on her-self and being injured very badly because of it. Public opinion was (and largely still is) strongly against the woman and her settlement. Her stepson wrote an article to argue that she was justified in receiving a settlement due to the defective nature of the product being sold. The claim being presented
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Confidentiality to a criminal defendant can be a tough topic to speak upon. The scenario that I was given deals with two coworkers and one client. One is a paralegal‚ one is an attorney‚ and then the client. The paralegal and the client are friends and the paralegal works for the attorney‚ who is currently facing felony charges. The paralegal should inform the client of such charges of the attorney because the client is asking of the attorney to do a similar job as to what he is being charged for
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individual standing across the medical room‚ who she later learned would be her advocate throughout her examination and during her court case. Throughout the duration of her stay‚ though distraught‚ Sally cooperated with the SANE nurses‚ especially with the physical evidence collection.
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Defending your constitutional rights‚ is what this country is about. Deeming an item of the United States Constitution unconstitutional may seem to many as an impossible task‚ however in this land of the free and home of the brave‚ we aim to make sure that whatever Constitutional stone the framers left unturned has been or will be adhered to and interpreted accordingly. Although a law may read the same on paper‚ the interpretation of that law may have different meanings (broad or narrow) depending
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& Kale‚ LP Memo To: Supervising Attorney From: Amber Blanton Date: 5/16/2012 Re: Samantha Smith Fact: Samantha Smith slipped and fell on spilled shampoo in the aisle at the grocery store in question. After we filed our complaint with the courts; the store alleges that Ms. Smith had a duty to avoid the spillage‚ but was too distracted by her son to notice. The store feels that Ms. Smith is just as much responsible as they are. Issue: Is it equal responsibility on both parties as involved
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