Dye 04/03/2015 CJAD 405 MADDOX V. MONTGOMERY United States Courts of Appeals‚ Eleventh Circuit 718 F.2d 1033 (11th Cir. 1983) Facts: Jimmy Maddox was sentenced to serve a life of imprisonment after he was convicted in a Georgia State court for charges of rape. Maddox filed for a federal Habeas corpus petition after being unsuccessful at a direct appeal for his charges. His reason behind filing the federal habeas corpus was for the court violating the doctrine of Brady v. Maryland for alleging prosecutorial
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or the remarriage of the party receiving maintenance." In the case of Kathy I. Palmer‚ Petitioner/Appellee‚ v. Sydney N. Palmer‚ Respondent/Appellant‚ Sydney (husband) referenced the above statute when filing for termination of spousal maintenance. The court had to consider whether a specified end date in the Decree took precedence over the general interpretation of the law. Facts of the Case: Palmer v. Palmer The facts of this case are as follows: The marriage between Palmer and Palmer was dissolved
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Case Critique: Tesco Supermarkets Ltd. v Nattrass [1972] A.C. 153 The Case of Tesco Supermarket Ltd v Natrass is a well-known case based on the Trade Description Act (1968). The case was about a well-known supermarket firm (Tesco Ltd) and a customer‚ Mr. Coane an old pensioner. Tesco had a special offer for the sale of Radian washing powder‚ which was advertised on posters displayed in stores. The normal price of the product was 3s 11d and they were selling it for 2s 11d. Miss Rogers‚ shop assistance
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1. Mapp v. Ohio‚ 170 Ohio St. 427‚ 166 N. E. 2d 387‚ reversed. 2. Dollree Mapp was convicted on one count in the Ohio State Court for the possession of obscene material. The possession of obscene material was illegal in Ohio and the time of the search. There was dispute of whether or not the search was permitted by search warrant. She was eventually found guilty of by the State of Ohio because the state said‚ “even if the search were made without authority‚ otherwise unreasonably‚ it is not prevented
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No. 07-0268 __________________________________________________________ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _____________ ANDREA “ANDY” SOMMERVILLE‚ Petitioners-Appellants v. WLLIAM DENOLF Respondent-Appellee ------------------------------------------------- On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventeenth Circuit _____________ BRIEF FOR RESPONDENT _____________ QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1) Whether the Gun Free School Zone
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Title: R. v. Hufsky‚ [1988] 1 S.C.R 621 Parties: Werner E. J. Hufsky – Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen - Respondent Decision: Appeal was dismissed Notions/Concepts: Constitutional Law Criminal Law Equality before the law Charter of Rights and Freedoms Arbitrary detention Unreasonable Search Refusal to provide breath sample Facts: Appellant was stopped at a random spot check by police Nothing unusual about his driving at the time of the spot check Spot check was for the purposes
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value of an individual’s property. In order to exercise this jurisdiction‚ the plaintiff must have seized and attached the property. In an effort to expand jurisdiction‚ the court instituted the minimum contacts test. This test was expanded by Hess v. Pawloski‚ when a Massachusetts court determined that due his activities within the state‚ a nonresident of Massachusetts was still subject to the court’s jurisdiction‚ regarding a suit for a traffic accident. The court held that use of a state’s highways
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C.Richmond v. Croson(1989) D.The case deals with the city Council of Richmond passing a law that made is so companies that had construction contracts with the city had to subcontract at least 30 percent of their business to a business that has minority ownership. This lead to the J.A. Croson Company losing a contract because the company does not have a minority owner. This lead to the company starting a suit against Richmond. E. Is the law passed by Richmond breaching the fourteenth amendment’s equal
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Supreme Court’s decision on the case of Texas v. Johnson has been a controversial one‚ as it involves the burning of our national symbol‚ the American flag. It leads to the question: Does the desecration of the American flag a way of expressing speech that is protected by the first amendment? Shouldn’t the destruction of a true American symbol be protected and preserved‚ as it is a symbol that represents our country? There is a great amount of criticism that Texas v. Johnson has been faced with; most
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McWilliams V Dunn Supreme Court of the United States Introduction The Dunn v. McWilliams case is a famous court case that was heard before the supreme court of United States in April 24‚ 2017. The case involved James McWilliams as the petitioner against Jefferson Dunn was the commissioner and was representing the Alabama department of corrections. The focus of the case was the sixth amendment of the US constitution was useful in providing for the right to the assistance of an attorney to represent
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