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    Fct V Whitfords

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    They want to exploit the land * NOT assessable Scottish Australian Mining Co Ltd V FCT * 3rd mining company * After full use of the land‚ they subdivided and sold it * No intention to make a profit by reselling it * This is considered to be a process of realizing capital because the land can no longer be used FCT v Whitfords Beach Pty Ltd- the fishing shack * The case was very similar to Scottish Mining BUT! They transformed from a company which simply holds the

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    Plessy v. Ferguson

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    Plessy v. Ferguson In 1896 the Louisiana Supreme Court was challenged with a case that had the potential to tear apart racial segregation in our country. The central question that revolved around this court case was whether or not segregation amongst whites and blacks was still equal. The decision made by the court prolonged unnecessary social/racial inequality‚ oppression‚ hate‚ and violence in our country. The court’s ruling had immutable repercussions that greatly scarred our nation’s history

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    After the Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896‚ the statement of “separate but equal” was created‚ preventing African Americans from achieving equality. In 1951 in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ a girl named Linda Brown was forbidden from attending Summer Elementary school‚ which was the school closest to her home‚ due to the color of her skin and was instead forced to go to a school for African American children much farther away. With the help of the NAACP‚ the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People

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      802    ​ The Evolving Stance of Segregation        In Plessy v Ferguson the court ruled that segregation was constitutional so long as the  provided separate facilities were equal. For the next fifty eight years‚ states created laws that  supported their own policies of segregation. Known as Jim Crow Laws‚ these laws continued to  discriminate against African Americans across nation. It was not until 1954 when the case  Brown v Board of Education when the court reached a decision to overturn segregation and ruled 

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    due to an existing standard of racial oppression. One of the difficulties regarding the Plessy vs. Ferguson case was the fact that southern whites were still not willing to view African Americans as equals because it threatened their belief

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    not so peaceful. Why was Michael Brown shot six times‚ unarmed. Ferguson riots could have been avoided if the people took a minute to think about the situation unlike officer Wilson. I believe this problem could have been resolved in a more proper manner‚ as well as the riots following. Ferguson was a quiet town until saturday‚ August 9‚ 2014‚ when Michael was said to have reached for officer Darren Wilson’s firearm. The case went on for two months and 27 days before the jury came to the decision

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    In 1986‚ the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case established that there could be separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites‚ giving support to Jim Crow laws. The Supreme Court did not begin to reverse Plessy until the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case 58 years later‚ which established that segregating blacks and whites was unconstitutional and that separate could never be equal. After the period of reconstruction following the Civil War‚ many states in the south and

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    The importance of the three cases presented in this discussion board are major to the nations history. Each showed both the need for civil right advancement and progress that was made in this area. In the Dred Scott case the issue of freedom amongst slaves was first highlight in this nations court system. It can be argued that though Dred Scott was not successful in his attempt towards freedom‚ his case was a victory for the slave population. This is because the case examined whether African American

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    Plessy V Ferguson Analysis

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    Danielle Trefz HONR259N 12 April 2011 Plessy v. Ferguson In 1892‚ Homer Plessy‚ a man of 1/8th African descent‚ bought a first class ticket and boarded a train traveling within Louisiana. Upon discovery of his mixed heritage‚ the conductor ordered him to move to the designated colored car. He was arrested when he refused to move; a violation of The Separate Car Act which required separate but equal accommodations for African Americans and Whites on railroads. Thus began the fight against the

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    Case of Ferguson

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    1. Net sales for Massey-Ferguson actually increased between 1979 and 1980. Despite this‚ net income and income from continuing operations both dropped sharply in 1980. Which item on the income statement was most responsible for this drop in income? 2. Why would the Canadian government have any interest in helping Massey-Ferguson refinance its debt? 3. Why would it be difficult for Massey-Ferguson to conduct an equity issue to pay down its debt? 1. Other interest expense and the exchange

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