Sullivan v. State: Is Proportionality Really in the Eighth Amendment? TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………3 General Background and Procedural Information……………………4 Origins of the 8th Amendment and History of Proportionality……………………………………………………………………………………………………4 Capital Crimes and Proportionality: Furman‚ Gregg‚ Coker………………………………………………………………………………………7 The Proportionality See-Saw: Rummel to Harmelin………………9
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For nearly five years‚ the United States and Great Britain allied with the Soviet Union to defeat the Axis Powers‚ during World War II. During the war‚ the usual tensions between the West and the Soviets took a back seat to their mutually convenient alliance. Tensions gradually resurfaced after Germany’s defeat‚ and the Cold War was born. As the Soviets extended their influence by promoting and installing communist governments in the countries of Eastern Europe‚ a so-called iron curtain descended
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Americans in the United States‚ but it may not have been possible without strong opposition‚ specific outcomes of legal cases‚ and great leaders. Strong opposition • People felt very strongly‚ which made everyone involved - It was a big enough deal to fight for • Made it a hit or miss situation - All or nothing They weren’t going to “settle” Outcomes of specific legal cases • Plessy v. Fergussen • Williams v. Mississippi • Guinn v. United States • Brown v. Board of education
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United States v Microsoft: a Case for Antitrust Ethics Courses Eva Marie Cole BUS 670 Prof. Troy Tureau October 17‚ 2011 United States v Microsoft: a Case for Antitrust Ethics Courses In 1994‚ Microsoft Corporation was sued by the Department of Justice on behalf of the United States for violating §2 of the Sherman Act “…by engaging in monopolization through a series of exclusionary and anticompetitive acts designed to maintain its monopoly power” (Mallor‚ Barnes‚ Bowers‚ & Langvardt‚
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To clarify one must first deem if Joe is capable to make his own decisions‚ secondly one must compare the outcome to the that of Dusky v. United States (University of Virginia) where the supreme court ruled that: a federal court in which criminal proceedings are pending to make a finding regarding the mental competency of the accused to stand trial‚ may not make a determination that an accused
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NIRMA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LAW CASE ANALYSIS Mallella Shyamsunder V. State Andhra Pradesh Course Name: Evidence Law B.A.‚ LL.B. (Hons) SEMESTER-VII Under the Guidance of: Mr. U. Vardharajan Assistant Professor Submitted By: Manushi Yadav (11BAL127) Introduction This appeal is directed against the judgment and order passed by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh‚ whereby the High Court dismissed the appeal filed by the appellants herein and confirmed the order dated 30.03.2005
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INTRODUCTION The case being dealt with in this paper is State of West Bengal v. Anwar Ali Sarkar. This case deals mainly with the applicability of Article 14 of the Constitution of India on the West Bengal Special Courts Act‚ 1950 and the Court was to decide on whether the Act was unconstitutional or valid. I am going to analyze the judgment given by the Supreme Court in this regard. STATEMENT OF FACTS The respondent and 49 other persons were charged with various offences alleged to have been committed
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Name: Lei Chen Course : ACCT 362W Prof: Kenneth Ryesky Esq. Date: 11/4/2010 Case Caption: United States v. Dentsply International‚ Inc.‚ Court: United States of Appeals‚ Third Circuit. Date: Argued September 21‚ 2004. February 24‚ 2005 Citation: 399 F.3d 181 Facts: This is an antitrust case that the defendant- Dentsply international‚ Inc.‚ is one of a dozen manufactures of artificial teeth for dentures and other restorative device. Dentsply dominates
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Attila Nagy 9/18/2017 ENC3465 Legal Brief 3 State of New York v. Robert Strong Facts Robert Strong belongs to the Sudan Muslim religious faith‚ which later named him one of the leaders. As part of a well-known ceremony‚ he performed a religious exercise on the victim by plunging three knives into his chest to stop his heartbeat and breathing without any health repercussion thereafter. Even though this has occurred for over forty years without any fatality‚ the victim did not survive this exercise
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K.M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra. Facts: K. M. Nanavati was the second in Indian Naval Ship when this case was brought up. He was charged with the offence of murder of Prem Bhagwandas Ahuja‚ a businessman of Bombay. The High Court ordered Nanavati imprisonment under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. This case is of appeal which arises after the life imprisonment judgement of the Bombay High Court. The appellant’s wife was found to have illicit relations with the deceased respondant‚
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