CRJU 310 Judge Oberholzer April 12‚ 2009 Mapp v. Ohio * Mapp v. Ohio * 367 U.S. 643 * (1961) * Character of Action Mrs. Mapp was found guilty and sentenced to prison 1-7 years. Mrs. Mapp and her attorney took the case to the Supreme Court in Ohio. * Facts: Three police officers went to Dollree Mapp’s house asking permission to enter into her house‚ because they believed that she was hiding a fugitive in her home. When she did not allow the police officers
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Gill v. Whitford is a Supreme court case that deals with political gerrymandering. A lower court ruled that the state’s Republican-drawn map constitutes an "unconstitutional partisan gerrymander." The case involves district lines in Wisconsin that challengers say‚ “were drawn unconstitutionally to benefit Republicans.” The case could have a major impact on how district lines are drawn up nationwide.The court has said that too much partisanship in map drawing is illegal‚ but it has never said how
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Mendez v. Westminster (1946) was a case enacted by‚ “Gonzalo Mendez‚ William Guzman‚ Frank Palomino‚ Thomas Estrada‚ and Lorenzo Ramirez” who “filed suit on behalf of their fifteen…children and five thousand other minor children of ‘Mexican and Latin descent’” (Valencia‚ 2010‚ p.23). They sued Westminster school district because they were denying their children the right to enter schools near their home. The school was in California and was predominantly White and did not allow any Mexican American
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My first take-away came reading the Poore v. Peterbilt of Bristol Case. While I was reading this case‚ I was sure that Mr. Poore had established a claim under GINA since he was terminated three days after he disclosed his wife had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I assumed he was covered under GINA because it is unlawful to discharge an employee because of the genetic tests of an individual’s family members. This was an important take-away for me because it helped me understand what constitutes
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that his termination was a combination of legitimate reasons for example reducing costs with illegitimate reasons incapacity under a mixed motives theory. Question 3: Falstaff does not meet the requirements to make the claim. According to Grindle v. Watkins‚ courts use the McDonnell Douglas test to evaluate an ADA claim.
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two court cases were being held in the supreme court about cruel and unusual punishment. Ingraham Vs. Wright (1977) and Gregg Vs. Georgia (1976). I choose to compare these because they both favored common good instead of individual rights and had a lot of similar aspects of their trials. During these Supreme Court cases Gregg Vs. Georgia showed more balance between the promoting the common good and protecting the individual rights than Ingraham Vs. Wright showed in 1977. In the court case of Ingraham
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Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.‚ Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit‚ 2007 550 U.S. 618 (2007) Alito‚ Justice This is an employment discrimination case that was held by the Supreme Court of the United States. District Court found in favor of the Plaintiff awarding back pay and damages. Goodyear Appealed. The issue argued in the Supreme Court claimed all damages void before Sept. 1997 due to statute of limitations placed on discriminatory claims. The court
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City Council) owe a duty of care to the particular plaintiffs in the circumstances? Prior cases really only dealt with the ‘builders’ being responsible for the defect in the construction of a particular structure. In recent cases‚ Sunset Terraces‚ it was outlined that Councils do in fact owe a ‘Duty of Care’ thus the rule in Bowen v Paramount Builders Ltd crafted by Richmond P can be applied to our current case. Consequently‚ when the DCC selected a certifier who negligently approved unsound plans
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WILLIAMS V THE COMMONWEALTH [2012] 248 CLR 156 I INTRODUCTION Williams v The Commonwealth is an excellent example of a significant turning point in Australian Constitutional history. It challenged Executive power‚ the capacity the Commonwealth had to spend public money‚ and its’ power to enter into contracts without the authorisation of Parliament . The breadth of Executive power is covered under s61 of the Constitution‚ and describes activities which the executive can carry out . The Williams
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Analysis and interpretation of ”Isolation” Outline for the analysis: Introduction to the story Topic sentence 1 - The family can´t handle the grief. Topic sentence 2 - The theme of the story is grief. Topic sentence 3 - The characters haven´t move on. Conclusion. The story takes place in a bungalow near by the beach at Long Island Sound in the 1980´s. The story is all about a family‚ where the mother/wife get strangled and then the father has to take care of the six children
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