John is supposedly to have behaved inappropriate towards Carols resulting in a sexual harassment claim. As John attempt to comfort Carol‚ she feels as it is inappropriate. The release of the play was shortly after Clarence Thomas’s 1991 U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Mamet
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to warn Tatiana of the imminent danger. An important detail to note about this case is that it was decided by the Supreme Court of California not once‚ but twice. The first decision led to the duty to warn precedent. This decision clearly stated that the regents were liable for failure to warn Tarasoff of the danger she was in. The decision was so unpopular that the Supreme Court decided the case a 2nd time‚ leading to what is on the books as the current legal decision‚ the regents were found
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Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC GUILLERMO AUSTRIA‚ petitioner‚ vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS (Second Division)‚ PACIFICO ABAD and MARIA G. ABAD‚ respondents. Antonio Enrile Inton for petitioner. Jose A. Buendia for respondents. REYES‚ J.B.L.‚ J.: Guillermo Austria petitions for the review of the decision rendered by the Court of Appeal (in CA-G.R. No. 33572-R)‚ on the sole issue of whether in a contract of agency (consignment of goods for sale) it is necessary
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The Supreme Court is a part of the Judicial Branch in the federal government. There is always a debate about what it can and can not do. People ask the question all the time‚ ‘Can the Supreme Court rule laws unconstitutional?’. The Supreme Court can rule laws unconstitutional‚ it has the power to overturn unconstitutional laws‚ that power is part of the checks and balances system that is in place to keep the power equal between all three branches of the government. The Supreme Court is the highest
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government‚ particularly the Supreme Court‚ has played a major role on our nations society. The decisions made by our nations Supreme Court influenced the way we live as present day Americans. Decisions made by our Supreme Court concerning our rights and freedoms as individuals can limit or impact day-to-day activities. One court case that illustrates the power the Supreme Court has over our daily rights is Brown v. Board of Education. This case emphasizes the Supreme Courts influence throughout history
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My Supreme Court case is Miranda V. Arizona. This case represents the consolidation of four cases‚ in each of the cases which the defendant all confessed guilt after being questing without being told their Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights during an interrogation. This case was happening on March 13‚ 1963‚ Ernesto Miranda was arrested in his house and brought to the police station where he was questioned by police officers in connection with a kidnapping and rape case. After two hours of interrogation
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Maryland. The Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case was formed from four similar same-sex marriage cases originating in Ohio‚ Tennessee‚ Michigan‚ and Kentucky that were consolidated by the Supreme Court under the title of Obergefell v. Hodges. It was accepted by the Supreme Court on January 16‚ 2015 whenever the petitioners were granted cert. The case was originally filed in the United States District Court for Southern District of Ohio‚ in which the trial court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs
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was instituted. John Marshall was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for 34 years and presided over some of the most important and famous trials in our country’s history‚ trials such as McCulloch v. Maryland‚ Cohens v. Virginia‚ and perhaps most infamously‚ the Aaron Burr treason trial. But all
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Presidents way of protecting and preserving the United States Constitution during the War on Terror were civil liberties violated‚ and should habeas corpus been suspended. Detaining individuals for a suspected crime and not giving them their day in court is in violation of the Constitution. Habeas corpus was implemented in the Constitution to ensure that individual would not be unlawfully imprisoned. Presidents have used their war time power to suspend the habeas corpus‚ is this violating civil rights
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their motion of summary judgement. At the bench trial the judge granted Columbia 8.8 million dollars in damages‚ which is about $20000 for each of the 440 episodes. Feltner took the case to the supreme court on the argument that a jury should decide the amount of damages that need to be paid. The court ruled in Feltner’s favor‚ saying that the seventh amendment does in fact grant the right to a jury trial in copyriht infringement cases. “During the trial‚ The irony of it is‚ maybe -- you may be
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