Day v. Caton 119 MASS. 513 1876 FACTS: Plaintiff Day built a wall between two adjacent estates in Boston and required defendant Carton to pay for a portion of the wall.On the other hand‚ defendant Caton claimed that there was no express contract between Plaintiff Day and himself whereas his silence did not insinuate any promise to pay anything for it. In the trial court‚ the jury found for Plaintiff Day and defendant Caton filed the appeal. ISSUE OR QUESTION: Was the fact sufficient of itself
Premium Appeal Contract Court
Mincey v Arizona 437 US 385 (1978) Court History The Appellant was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The defendant was convicted in an Iowa District Court; the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the lower courts decision. The United States Supreme Court granted cert. Facts During a narcotics raid on petitioner’s apartment by an undercover police officer and several plainclothes policemen‚ the undercover officer was shot and killed‚ and petitioner was wounded‚ as were two
Premium Police Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Case Brief Case name‚ citation‚ and court Walker v. Quillen 622 A.2d 1097 (Del. 1993) Supreme Court of Delaware Key Facts A. Quillen owns a piece of land known as Bluff Point‚ B. Walker owns a piece of land close to Bluff Point where there is a narrow dirt ‘’public’’ road. C. Implied easement states that Quillen is entitled to cross over a portion of Walker’s land to access Bluff Point. D. Water access was not feasible for access to Bluff Point. E. Walker said
Premium Supreme Court of the United States Law Supreme court
1. Review the decision in the case of Shah v. HSBC (2012) and evaluate the implications of the decision for regulated financial services firms. In particular: * What are the key issues in the case? * Outline the decision of the court * Evaluate what practical guidelines can be taken from the case by regulated financial services firms Under the proceeds of crimes act 2002 (POCA) all UK financial institutions and other regulated firms not only have to report suspicions of money laundering
Premium Appeal 1965 Lawsuit
POWELL v ALABAMA United States Supreme Court 287 U.S. 45 (1932) FACTS: Nine young black boys riding in an open train car were involved in a fight. When the fight ceased‚ two white women claimed the black boys raped them. Once the boys got off the train in Scottsboro‚ Alabama‚ police picked them up and placed them in jail. The men appeared in court‚ frightened‚ and unrepresented. The defendants were charged with a capital offence and therefore had the right for counsel to be appointed to them
Premium Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Legal terms Capital punishment
McKeiver v. Pennsylvania Facts of the Case The case involved Joseph McKeiver‚ and Edward Terry‚ from two different charges. McKeiver was charged with robbery‚ larceny‚ and receiving stolen goods as acts of juvenile delinquency. Terry was charged with assault and battery on a police officer. The officer was breaking up a fight when Terry began hitting him with his fists and a stick. The next week‚ he was then charged and committed with assault on a teacher. Both juveniles were denied a jury trial
Premium United States Constitution Supreme Court of the United States Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
| |Legal Memo Format Date: 3/13/2013 Re: A.16 (pg1223): Cafazzo v. Central Medical Health Services‚ Inc 542 Pa. 526‚ 668 A.2d 521‚1995 (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) Facts Cafazzo (Plaintiff) sued Central Medical Health Services and Physician that did the surgery (Defendants) for product liability for an implanted medical device that failed six years after his surgery in 1986. Cafazzo had surgery for the implantation of a mandibular
Premium Physician Surgery Medicine
Jake Farmer Goss v. Lopez This case happened in 1975 when a couple of students including D. Lopez were suspended for misconduct at school. The Ohio revised code allows a school principle to expel or suspend a student for up to 10 days. If a student is expelled he has the right to a hearing that could lead to his reinstatement. The Columbus public school did not give any of the Apelles the right to a hearing or. When the Columbus Public school did not give them their hearings they withdrawd the
Free Supreme Court of the United States Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution High school
In the early 1900’s the man was seen as the intellectual individual who takes care of their wife and family‚ who arrives home with the money and who was the supplier. However during the 1930’s this typical idea of the man’s role was extremely hard to keep ahold of due to The Great Depression. While the average woman worked on household dynamics and keeping the family afloat‚ the man was out looking for a job‚ or struggling to keep his current job. As a result‚ the average male came home at the end
Premium Gender role Gender Great Depression
In the 1500’s and 1600’s‚ some startling discoveries radically changed the way Europeans viewed how and why things happened in the physical world. Three scientists who contributed to these changed were Nicolaus Copernicus‚ Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton. These scientist changed some beliefs of which many had been believed for all of time. For almost all of time‚ the geocentric theory was believed to be true. This theory suggested that all planets revolved around the Earth. In 1543‚ Polish scholar
Free Heliocentrism Universe Galileo Galilei