Riggs V. Palmer, 115 N. Y. 506 Summary

c. Positivism was also set into motion after the case was remanded back to the original court so that the House of Lords were able to follow the procedure that was laid out by the governing body.
2. In Riggs v. Palmer, 115 N.Y. 506 (1889), Mrs. Riggs and Mrs. Preston (daughters of the testate) petitioned the civil court to revoke their fathers will. Francis B. Palmer decided that when it was his time to pass he wanted to leave his two daughters a small inheritance and leave the bulk of his estate to his grandson Elmer Palmer (the son of Francis’s late son) to ensure they were taken care of after his death. Elmer feared that his grandfather would change his will before he died and decided to kill his grandfather by poisoning him before any changes
Board of Education of the Highland Local School District v. United States Department of Education is based on the sexual discrimination of Title 9 for the Ohio school district. An eleven-year-old transgender girl wanted the same rights other unaltered females to use the school’s facilities. Jane Doe’s parents sought out mental health professionals and that told them Doe had gender dysphoria (identifying as the opposite gender of birth) and that she should start living as the sex she identified with. Jane was told by her school that she was unable to use the girl’s restroom because she still had the anatomy of a boy. By the next school year, the school was allowing Jane use of the facilities yet when other parents began to complain they put a stop to Jane’s privileges. Jane Doe’s parents filed discrimination charges against the school asking that Title 9 would be changed to include transgender.
a. In the past it was unheard of for anyone to fight for the right of a transgender person, society has changed over time to show that a person can be accepted no matter how they sexually identify. Jane Doe and her parents felt there was a need for the change to maintain Jane Doe’s mental health. Sociological law theory is based upon the communities need for adapting as society has changed and with Jane Doe needing the acceptance of her transgender sex to be protected the case correlates to the
The state of Virginia did not recognize same sex marriages performed in Virginia or other states in the past because same sex marriage was not protected before. On a federal level the government would make this a right for the state to decide if it were in the best interest of the people. In a modern-day society, one can see that it is more socially acceptable to recognize a same sex marriage in the community than it was in the past. Looking back sixty to seventy years in the past same sex marriage was considered a taboo topic therefore this case shows how law and society had to change sociological jurisprudence to keep up with modern day