(Cheeseman2013) In the case of Cunningham v. Hastings‚ Mr. Hastings and Mrs. Cunningham‚ was an unmarried couple‚ purchased a home together. Mr. Hastings put $45‚000 down payment toward the home out of his pocket. When it came to how the deed established the deed stated Hastings Cunningham as joint tenants with the right of survivorship. The couple occupied the property jointly. When the relationship between the two ended‚ Mr. Hastings seized sole possession of the property. Mrs. Cunningham filed
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Intro. Law/Legal 200 October 24‚ 2014 Case Briefing Assignment Katko v. Briney‚ 183 N.W.2d 657 (Iowa 1971). Procedure: Plaintiff Katko filed suit against Briney in Mahaska District Court seeking damages for injury suffered by defendant. After trial by jury and in accordance with jury verdict‚ Court awarded plaintiff actual and punitive damages. Court denied defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for new trial. Defendant appealed. Facts: Plaintiff trespassed on defendant’s
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Mandeeppal Multani (JOHN) Professor Bernadette p. Mcpherson COR 201.07 Atkins v. Virginia Citation: 536 U.S. 304 (2002) Facts of the Case: On August 16‚ 1996‚ after a day of drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana‚ 18 year old Daryl Atkins and friend William Jones walked to a convenience store and abducted Eric Nesbitt‚ an airman from the nearby Langley Air Force Base. When abducted Eric Nesbitt‚ had 60 dollars in his wallet‚ Atkins then drove Nesbitt in his vehicle‚ pickup
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VALUE‚ IS NOT BEING GENERALY KNOWN TO OTHER PERSONS‚ AND IS SUNBJECT TO EFFORTS OF SECRECY IS A TRADE SECRET. I. DCH is entitled to preliminary injunction‚ because LH is a trade secret under OUTSA. Preliminary injunctions should always be granted in case as like this‚ where there is a substantial likelihood that the plaintiffs will prevail on the merits. Vanguard Transp. Sys. V. Edwards Transfer & Storage Co. Gen. Commodities Div.‚ 673 N.E.2d 182. (184). The burden of proof to establish this element
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Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist. 393 U.S. 503‚ 89 S.Ct. 733‚ 21 L.Ed.2d. 731 (1969). NATURE OF CASE: Petitioners‚ three public school pupils‚ in Des Moines‚ Iowa were suspended from school for violating a school board (respondents) policy of banning the wearing of armbands. The armbands represented the protest of Government policy in Vietnam. The District Court dismissed the complaint. On appeal‚ the Eight Circuit Court was equally divided‚ therefore affirmed the decision
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and overall the case of Tennessee v. Lane it is first and foremost important to understand that the real debate of the case centered around whether or not “Does Congress have the power to "abrogate‚" i.e.‚ override‚ the states’ immunity from suit and authorize Title II plaintiffs to seek damages from the states?” or in other words does Congress have the power to deny state immunity from suits and authorize Title II to have the right to seek damages from states in simple terms. The case eventually boiled
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What are the significant differences between the Quinlan‚ Cruzan‚ and Wenland cases? Why are these three cases important? In the case of Quinlan‚ her wishes had been made known by previous oral and written statements she had made. In this case her father was the surrogate speaking her wishes and fighting the courts systems who had ruled against his decision to remove her respirator. This was then overturned on the grounds of the constitutional right to privacy covers the decisions of formerly
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Frontiero v. Richardson In his opinion in the 1973 case Frontiero v. Richardson‚ Justice William Brennan stated‚“Our nation had a long and unfortunate history of sex discrimination‚ rationalized by an attitude of “romantic paternalism” which‚ in practical effect‚ put women not on a pedestal‚ but in a cage.” The Justice felt discrimination against women in America has been passed off ignorantly as romantic or reasonable. In 1973‚ Sharron Frontiero‚ a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force‚ was treated
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activities within their borders. This is includes territorial land boundaries and those in the sea. This authority is absolute as long as it does not go against treaties such as the United Nations Charter and the Geneva Conventions. In the ruling of the case it was affirmed that‚ “The seizure of a vessel‚ within the range of its cannon‚ by a foreign force‚ is an invasion of that territory‚ and is a hostile act which is its duty to repel.” Due to the fact that the Aurora was at least “within cannon range”
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Jackson Bewley Mr. Uhler Humanities 8 12 November 2015 SCOTUS Simulation In the case Montgomery v. Louisiana Henry Montgomery was charged with the murder of Charles Hunt. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. However he was only 17. Henry Montgomery should be sentenced to life in prison without parole because he committed murder. He was willing to kill an innocent man. 58% of states have come to the conclusion that the risk of releasing the murder under the age of 18 has the risk of
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