The facts of the case 18 States and the Justice Department brought suit against Microsoft to "eliminate Microsoft’s unlawful practices‚ to avoid recurrence of similar practices and to restore the competitive threat that middleware products posed prior to Microsoft’s unlawful conduct. The procedural history of the case Microsoft grew the government’s attention in 1991‚ because word was that it was abusing its monopoly in the PC operating system market. The government had the FTC conduct an inquiry
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Dred Scott vs. Sanford 1. By the mid-1850s‚ sectional conflict over the extension of slavery into the Western territories threatened to tear the nation apart.With Congress sharply divided‚ reflecting the divisions in the nation‚ the Supreme Court took the unusual step of hearing the case of a fugitive slave suing for his freedom. Intended to be the definitive ruling that would settle the controversy threatening the Union for good‚ the case instead produced a divisive decision that pushed the nation
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2013 The Rehnquist court’s decisions in the past couple of years haven’t been as significant as the people may think they are in increasing the autonomy of the states. The court case of medical marijuana under Chief Justice Rehnquist did not end what they called the “federalist revolution”‚ because there was none. This court case was a case that obviously had significance throughout the country as it has been a highly spoke about topic. I believe that the ruling in favor of the states was expected
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Media in court cases has many effects. One of which is the possibility that the Medias opinion may result in tainting the jury with unproven facts. As humans we make decisions based on how we perceive the world and the information we have on decision we are going to make. Pre-Trial Publicity “Due to extensive media coverage‚ jury selection in a high profile case can be extremely difficult. Jurors will likely have developed some biases about the case based on the media coverage to which they have
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Agrarian Court rendered a decision authorizing the ejectment of Roman. On appeal‚ the decision was reversed by the Court of Appeals. However‚ before it was executed‚ the parties entered into a post-decisional agreement wherein the de Vera spouses allowed Roman Soriano to sub-lease the property until the termination of the original lease on June 30 1982. This agreement was approved by the CAR court in an order dated December 22‚ 1972. On August 16‚ 1976‚ the Abalos spouses filed with the then Court of
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11-11-11 By Huang Jie MOOT COURT TRAINING 1 HOW TO LAWYERING IN FRONT OF JURY AND JUDGES? 11-11-11 ¢ 1. Know your audience: age‚ gender‚ occupation‚ what will appeal to them‚ what will offend them‚ put yourself into your audience’s shoes to consider what they will want to hear ¢ 2. A strong opening statement: summarize the case in a compelling way 2 By Huang Jie CALDER V. JONES SIFT Law Jie Huang 3 ¢ 3. Have a theme: Simple‚ easy-to-understand‚ and
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Written theme for a traffic ticket‚ 9/1/13 Tonight‚ I am writing a theme for the Cedar Rapids court system. The length of this theme was set at one thousand and five hundred words. I was issued this assignment of writing a theme after going in to court and talking with the judge about a recent traffic ticket I had received. I was given this ticket because a Hiawatha policeman pulled me over claiming I had run a stop sign. Whether I agree with his definition of stopping or not‚ I accepted my ticket
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General Outline of a Moot Court Argument INTRO May it please the court‚ my name is _____ and I represent the Petitioner/Respondent __(name)___. [REBUTTAL REQUEST & PROCEDURAL BLURB (for Petitioner ONLY)] With the court’s permission‚ I would like to reserve 2 minutes for rebuttal. Thank you. This case is on appeal from the District/Circuit Court (name of court). The District/Circuit Court denied Petitioner’s request for _____‚ holding _____. ROADMAP Your honors‚ _______ is a
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Importance of Strategic Planning and Management in the Business Environment Paper Qiana Simmons University of Phoenix Importance of Strategic Planning and Management Small Business Plan The business venture that I have selected is a Sport’s Bar Franchise. The reason I picked the Sports Bar Franchise is because I have wanted to open up my own Sport’s Bar for about the last two years. I have been curious to know what does it take to open up a Sport’s Bar and with doing this project
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It was a wet afternoon. Tom and Sam had arranged to meet up for a basketball game at the nearby basketball court. When they reached the basketball court‚ they were dismayed to find that the basketball court was still wet from the early morning downpour. Initially‚ Sam advised Tom not to play on the wet ground as it was slippery. Tom exclaimed‚ “Don’t worry! Nothing will happen.” Sam then agreed reluctantly. They were playing merrily and were clearly in high spirits. At a time when Sam was about
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