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    Tennessee V. Reeves

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    Tennessee v. Reeves. 917 S.W.2d 825 (Supreme Court of Tennessee1996) On January 5‚ 1993‚ Tracie Reeves and Molly Coffman‚ spoke on the telephone and decided to kill their homeroom teacher‚ Janice Geiger. Reeves and Coffman were both twelve years old and were students at West Carroll Middle School. They planned that Coffman would bring rat poison to school the following days and it would be put in Geiger’s drink. After that‚ the two would steal Geiger’s vehicle and drive to the Smoky Mountains

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    REEVES V C

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    Derek Brown Professor Janet Smith Employment Law BA370 25 July 2011 REEVES V. C.H. ROBIONSON WORLDWIDE The legal issue in this case was whether Reeves was subjected to harassment based on her sex and whether the harassment was sufficiently severe or pervasive to be actionable. The court reversed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment to C.H. Robinson‚ holding that “sex specific” language satisfies the “based on sex” element even when the language does not target the plaintiff. The

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    Garner v. Tennessee

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    TENNESSEE v. Cleamtee GARNER‚ et al. 471 U.S. 1‚ 105 S. Ct 1694‚ 85 L.Ed.2d 1 Argued Oct. 30‚ 1984 Decided March 27‚ 1985 A case in which the court ruled that a Tennessee “fleeing felon” law was unconstitutional because it legalize the use of deadly force by police when a suspect poses no immediate threat to the police or others. The court ruled that the use of deadly force was a Fourth Amendment seizure issue subject to a finding of “ reasonableness.” Father‚ whose unarmed son was shot

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    SCHULICH TALENTED ENTREPRENEUR NETWORKING NIGHT February 13th‚ 2013‚ Mavrik Winebar Special Thanks to Our Wonderful Sponsors: Razor Suleman is founding CEO of Achievers‚ Inc. (formerly I Love Rewards Inc.). Razor started his first business at the age of 15. Following his passions for business and sports‚ Razor began importing and selling hockey cards between Canada and the United States. He then went on to start his own campus branded apparel company called Razor’s Edge. From there he went on

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    Table of Contents Table of Authorities Cases GA Code § 30.220a 5 Luring v. Hunter‚ 744 S.W.1st 8080 (GA. App.1978) 6 Taylor v. Basques‚ 553 S.W. 2d 5490 (GA. App.1986) 8 Table of Figures Contracts Definition A contract is a binding legal agreement that is enforceable in a court of law. Elements of a contract There are four basic elements of a contract: agreement‚ consideration‚ lawful object‚ and contractual capacity. All four elements have to be met for a contract

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    Tennessee V Garner

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    Tennessee v Garner refers to using “all necessary means to effect the arrest” in the case of a suspect fleeing or forcibly resisting (FindLaw‚ n.d.). With this Tennessee statute‚ there are some stipulations (FindLaw‚ n.d.). There must be a belief that the suspect will act in a manner which would cause serious physical harm or death to others (FindLaw‚ n.d.). The amount of forced used must be in balance with the crime committed and how imminent harm is likely to occur (FindLaw‚ n.d.). Two police

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    The Reeve´s tale

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    The Reeve’s Tale Simkin is a miller who lives in Trumpington near Cambridge and who steals wheat and meal brought to him for grinding. Simkin is also a bully and expert with knives. His wife is the portly daughter of the town clergyman (and therefore illegitimate‚ as Catholic priests do not marry). They have a twenty-year-old daughter Malyne and a six-month-old son. When Simkin overcharged for his latest work grinding corn for Soler Hall‚ a Cambridge University college also known as King’s Hall

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    Tennessee V. Garner

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    Name: Tennessee v. Garner Citation: No. 83-1035‚ 83-1070 (1985) Facts: On October 3‚ 1974‚ Memphis Police Officers Hymon and Wright were dispatched to answer a "prowler inside call." When the police arrived at the scene‚ a neighbor gestured to the house where she had heard glass breaking and that someone was breaking into the house. While one of the officer radioed that they were on the scene‚ the other officer went to the rear of the house hearing a door slam and saw someone run across the

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    Tennessee V Garner

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    The Supreme Court has made many decisions about police conduct but very few have had the impact on all of law enforcement as that of Tennessee vs. Garner. This landmark case has set very clear lines as when an officer of the law may use deadly force on a fleeing suspect. At about 10:45 p. m. on October 3‚ 1974‚ Officers of the Memphis Police Department‚ Elton Hymon and Leslie Wright responded to a "prowler inside call" (FindLaw.com). After arriving at the scene‚ they saw a woman standing on her

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    In 2015‚ Carlton W. Reeves‚ a U.S Mississippi District Court judge talks about how racist brutalism is in its wake again. Reeves is on the verge of giving his sentence about a murder case where an African American‚ James Craig Anderson‚ was murdered by three young men named: Deryl Paul Dedmon‚ Dylan Wade Butler‚ and John Aaron Rice. The murder of Anderson is a part of resurgence of black killing that happened before in Mississippi. Reeves extensively used the three rhetorical appeals: ethos‚ logos

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