Madeline Bahr LA 349 9/23/2014 Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley‚ The Fair Housing Council of San Diego‚ individually and on behalf of the General Public v Roommates.com‚ LLC I. Facts The defendant Roommate.com‚ LLC operates as a website designed to match people renting out spare rooms with people looking for a place to live. The website allows member to get notifications‚ messaging‚ and create a personal profile. Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley and of San Diego filled
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Introduction The case of Dow Jones & Company Inc v Gutnick (2002) 210 CLR 575‚ [2002] HCA 56 raised the legal principle of defamation and its application when committed over the internet. In this instance‚ an article published on 30 October 2000 in a weekly financial magazine‚ a magazine which in turn was published by Dow Jones & Company Inc (‘Dow Jones’). The article‚ entitled ‘Unholy Gains’ alleged that Joseph Gutnick (‘Gutnick’) was connected to a jailed money launderer and tax evader and was
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WILFREDO M. CATU‚ complainant vs. ATTY. VICENTE G. RELLOSA‚ respondent A.C. No. 5738 (February 19‚ 2008) This is an administrative case filed by the complainant claiming that the respondent committed an act of impropriety as a lawyer and as public officer when he stood as counsel for the defendants despite the fact that he presided over the conciliation proceedings between the litigants as punong barangay.. Facts: Complainant Wilfredo M. Catu is a co-owner of a lot and the building erected thereon
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Computer Task Group‚ Inc. v. Brotby United States Court of Appeals‚ Ninth Circuit‚ 2004. 364 F.3d 1112. FACTS: In 1995 William Brotby was hired by Computer Task Group‚ Inc. (CTG) as an information technologies consultant. Upon hiring‚ Brotby had to sign an agreement stating that he would be restricted to work for any CTG customers if he left the company. No more than two years later‚ Brotby left CTG and began to work for one of CTG’s customers known as Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
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Vineyards‚ Inc. Petitioner V. Commissioner of Internal Revenue‚ Respondent § § § § § § § § § § § Docket No. Petition Miles Raymond (“Miles”) the Petitioner‚ by his attorney‚ David Nguyen‚ hereby petitions for a redetermination of the deficiencies the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (the “Commissioner”) has set forth in the notice of deficiency dated January 25‚ 2013. The notice was sent via the IRS Los Angeles‚ California office. The Petitioner request that this case be conducted
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Ochampaugh v. Seattle 588 P. 2d 1351 (Wash. 1979) Facts Ordinary pond owned by the city Popular with area residents for fishing and swimming The two boys were familiar with the pond and had gone there before. Neither boy could swim. There were no warning signs around the pond. The pond‚ while man-made‚ was in existence before the city purchased the land. Issue Was the pond a “trap” or extraordinarily dangerous enough to render it an “attractive nuisance” to children and thus create
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great decision to make in the case of United States v. Windsor. This will set precedent in United States federal law that allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states. The court will deliberate on the section of Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. This historic ruling will mark a monumental step‚ whether backwards or forwards‚ in the marriage equality movement. This case is a landmark in the identification
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Dr. H. H. Holmes (an alias) was one of America’s first serial murderers. He took over a Chicago pharmacy and built it into an elaborate maze of death traps to which he lured numerous victims during the 1893 Columbian Exposition. He was eventually captured and hanged in 1896. Erik Larson portrayed Holmes in the book "The Devil in the White City." Early Life Serial killer‚ con artist. Born Herman Webster Mudgett in 1861 in Gilmanton‚ New Hampshire. Sometimes referred as the Beast of Chicago‚ H. H
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Summarize Morrissey v. Brewer In 1972‚ the Supreme Court came to an agreement that the number of due process rights are to a person who is constitutionally entitled and that is straight related to potential that can outcome the rights. Coming from a criminal case these cases have the biggest amount of loss potential that the total of liberty may be forfeited by creating the liberty interest. The liberty interest is a concept that requires due process procedures whenever any type of freedom is at
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Walmart Stores‚ Inc V. Cockrell Background: On November 6‚ 1996‚ Karl Cockrell went to a Walmart store with his parents. As he was leaving the store the loss-prevention officer for Walmart‚ Raymond Navarro‚ stopped him and asked him to follow him to the manager’s room. Once at the office the loss-prevention officer conducted a thorough search and even asked Karl Cockrell to take off a surgical bandage that he had on his abdomen. Even after Karl Cockrell’s explanation that the bandage covered a
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