Illusory Promise | You be the Judge Case Study An illusory promise sounds like a promise or commitment‚ but is not really a promise or commitment to do anything. Because it does not bind the maker to do anything‚ it may not be treated as consideration to establish a contract. Culbertson v. Brodsky Culbertson had listed real estate for sale. Brodsky & Culbertson signed an option contract. Option document: - Brodsky delivers $5‚000 check to bank; - Bank holds
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Case: Brandenburg V. Ohio Year: 1969 Facts: Clarence Brandenburg‚ a leader of an Ohio affiliate of the Ku Klux Klan‚ asked a reported to attend a KKK rally and cover the event. The reporter attended with a camera crew and filmed the rally that took place. Twelve white hooded figures‚ including that of Brandenburg’s‚ were seen with a wooden cross that was burned‚ and Brandenburg the said‚ “We’re not an revengent organization‚ but if our President‚ our Congress‚ and our Supreme Court‚ continues to
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Maxwell J. Whitney Ms. Bodle Social Studies 10 January 2016 In the case of Tinker v. Des Moines five brave students decided to wear black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War. Even though they were threatened with suspension they still decided to wear them. They got suspended until they would agree to not wear the armbands but still wore all black clothes to school for the rest of in year. Students should be able to protest in schools because of the first amendment‚ their opinions matter
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offensively‚ involving actual or perceived race‚ color‚ religion‚ gender identity‚ or national origin. Through the critical analysis of Wisconsin v. Mitchell‚ it argues that an important element which is that the First Amendment does not protect violence. It enhances the maximum penalty for act motivated by a discriminatory point of view. IRAC Analysis Wisconsin v. Mitchell‚ 508 U.S. 476 (1993) Fact: A young black man his name is Mitchell‚ and a group of his friends beat up a withe boy in Wisconsin. Mitchell
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CASE: EEOC v. Target 2006 U.S. App. Lexis 21483 7th Circuit Facts of the Case: In early 2000‚ an African-American name James Daniel‚ Jr applied for an Executive Team Leader position with Target. He was given tests‚ which he passed placing him in a very high percentile of those who have been previously tested. Unfortunately he was not hired‚ and was given the explanation of not meeting the requirements of the position. Daniels did not receive any feedback as to what requirement he was meeting
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I have gone through all the assigned cases and I must admit it constituted one of the most challenging I have read thus far. Most of the legal jargons are notoriously difficult to comprehend. However‚ I braved the terms and what not coupled with patience and I did find a tiny light at the end of the tunnel. Among the three cases‚ I find King v. Burwell case interesting‚ in a sense‚ for the reason that the arguments raised in the case were about the subsidies for The Patient Protection and Affordable
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Carhart case in 2007 was significant to the way abortions were to be performed. The case established the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act which banned D&E procedures and regulated abortions. The procedure was the dilatation of a woman’s cervix followed by the extraction of an unborn baby. (Kennedy 1)
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Plyler v. Doe was one of many legal cases we talked about over the course of this semester in our SEI class. This case was the most interesting to me and so I thought I would share my knoedlge on this court case. This court case was brought to the suprieme court where the defendant was Plyler and the plaintiff was Doe. The Doe family was of Mexican orgin and were from Texas. The definedants argued that undoumented children were not “persons” and this was very alarming to me! The state was denying
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V. ANALYSIS Market Analysis There is an increasing number of dormitories‚ apartments and condominium units that are housing students and families. This is because of the presence of universities‚ colleges‚ and secondary schools in the area. They also observed the growing number of business establishments such as Internet cafes‚ laundromats‚ cafeterias‚ sari-sari stores and water stations. In the map of proposed site illustrated by Mar‚ there are 2 schools near the area‚ the University of Sto
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Case Study: Kim v. Son To summarize the case of Kim v. Son‚ Jinsoo Kim invested in two of Stephen Son’s corporations‚ which eventually failed‚ and Kim lost his money. Son felt bad‚ he and Kim got together and became very intoxicated and signed a “contract” in blood‚ stating that Son promised to pay Kim the money he lost and Kim agreed not to sue him. As it turned out‚ when Son sobered up he refused to keep his promise to pay Kim‚ so Kim filed a lawsuit based on this bloody contract. The judge
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