Helen Palsgraf‚ Respondent‚ v. The Long Island Railroad Company‚ Appellant Facts A passenger carrying a package‚ while hurrying to catch and board a moving Long Island Rail Road train‚ appeared to two of the railroad’s (Defendant’s) employees to be falling. The employees were guards‚ one of whom was located on the car‚ the other of whom was located on the platform. The guard on the car attempted to pull the passenger into the car and the guard on the platform attempted to push him into the
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Consequences/importance of the Montgomery Bus Protest 1. The direct result was that in 1956 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses was illegal (Browder v Gayle). 2. After 13 months the bus companies gave in. This was REALLY important for the future because it showed to both Blacks and Whites in America that in racial discrimination cases - eventually - the Blacks would win. The battle was by no means finished‚ but after Montgomery the Whites knew they were going to lose in the end‚ and
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A GUIDE TO LEGAL CASE BRIEFS I. TITLE/ CITATION Warner-Lambert Company v. United States U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 425 F.3d 1381 (2005) II. THE FACTS A. Material • Warner-Lambert imports and sells lozenges in packages under the name "Halls DefenseTM Vitamin C Supplement Drops." Each drop contains daily requirement of Vitamin C‚ but the drops are composed primarily of sugar and glucose syrup‚ which together constitute more than 95 percent of each drop. Vitamin C
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Case Brief 2: Harley Stanfield | October 20th‚ 2010 “Pledged” | Jennifer Kelley | Despite the subprime mortgage crisis‚ Harvey Stanfield is one of the fastest growing real estate investment and trust companies in the U.S. Harley Stanfield (heretofore referred to as HS) is a real estate investment and trust (REIT) provider founded by Cedric Franklin and Gail Garnette in 2003‚ headquartered in Washington‚ D.C. On average‚ they generate $25million-$49million in annual revenue. They
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FOR PROJECT BRIEF PRINCE 2 Method Conia: Orange Deivis & Joey: Black Noura: Green [PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT BRIEF:] [It is essential to obtain a clear view of the final objective(s) and outcome‚ as well as the constraints and assumptions that impact on those responsible for the project. A properly constructed Project Mandate will help but as the creation of the Project Mandate is outside the control of the Project Manager‚ the Project Brief is used to
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INDIAN CONTRACT ACT 1. S. 124 - Gajanan Moreshwar Parelkar v Moreshwar Madan Mantri (Indemnity) (Plaintiff‚ at the request of the defendant‚ executed two mortgages in favour of Mohandas. Defendant wrote a letter promising to indemnify the plaintiff against any suits by the mortgagee‚ along with executing a third mortgage in place of the previous two. Plaintiff prays that the defendant obtains a release of liability from Mohandas; Issues: 1) Can the indemnified ask for performance of the contract
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The story I read was Freedom Wakers The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The author of this story is Russel Freedman. This story is non-fiction. The main idea of this story is about how prejudice white people were to African Americans‚ especially on the bus. In the next few paragraphs I will explain how African Americans were treated unfairly on the bus and what they did to try to stop it. This story took place in Montgomery‚ Alabama. It all started in the year of 1949 with a girl named Jo
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CASE BRIEF FORMAT A case brief is the result of distilling a court opinion down into its essential elements. There are many different ways to brief a case‚ each dependent largely upon its purpose in being assigned. Below is the format which you should follow for briefing cases in this course: CASE BRIEF TO: Supervising Attorney’s Name‚ Esq. FROM: (last four digits of your social security number) DATE: (the date the brief is due) CITATION: (You should give a complete citation
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Helen Palsgraf‚ Respondent‚ v. The Long Island Railroad Company‚ Appellant [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL] Court of Appeals of New York 248 N.Y. 339; 162 N.E. 99; 1928 N.Y. LEXIS 1269; 59 A.L.R. 1253 February 24‚ 1928‚ Argued May 29‚ 1928‚ Decided Facts: The plaintiff Helen Palsgraf was standing at the platform station of Long Island Railroad Company after buying her ticket and waiting for her train. Suddenly‚ a man carrying a package rushed to catch another train that was moving away from the platform
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The mid-century painting was created by the popular artist Ford Maddox Brown and is called “Work”. It is a visual representation of many different social classes in the urban economy in the 1850’s. The different types of work that is shown in this painting are a young lady selling flowers‚ A man selling beer and another young man shoveling the soil. There are three social classes that are depicted in this painting each displaying separate actions from one another. The three social classes that are
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