Mapp v. Ohio‚ noteworthy court case of 1961. The US Supreme Court decided that when the state officers attained evidence through illegal searches and seizures might not be admissible into criminal trials. The case was about a Cleveland lady‚ Dolly Mapp‚ who was held for having obscene materials. Law enforcement had learned the materials in Dolly Mapp house during their illegal search. When the state convicted‚ Dolly Mapp appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her argument was that her constitutional
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CASE NOTE MUSUMECI V WINADELL PTY LTD KYLE CROSS I BACKGROUND INFORMATION Full Citation Musumeci v Winadell Pty Ltd (1994) 34 New South Wales Law Reports 723 Parties Musumeci‚ lessee (Plaintiff) Winadell Pty Ltd‚ lessor (Defendant) Date 4 August 1994 Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (NSWSC) Coram Santow J II LITIGATION HISTORY This case is a first instance decision. The plaintiff sought claim for damages‚ and claim for relief against forfeiture. III BRIEF STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS The
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In the present case‚ the question is whether Joe Smith parent can file a lawsuit because he was discriminated against due to his race‚ sex‚ national origin‚ religion‚ and/or financial means. Like in the Yick Wo case‚ Smith is discriminated due to his national origin. Even though‚ his origin is white and the admissions policy might appear neutral to some‚ but it is applied unequally to whites. In DeFunis v Odegaard‚ this case was ruled moot because Defunis was in his last year of law school‚ so the
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Even though the Convention on the European Convention on Human Rights separates from other human rights treaties because it has its own judicial body‚ looking at their case law for guidance can still be useful. In the Belilos v. Switzerland case‚ the Court decided that a interpretative declaration was to be treated like a reservation. Further‚ because of article 64 § 1 of the Convenetion‚ that requires "precision and clarity" ‚ the reservation in question
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Your Name: Marcos Zuniga Case Name: California v Hodari Citation: 499 U.S. 621 Date Decided: 1991 Area of Law: Fourth Amendment Vote: 7/2 Scalia delivered the opinion of the court‚ in which justice Rehnquist‚ CJ‚ joined and White‚ Blackmun‚ O’ Conner‚ Kennedy‚ and Souter‚ JJ‚ joined. Stevens‚ filed a dissenting opinion‚ in which Marshall‚ J.‚ joined Procedural History: California v Hodari first proceeding were through the juvenile courts. Hodari tried to suppress the evidence relating
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Furman v. Georgia Paper Mary Amon CJS/221 University of Phoenix Gaylia Clark William Henry Furman v. State of Georgia In the year 1972‚ January in the State of Georgia. A gentleman named William Henry Furman went into a house to rob. In the middle of that night the resident woke up to see Furman robbing the house. In the process of escaping Furman tripped and his firearm fell and went off at that very time‚ killing the resident. The death was a tragic one‚ if one could describe. Furman did not
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The case is about Hadley who owned a mill‚ which used a steam engine manufactured by W. Joyce and Company to make corn into flour. The engine crank shaft broke and in order to get the engine running again the broken shaft needed shipped back to Joyce and Company so they could create a replacement. Then Hadley contacted Pickford and company‚ which is owned by Baxendale. Hadley paid Pickford to ship the broken shaft to Joyce and Company ASAP and was promised to deliver it by the next day. However‚
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After the Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896‚ the statement of “separate but equal” was created‚ preventing African Americans from achieving equality. In 1951 in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ a girl named Linda Brown was forbidden from attending Summer Elementary school‚ which was the school closest to her home‚ due to the color of her skin and was instead forced to go to a school for African American children much farther away. With the help of the NAACP‚ the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
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Sheppard v. Maxwell Landmark Case In a democratic society‚ the Supreme Court has noted‚ the press fulfills the important function of informing the public about the judicial process. Consequently‚ the media carry the ethical obligation not to impair criminal trial proceedings deliberately. Ultimately‚ the responsibility to ensure fairness rests with the trial court. It is important to ensure that criminal defendants receive a fair trial and are not victims of emotionalism
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employer must have ‘strong basis in evidence‚’ that will be subject to ‘disparate impact liability’ if it fails to take discriminatory action.” Similar to City of Richmond v. Croson‚ the court declared there was not sufficient evidence to require special actions to be taken to fight
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