Foundations of South African Law- RDL 1003/6W Assignment 1- Case Summary- Du Toit v Loriet 1918 OPD 99 Facts: The Plaintiff “Du Toit” entered into a contract to lease his agricultural land for two years‚ starting on the 15th of July 1918 with the option of sale with the defendant “Lotriet”. The plaintiff was a minor at the time the contract was entered into in June 1916 and yet the contract was only going to commence after the plaintiff had reached majority. The plaintiffs farther (the guardian)
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The Dustin Soldano v. Howard O’Daniels case models the common dispute between negligence and a party’s responsibility in an event. Likewise‚ chapter 1 of the Legal Environment textbook features Kuehn v. Pub Zone‚ a case that demonstrates a different scenario but the same battle of negligence and liability. The commonalities between the two cases support one another in the demonstration of the judges’ decisions as well as contribute to later common law. In the beginning of chapter 1‚ Beatty asks
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Johnson Bank v. George Korbakes & Co.‚ LLP Commercial Law 03/17/2013 Facts of the case Brandon Apparel Group‚ Inc. (“Brandon”) was involved in the business of manufacturing and sales of casual apparel as well as licensed other companies to manufacture‚ distribute and sell its clothing lines. Additionally‚ Brandon had licensing agreements with several colleges‚ universities‚ and sports organizations‚ such as the National Football League. In 1997 Brandon borrowed funds from Johnson
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is that enough? If not‚ what should we do? The letters alone are not enough to help Mr. Jamison. Herrera v. Collins says that‚ generally‚ a “free-standing” claim of innocence based solely on newly discovered evidence does not state a ground for federal habeas relief‚ unless it is coupled with an independent constitutional violation that occurred in the criminal proceedings. Herrera v. Collins‚ 506 U.S. 390‚ 400-01 (1993). The Court seemingly left open the question of whether a very powerful showing
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Terry Fedrick v. Cliff Nichols d/b/a C&N Truck and Trailer Repair The term Bailment is derived from the French Bailor‚ "to deliver". A bailment is a temporary transfer of property to another for a limited time and for a specific purpose. The transfer of property in a bailment is only in regards to possession‚ not ownership. The bailor is the owner of the transferred property. The bailee holds the transferred property. The property is held in trust for the benefit of the bailor. A bailment is completely
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applies to any weakness or predisposition of the plaintiff to a particular injury or illness regardless of the defendant’s knowledge. An illustration of this rule can be found in the following case which are; Smith v Leech Brain & Co Ltd (1962) and Robinson v Post office (1974) 1 WLR 1176. The case of Smith v Leech Brain is about a galvanizer who is the plaintiff’s husband and work at the defendant’s company. His job is to lift articles into a tank of a molten metal via a crane. The plaintiff’s husband
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The Fair Use Doctrine has been a practice used in the United State Supreme Courts dating back to 1841 in the case of Folsom v. Marsh. In this case “the court’s definition of what constituted a "justifiable use of the original materials" formed the basis of the "fair use" doctrine” (ARL staff‚ 2014). The court must decide if the case meets four factors noted in section 107 of the Copyright Act when considering the Fair Use defense‚ “the purpose and character of your use‚ the nature of the copyrighted
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Case Brief Saenz v Roe (1999) 1. Facts The facts of the Saenz V Roe case is that in 1992 the state of California wanted to change the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program by setting a limit to new residents. By having this approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and having the Federal District Court implement it‚ there would a large number of new residents who would be treated unequally. By the time it became into law on April 1‚ 1997 a class action was filed to challenge
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Although students do not lose their rights as they walk through the school gates‚ their rights are restricted for the safety of others. The court case of Tinker v. Des Moines argues the same issue of the rights of students while on school grounds. “Because the appearance of the armbands distracted students from their work‚ they detracted from the ability of the school officials to perform their duties
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Supreme Court case I wanted to research‚ the thought of picking the death penalty topic originally swayed me. I did not want to pick such a controversial subject‚ but I grew more and more intrigued as I read deeper into the case of Gregg vs. Georgia in 1976. The case stirred up many views about capital punishment and allowing a criminal to manipulate the wording of our country’s Constitution to refuse personal responsibility. Throughout the research and trying to form an opinion of the case‚ I wondered
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