Libel Case: Clark Jones v. WorldNetDaily.com‚ Inc. Charles C. Akwari East Tennessee State University 1. Origin of the Case Tennessee businessman Clark Jones sued WorldNetDaily.com‚ a socially conservative news and opinion website‚ and freelance reporters Charles C. Thompson II and Tony Hays for libel in Tennessee state court‚ after WorldNetDaily.com published an article written by Thompson and Hays claiming that Jones had interfered with a criminal investigation‚ had been the subject of a law
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Tyson Foods‚ Case No. 2-103 / 11-1186‚ is a prime example of an Iowa appellate court being relied upon to provide justice to each member of the case during a lawsuit filed against a corporation. Refugio Orozco Serratos (plaintiff) sued his employer Tyson Foods (defendant) because he believed the factory he worked in provided employees
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Case Brief Summary: Marbury v. Madison Robert L. Broadwater PAD 525 Strayer University Dr. O’Neal July 09‚ 2012 Summary of Marbury v. Madison‚ 5 U.S. 137‚ 1 Cranch 137‚ 2 L. Ed. 60 (1803). Facts The incumbent president Federalist John Adams was defeat in the presidential election by Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson. The day before leaving office‚ President John Adams named forty-two justices of the peace and sixteen new circuit court justices for the District of Columbia. This was
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Week 2 DQ 1 Discuss the Stowers v. Wolodzko case questions. . The husband of the plaintiff file a petition to the court that his wife[plaintiff] is mentally ill and needs to have a court order directing the admission of her to the mental health hospital. The petition initiated by plaintiff’s husband is the order of the Wayne County probate court‚ and it is also appropriately certified by Doctors Wolodzko‚ who after appearing in her house and introducing himself as a doctor ‚ and have a conversation
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Hobby Lobby. This case centered around a portion of the Affordable Care Act that required employers to cover certain FDA-approved contraceptives. The owners of Hobby Lobby‚ the Greene family‚ are devout Christians and felt that they could not do this due to religious freedom
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Roberta broker never stated which shares of stock was actually sold. Furthermore‚ Roberta oral instructions never specified which specific shares of stocks she wanted to be sold. In the relevant court case Helvering v. Rankin‚ 295 U.S. 123 (1935)‚ the court decided: "When shares of stock in a corporation are sold from lots purchased at different dates and at different prices‚ and the identity of the lots cannot be determined‚ the stock sold shall be charged
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refuse to provide those things to their workers. This is where the Greens family is furious to give these types of protection to their workers‚ so they sued. This case was called Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores‚ Inc. The family is going against employment-based health care plans that are under the patient
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government forms such as tax returns and immigration papers is considered an act of unauthorized practice of law. In The Florida Bar v. Furman‚ the Court stated that Ms. Furman went beyond just transposing information from an intake sheet to a form‚ she was explaining legal remedies‚ construing and interpreting legal effects‚ giving advice on how best
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Bily v. Arthur Young & Co.‚ 834P. 2d 745 – Cal: Supreme Court 1992 Summary of the case The litigation was brought by investors of Osborne Computer Corp. a computer manufacturing company. The business was founded in 1980 by Adam Osborne. The Company grew rapidly‚ and by fall of 1982‚ sales reached $10 million per month‚ making the company one of the fastest growing enterprises in the history of American business. Late in 1982‚ Osborne planned an initial public stock offering. In the process
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Problems began arising with the death penalty on February 18‚ 1972 with the People v. Anderson case. This is a case in which the California Supreme Court declared the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the state constitution. This case caused all capital punishment sentences to be changed to life in prison without parole. “As a result‚ 107 inmates were taken off death row and resentenced.” (Propositions). This would be the start of an ongoing battle with the California Supreme
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