The Kids". Mcgraw lost to Benjamin in November 2004. When the case came before the West Virginia Supreme Court in 2007 the court ruled in favor of Massey and overturned the $50 million verdict in a split 3 to 2 decision. Caperton sought rehearing and the parties moved for disqualification of three of the five justices who decided the appeal. Photos had surfaced of Justice Spike Maynard vacationing in the French Riviera while the case was pending. Justice Maynard recused himself after possible bias
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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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Jefferson‚ refused to deliver at least five of the commissions. William Marbury and three others were denied their commissions and therefore went directly to the Supreme Court and asked it to issue a writ of mandamus. Marbury thought he could take his case directly to the court because section 13 of the 1789 Judiciary Act gave the Court the power to issue writs of mandamus to anyone holding federal office. Issues: Does Marbury have a right to the commission? Does the law grant Marbury a remedy? Does
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Summer in Florida is hot! It is also very crowded. The beaches are packed. If you are a parent with preteen children‚ then you are headed for a theme park. Watching families try to get through the entry gates is fun - excited and energetic kids‚ parents smiling cautiously. They are thinking about what lies ahead. Move over to the exit points. Here the sights are different - young voices still screaming‚ bodies sweaty in the summer sun‚ clothes sticky from juices and chocolate ice cream. Look at mummy
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3. Issue: Is the “Choose Life” license plate viewpoint discrimination‚ which is determined by whether the content is private speech or government speech? 4. Rule: The rule used‚ as outlined by the presiding judge‚ is a control test from a case in the 4th Circuit‚ Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Comm’r of the Va. Dep’t of Motor Vehicles: (1) the central purpose of the program in which the speech in question occurs; (2) the degree of editorial control exercised by the government or private
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I am writing this letter regarding my request for funding to attend a business writing course at Florida International University. This course is only held once a year in our area and it will be on the 11 day of July ending on the 13 day of July 2013. The business writing course is the only course held of its kind and it is the most cost-effective professional development opportunity available to me this year. The writing course offers all the tools‚ techniques and concepts related to business writing
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In the case Gonzales v. Raich‚ Angel Raich‚ which is from California‚ was charged with home-grown‚ non-commercial use of medical marijuana. Raich has inoperable brain tumor‚ seizures‚ and chronic pain disorders. Raich has been prescribed medical marijuana 5 years before the cases even came up in court. Raich has to depend on 2 caregivers to grow the medical marijuana for her because of her condition. Before Gonzales v. Raich case came up‚ California passed the Compassionate Use Act in 1996. With
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state said‚ “even if the search were made without authority‚ otherwise unreasonably‚ it is not prevented from using the unconstitutionally seized evidence at trial”. Mapp’s appeal to the Supreme Court was granted certiorari. 3. Mapp appealed her case to the Supreme Court of appeals on three constitutional grounds. I. Expectation of privacy II. Unlawful search and seizures III. Illegally obtained evidence 4. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Mapp‚ ruling that the evidence found and used
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second degree murder‚ however he was sentenced to just a single year in jail instead of the minimum required ten under the Criminal Code‚ since in the conditions of the case 10 years was seen as cruel and unusual. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal later expanded the sentence to 10 years. Mr. Latimer in the end advanced the case to the Supreme Court‚ contending that the sentence was too long as well as that the trial was uncalled for in light of the fact that the judge chose the guard of need
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defamed because the respondent called him a "flagrant opportunist who barely knew Jerry (Seinfeld) less than a year." The respondent felt he did no wrong‚ because the petitioner waived any claim because he appeared on the show. Disposition: The case was dismissed due to the state of New York not having a common-law claim for invasion of privacy. Also‚ the plaintiff’s claim for violation of civil rights law 50 and 51 was dismissed because the plaintiff’s name and likeness was not up for trade or
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