I. Hilton v. Guyot The historical foundation of all foreign country judgments recognition law is United States Supreme Court’s Justice Gray’s decision in Hilton v. Guyot which involved an attempt to enforce a French judgment. Justice Gray held that no sovereign is bound to execute foreign judgments‚ but the general comity‚ utility‚ and convenience of nations “established a usage among most civilized states‚ by which the final judgments of foreign courts of competent jurisdiction are reciprocally
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Interview questions & Rule 4 defined Prof. Piquant Kaplan University School of Legal Studies By: Lawrence Pelkey 10 interview questions for the plaintiff 1. Tell me what happened on June 27th ‚ 2014 while driving your Dodge automobile in a northwardly direction on Lebanon road? 2. Did you see another vehicle in your lane on this road on June 27th? If so can you identify the vehicle and did you see the driver? 3. What happen after you spotted the
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In the Court of Joint District Judge‚ Dhaka Title Suit Number 126 of 2011 Mr Karimullah Son of Late Mr Rahimullah House No. B24 Mirpur 10‚ Dhaka ...........................Plaintiff VERSUS Mr Halim Miah Son of Late Mr Lala Miah C54‚ Amin Bazar‚ Savar‚ Dhaka .......................Defendants Suit for Recovery of Possassion Under Section 8 of the Specific Relief Act 1877 Suit Value 460000 Taka The plaintiff most respectfully states as follows: 1. That the plaintiff is a reputed businessman
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1. Case 1 Country X purchased property in Chicago‚ USA‚ for its embassy. After country X has merged with country Y to form country Z‚ the property was turned over to the new formed State. Country Z was represented by a single ambassador to USA. Few years later‚ country Z was dissolved and Country X and Y again became separate independent sovereign states. Country X then sought to reclaim its embassy‚ but the property was being occupied at that time by a diplomat of country Y (who had been country
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and Meritor Savings Bank. Vinson charged that she had constantly been subjected to sexual harassment by Taylor over her four years at the bank. She argued such harassment created a "hostile working environment" and was covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Vinson sought injunctive relief along with compensatory and punitive damages against Taylor and the bank. Taylor denied allegations of sexual activity and said the accusation were made over a business-related dispute.
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Facts International Shoe Co. (D‚ appellant) was a Delaware corporation with its principle place of business in St. Louis‚ Missouri. It had no offices in the state of Washington and made no contracts for sale there. International Shoe did not keep merchandise in Washington and did not make deliveries of goods in intrastate commerce originating from the state. International Shoe employed 11-13 salesmen for three years who resided in Washington. Their commissions each year totaled more than $31‚000
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ORDER VI PLEADINGS GENERALLY 1. Pleading "Pleading"‚ shall mean plaint or written statement. 1[2. Pleading to state material facts and not evidence (1) Every pleading shall contain‚ and contain only a statement in a concise form of the material facts on which the party pleading relies for his claim or defence as the case may be‚ but not the evidence by which they are to be proved. (2) Every pleading shall‚ when necessary‚ be divided into paragraphs‚ numbered consecutively‚ each allegation
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BLAW 243 STUDY GUIDE Wednesday‚ January 11 2010 I. What is law? a. Rules rules come from who ever is in charge b. Golden Rule: those who have the gold make the rules c. We as people came upon 2 different ways of making rules i. The Romans: wrote everything down and gave us statutory law 1. Statute: laws that are written down. Passed by major legislature. 2. Ordinance: a statute local in nature. Have limited effect because they’re in a limited area. 3. US government creates statutes
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in another one of MY sections if you wish. PLEASE INDICATE THE NAMES OF YOUR GROUP MEMBERS CLEARLY ON THE TITLE PAGE OF THE ASSIGNMENT AND SECTION NUMBERS FOR EACH GROUP MEMBER. LATE ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED. Attend the trial of your choice (civil or criminal) at the B.C. Supreme Court at the Law Courts at 800 Smithe Street‚ Vancouver for at least one hour and then answer the following questions in approximately 1‚200 words. . DO NOT go to Chambers Hearings‚ Bail Hearings‚ Sentencing Hearings
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Case Study I by ___________________________: Citation: Gerald K. Adams v Uno Restaurants‚ Inc Rhode Island State Court‚ 2002 794 A. 2nd District 489 Appeal: Gerald K. Adams v Uno Restaurants‚ Inc Rhode Island Supreme Court No. 2000-266 (KC 97 -1005) Facts: On May 20‚ 1996‚ the plaintiff‚ who had been employed by the defendant for several years‚ arrived for his nighttime line cooking shift at the defendant’s Warwick restaurant. Shortly‚ after his shift began‚ the plaintiff noticed
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