Expert: dkennedy replied 2 years ago. INTEROFFICE MEMO TO: XXXXX Attorney FROM: Paralegal DATE: June 24‚ 2012 RE: Sherman Case The potential clients are Rob Sherman and his wife‚ Bunny Sherman. They have a 15 year old son‚ Rob‚ Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman’s goal is to file suit against the Church of the Divine Light‚ which is in practice similar to the Church of Scientology‚ but is in actuality independent of any organized church. The couple alleges that they have suffered damages by the Church of
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1 There is big difference between 401k and pension. First 401k is contribution money that automatically deducted from employee’s paycheck each pay period‚ and it is money taken out before employee’s paycheck is taxed. Pension is benefit plan that old people get from social security such as monthly income in retirement. This defines benefit plans which disability or retire people have when they became eligible these benefits but 401k plan is contributing additional money to an employee account. Also
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Helvering v. Gregory Summary Issue Commissioner Helvering of the Internal Revenue‚ the plaintiff‚ petitioned the United States Court of Appeals to review the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals to remove the tax deficiency associated with a transaction affecting the income taxes of the defendant‚ Evelyn Gregory. Facts The Taxpayer‚ Evelyn Gregory‚ owned all the shares in United Mortgage Company. United Mortgage owned shares in Monitor Securities Corporation. The taxpayer created Averill
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NAME: Bowers v. Hardwick 478 U.S. 186 (1986) FACTS OF THE CASE: George Hardwick was seen by a Georgia police officer committing consensual homosexual sodomy. The officer was coming to arrest him because he did not pay off his violation ticket. Hardwick was then charged for criminalized sodomy due to a Georgia statute. The federal district court dismissed the case because Hardwick failed to make a valid claim against the constitutionality. When appealed‚ the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded
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In the case of the People v. Lewie‚ Michael Flint pleaded guilty to two counts of depraved indifference murder for the horrific murder of 8 year old Colbi Bullock. The defendant’s girlfriend Alicia Lewie‚ and mother to Colbi was charged with both involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment due to Ms. Lewie failing to get the child the medical treatment he so desperately needed. In my opinion‚ Alicia Lewie could undoubtedly be charged with both child endangerment and involuntary manslaughter
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Facts of the Case CoAx and CableCo have entered into a binding written agreement for CableCo to buy 1‚000 feet of coaxial cable for $3 per foot. However‚ CableCo is building a new warehouse‚ so they currently don’t have anywhere to store the cable. They have asked CoAx to store the cable in their warehouse until CableCo’s warehouse is completed in three months. CoAx agrees to do so. They store the cable in spools holding 10‚000 feet of cable‚ which are considered finished goods ready to be shipped
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One defining case in this history of torture laws is that of Hamdi V. Rumsfeld (2002) and Hamdan V. Rumsfeld (2006). Both of these cases involved former detained individuals at Guantanamo Bay‚ one of the aforementioned secret prisons. In Hamdi V. Rumsfeld‚ the legality of indefinite detention and suspension of Habeas Corpus for “enemy combatants” was questioned. The only decision that SCOTUS was able to rest on was the Executive Branch does not have the power to hold a U.S. citizen indefinitely without
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Search and Seizure Portfolio In his article Florida v. Harris: Turning Police Dogs into Search Warrants on a Leash‚ John Whitehead questions the intentions of both police officers and Supreme Court judges‚ who seem to be condoning and ruling in favor of unconstitutional searches of American citizens. The criteria for what qualifies as probable cause has now been left up to the judgement of an officer. With variance in why a search should be conducted‚ Americans are left in the dark when it comes
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The second of the Supreme Court Cases to be discussed is Miranda V. Arizona. The importance of this case is that Miranda was interrogated without knowledge of his 5th amendment rights. In this specific case‚ the police arrested Miranda from his home in order to take him into investigation at the Phoenix police station. While Miranda was put on trial‚ he was not informed that he had a right to an attorney. From this the officers were able to retrieve a signed written statement from Miranda. Most importantly
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9th Amendment Certain rights‚ shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people Court Case Significance Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) Griswold was the Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut. She and her colleague were convicted for giving a married couple tips on how to prevent contraception. In a 7-2 decision it was decided that the constitution from the the bill of rights 1‚3‚4‚ and 9th amendments together create a right for marital privacy
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