Week 3 IW “Discretion & Court Cases” Discretion & Court Cases Discretion varies in each profession just as it does in each jurisdiction. It is how a person in an authoritative position conducts themselves and what they do in accordance with their profession and with ethical obligations as well as the law. Disparity is a major player in the terms of discretion which includes Race‚ Ethnicity‚ Gender‚ and Age. First and foremost society has set the mind frame for this which
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The facts of the case 18 States and the Justice Department brought suit against Microsoft to "eliminate Microsoft’s unlawful practices‚ to avoid recurrence of similar practices and to restore the competitive threat that middleware products posed prior to Microsoft’s unlawful conduct. The procedural history of the case Microsoft grew the government’s attention in 1991‚ because word was that it was abusing its monopoly in the PC operating system market. The government had the FTC conduct an inquiry
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Observation: For the last few weeks I made it my priority to attend as many court cases as I possibly could in order to fulfill the requirements for this paper. There were many challenges as there were at least five trials that I planned to observe that resulted in a continuance. Either a witness that was under subpoena failed to show‚ a party needed more time‚ the counsel’s health was affected and even when there wouldn’t be enough time during the trial court’s term to complete the trial. As
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represent the best of their high school. However‚ I believe the classification of homecoming court has degraded over time and became moreover‚ a popularity contest. Students are forced to take away an hour of their academic time‚ to watch an assembly where homecoming court nominees are recognized for being on a higher pedestal than others. I felt that there needed to be a radical change in the way homecoming court functioned. As the chair of the homecoming coronation committee in leadership‚ I decided
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Dred Scott vs. Sanford 1. By the mid-1850s‚ sectional conflict over the extension of slavery into the Western territories threatened to tear the nation apart.With Congress sharply divided‚ reflecting the divisions in the nation‚ the Supreme Court took the unusual step of hearing the case of a fugitive slave suing for his freedom. Intended to be the definitive ruling that would settle the controversy threatening the Union for good‚ the case instead produced a divisive decision that pushed the nation
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2013 The Rehnquist court’s decisions in the past couple of years haven’t been as significant as the people may think they are in increasing the autonomy of the states. The court case of medical marijuana under Chief Justice Rehnquist did not end what they called the “federalist revolution”‚ because there was none. This court case was a case that obviously had significance throughout the country as it has been a highly spoke about topic. I believe that the ruling in favor of the states was expected
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VICTORIA COURT Laureta‚ Ma. Theresa Cielo A. Gonzales‚ Bantican‚ Lagmay‚ Legaspi Domingo Galvez Munar CHAPTER 1______________________________________________INTRODUCTION Victoria Court Drive- in Hotel and Restaurant is a chain of full-service motels catering mostly to the upper income market segment. The traditional market for drive-in-hotels and motels are lovers who avail of one out of the many specially designed
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Media in court cases has many effects. One of which is the possibility that the Medias opinion may result in tainting the jury with unproven facts. As humans we make decisions based on how we perceive the world and the information we have on decision we are going to make. Pre-Trial Publicity “Due to extensive media coverage‚ jury selection in a high profile case can be extremely difficult. Jurors will likely have developed some biases about the case based on the media coverage to which they have
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Agrarian Court rendered a decision authorizing the ejectment of Roman. On appeal‚ the decision was reversed by the Court of Appeals. However‚ before it was executed‚ the parties entered into a post-decisional agreement wherein the de Vera spouses allowed Roman Soriano to sub-lease the property until the termination of the original lease on June 30 1982. This agreement was approved by the CAR court in an order dated December 22‚ 1972. On August 16‚ 1976‚ the Abalos spouses filed with the then Court of
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General Outline of a Moot Court Argument INTRO May it please the court‚ my name is _____ and I represent the Petitioner/Respondent __(name)___. [REBUTTAL REQUEST & PROCEDURAL BLURB (for Petitioner ONLY)] With the court’s permission‚ I would like to reserve 2 minutes for rebuttal. Thank you. This case is on appeal from the District/Circuit Court (name of court). The District/Circuit Court denied Petitioner’s request for _____‚ holding _____. ROADMAP Your honors‚ _______ is a
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