McWilliams V Dunn Supreme Court of the United States Introduction The Dunn v. McWilliams case is a famous court case that was heard before the supreme court of United States in April 24‚ 2017. The case involved James McWilliams as the petitioner against Jefferson Dunn was the commissioner and was representing the Alabama department of corrections. The focus of the case was the sixth amendment of the US constitution was useful in providing for the right to the assistance of an attorney to represent
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The conclusion of Scott v. Sandford was considered the worst judgment Chief Justice Roger broke Taney ever composed. He disregarded constitutional points of reference‚ misshaped history‚ forced an inflexible instead of an adaptive development on the constitution‚ overlooked particular awards of power in the constitution‚ and tormented implications out of other‚ more-cloud provisions. His rationale on the citizenship issue was maybe the most convoluted. He conceded that African Americans could be
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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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You asked me to prepare an Objective Legal Analysis of how Jones v Tsige applies to the Cuthbert`s case. Specifically‚ how the Cuthbert`s use of the nanny cam may both invade and not invade their nanny’s privacy. Background Facts The present case concerns Ryan and Angela Cuthbert. Ryan is a self-employed individual who operates a plumbing company‚ while his wife‚ Angela is presently on the maternity leave‚ but is scheduled to return to her previous employment at the CFO of a Crown Corporation at
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Specht v. Netscape Communication Corporation‚ 306 F.3d 17 (2nd Cir. 2002). I. FACTS Plaintiffs sued‚ Netscape‚ a software internet company who distributed the free software SmartDownload‚ for electronic eavesdropping. The Plaintiffs alleged Defendant violated two federal statutes‚ the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act‚ by capturing private information about files downloaded from the Internet . Plaintiffs filed suit against Defendant in District Court
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Case Brief: Sutter v. Hutchings Case Name‚ Citation & Court: Sutter v. Hutchings‚ 254 Ga. 194‚ 327 S.E.2d 717‚ Georgia Supreme Court‚ decided 1985. Parties & Procedural History: Trial Court level: Plaintiff Sutter sues Defendant Hutchings. Defendant filed summary judgment motion‚ and court granted judgment in favor of Defendant. Plaintiff appealed. First appeal: Ga. Court of Appeals affirmed judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals again to Ga. Supreme Court. Facts: Mrs
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Wisconsin v. Yoder‚ 406 U.S. 205 (1972)‚ is the case in which the United States Supreme Court found that Amish children could not be placed under compulsory education past 8th grade‚ as it violated their fundamental right to freedom of religion. Three Amish students from three different families stopped attending New Glarus High School in the New Glarus‚ Wisconsin school district at the end of the eighth grade‚ all due to their religious beliefs. The three families were represented by Jonas
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Mathews v. Eldridge James Schwerner FIRAC Facts: Title II of the Social Security Act provides cash benefits to disabled workers. A man by the name of Eldridge was awarded these benefits in June of 1968. Eldridge stayed on this benefit plan until March of 1972 when he received a questionnaire regarding the current state of his medical condition. Eldridge claims that he had filled out the questionnaire conveying the fact that he was still in need of the benefits that he was entitled to; however the
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finish secondary school or continue their studies further. During 1954‚ in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ the Supreme Court came to a critical decision that students would no longer have to be separated in school depending on race. This first dated back to a case entitled‚ Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896‚ which first allowed students to be separated by race. This short story caught my attention when given the assigned reading. I felt an instant connection to it considering that my father was faced with great difficulties
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Illinois‚ Supra and United States v. Di Re‚ 332 U.S. 581 (1948). In Ybarra‚ police officers obtained a warrant to search a tavern and its bartender for evidence of possession of a controlled substance. Not only did the police search the tavern and the bartender but all the patrons that
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