grievous bodily harm to the victim Anita. 2. BACKGROUND 2.1 Billy and Anita was in a 12-year long relationship and they lived together. Their relationship involved engaging in inflicting pain on each other for sexual gratification. On the occasion in question‚
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child could likely have made the decision to dissolve their marriage through a divorce decree‚ or the parents of the child may never have married after the child was born. In either scenario‚ if the paternity of the minor child does not come under question‚ the issue then becomes who will provide for the support of the child until the child reaches the age of majority. The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act [UIFSA] provides provisions for courts located in the jurisdiction with which the custodial
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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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Supreme Court’s decision on the case of Texas v. Johnson has been a controversial one‚ as it involves the burning of our national symbol‚ the American flag. It leads to the question: Does the desecration of the American flag a way of expressing speech that is protected by the first amendment? Shouldn’t the destruction of a true American symbol be protected and preserved‚ as it is a symbol that represents our country? There is a great amount of criticism that Texas v. Johnson has been faced with; most
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Miranda V. Arizona‚ 384 U.S. 436 (1966) Miranda V. Arizona is case where Mr. Ernesto Miranda who was suspected for kidnapping and rape of 18 years old woman. After Mr. Miranda is arrested and identified by victim‚ police interrogated him for two hours and he confessed the crime. However at time he signed a confession he was not aware of his rights. No one told him his rights to remain silent nor informed him that his statement would be used against him. Although‚ when he put his confession into
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based on nonviolence. One of the most significant cases that sparked the civil rights movement to move in a progressive direction was the Brown v. Board of Education case. This case‚ although using the Brown name‚ included four other similar complaints regarding the segregated school system. With Brown being alphabetically at the top of the list‚ it is the name that appears on the court case itself. As many of the battles with civil
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Case Brief GATOR.COM CORP. V. L.L. BEAN‚ INC. 341 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 2003) (1) Facts: March 2001‚ L.L. Bean’s corporate counsel mailed Gator a cease and desist letter requesting that Gator stop its pop-up windows from appearing when customers visited their website. Gator refused to change its practices‚ and instead filed a lawsuit in federal district court in California seeking a declaratory judgment. L.L. Bean filed a motion to dismiss the case for lack of personal jurisdiction. In November
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Rights separates from other human rights treaties because it has its own judicial body‚ looking at their case law for guidance can still be useful. In the Belilos v. Switzerland case‚ the Court decided that a interpretative declaration was to be treated like a reservation. Further‚ because of article 64 § 1 of the Convenetion‚ that requires "precision and clarity" ‚ the reservation in question fell short of the rule that "reservations must not be of a general character". The Court also explains
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the spectator. And then there is the having to really look at what it met to play golf‚ and knowing that equality means that. In the case of PGA v Martin‚ Mr. Martin was a independent contractor. While he was playing the game of golf for PGA‚ was an independent contractor seeking public accommodation. Mr Martin seeking accommodations by use of the ADA mad this case more than just about golf. Mr. Martin exception for the PGA to allow him to ride the cart throughout the tournament. When the PGA allowed
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The following case being summarized‚ R. v. Labaye is about a brothel that was in operation in Montreal called “L’Orage” in which was viewed by some members of the community a as a “bawdy house” which is an archaic term used to describe a setting in which individuals can partake in consensual acts of group sex and masturbation. The actions and activities that members of this club were involved in were done in a safe setting in which everything was done consensually. Due to the objective nature of
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