SeaWorld of Florida v. Perez was a case that shows how important is for a companies to have rules and regulations regardless Safety. The company must follow OSHA regulations to have a safety work place for the employees. In this case the court was trying to determine if SeaWorld of Florida violated the OSHA General Duty Clause and if the company have a process to reduce the danger that employees have when working with killer wheals. In 2010 Ms. Dawn Brancheau a SeaWorld trainer was performing with
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US v. Nixon (1974) 1. The Constitutional Question(s) : a) Does the separation of powers established by the Constitution grant the President the absolute power to keep information from other branches of the government? b) Given that the power is not absolute‚ should President Nixon be capable of claiming executive privilege under the aforementioned circumstances? c) Does the separation of powers permit that the settlement of this dispute must stay contained in the executive branch or should
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Abington Township v Schempp Date: Decided In June 17‚ 1963 or Feb 27‚1976 Problem: Schempp filed suit on the Abington school district for requiring students to read verses from the Bible in Pennsylvania. Outcome: Schempp argued that it was unconstitutional‚ violating religious freedom. Part of the constitution: The First amendment: exercise of free religion‚ speech‚ and press The fourteen amendment: Never should any state impede the life‚ liberty‚ or property of a person Precedent: Got
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Citation Eisner v. Macomber‚3 AFTR 3020‚ 252 US 189‚1 USTC ¶32 (US‚ 1920) Issue (1) Under the 16th Amendment‚ does Congress have the power to tax stock dividends received by the Macomber? (2) Are stock dividends considered income? Facts Mrs. Macomber owned 2‚200 shares of Standard Oil Company. In January 1916‚ Standard Oil Company declared a 50% stock dividend. Mrs. Macomber received an additional 1‚100 shares of stock with a $19‚877 par value. The shares represented a surplus for Standard
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7-Felthouse v Bindley (1862) 11 CBNS 869 (CCP) Summary: • “For a contract to come into existence‚ the offeree had to communicate his acceptance of the relevant offer to the offeror.” • This means that for a contract to come into play it has to be a bilateral agreement. One party cannot decide to enter someone else in a contract. Also‚ the case implies that changes in a contract nullify prior acceptances- if the contract changes‚ you need to agree the terms again. The Case: • F[elthouse]
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Mapp v. Ohio‚ 367 U.S. 1081‚ 81 S. Ct. 1684‚ 6 L. Ed. 2d 1081 (1961) Facts: On May 23rd‚ 1957‚ three Cleveland police officers arrived at the home of Mrs. Mapp with information that ‘a person was hiding out in the home‚ who was wanted for questioning in connection with a recent bombing‚ and that there was a large amount of policy paraphernalia being hidden in the home’. Mrs. Mapp and her daughter lived on the top floor of the two-family dwelling. Upon their arrival at that house‚ the officers
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ROBERT C. BROWNING V. ARTHUR JOHNSON Project Type: Re writing of judgement Submitted to: Prof . Surabhi Rajapal Faculty‚ Contract law Submitted by: Shubhank Singh Semester II Year I Roll no. 2015- 110 NALSAR University of Law‚ Hyderabad FACTS OF THE CASE: Browning and Johnson went into an agreement of offer whereby Browning was to offer his practice and hardware to Johnson. Both sides and their lawyers trusted the agreement made to be totally legitimate and enforceable. Prior to the agreement’s
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ruled that Tuskegee city officials redrew the cities boundaries unconstitutionally so that the white candidates in the cities political race could win and the blacks’ votes would not count. This case laid the framework for the passage of the 1965 voters rights act which outlawed discrimination in voting. The case was named after a Tuskegee university professor Charlie A. Gomillion who was the plaintiff and the defendant was the mayor of Tuskegee Phillip M. Lightfoot. Gomillion tried to make it easier
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The Furman v. Georgia decision of the Supreme Court was the first time in history where a higher court had ruled against capital punishment. However‚ the Supreme Court later suggested new legislation that overturned the ruling that capital punishment was cruel and unusual (Bohm‚ 1997). Opponents for the death penalty were elated. Executions such as drownings‚ crucifixions and burning at the stake were carried out for things such as marrying those of Jewish accent‚ non-confession by criminals and
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PART V OF THE CONSTITUTION DONE BY‚ K.M.OOMMEN 08D6036 1ST YEAR‚ BA.LLB. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. List of Cases Pgs. 1-10 2. Introduction Pgs. 11-12 3. Methodology Pg. 13 4. Chapters Pgs. 14-48 (i) The Executive Pgs. 14-28 (ii) Parliament Pgs. 29-34 (iii) Legislative powers of the President Pgs. 35-38 (iv) The Union Judiciary
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