Plaintiff‚ Pat Employee‚ submits the following Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment. I. INTRODUCTION This Court should grant the Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment because this Court should apply the law of East Kansas. This case involves a conflict of law issue because West Kansas’s law provides that worker’s compensation is the exclusive remedy for employees‚ who are victims of intentional torts‚ while East Kansas says that worker’s compensation is not the exclusive
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“Non-Compete Agreements in Action - Microsoft v. Google” Facts: • Controversial documents • Dr. Kai-Fu Lee joined Microsoft in 1998 to run company operations in China • Knowledge of company trade secrets • Quit Microsoft because he was moving to Google • When Lee was hired Microsoft made him sign a non-compete agreement • Microsoft sued Google and Lee over the non-compete agreement Issue: Does Microsoft have the right to have a non-compete agreement with Dr. Kai-Fu Lee? Discussion: In
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The establishment clause is interesting to me‚ personally‚ because I feel that the clause is as vague as it is precise. The establishment clause states that “congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”‚ however by not respecting an establishment of religion‚ you can in turn be respecting an establishment of another religion. In the case Newdow vs. US Congress‚ The Ninth Court revealed that the sole purpose of inserting ‘under god’ was to advance religion‚ to differentiate
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Automatic Renewal Clauses: The Case between Letisha and Sudson Washer and Dryer Abstract This paper examines a contract between Letisha and Sudson Washer and Dryer that contains an automatic renewal clause. The potential defenses for Letisha if Sudson sues her for breach of contract are presented. The defenses for Sudson that support the automatic renewal clause are also discussed. The ethical issues of using an automatic renewal clause and the actions of the Sudson Washer and Dryer
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prayer:<br><br>"Almighty God‚ we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee‚ and we beg Thy blessings upon us‚ our parents‚ our teachers‚ and our country." The court ruled that this rule was unconstitutional according to the First Amendment’s "establishment clause‚" which states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." In response to the Engel v.Vitale case some schools adopted a "moment of silence." <br><br>In 1963‚ another case was brought before the court dealing with school
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cases has found that people were going against the prospect of saying “under God” in the pledge‚ they claim that saluting the flag contradicted their declared fidelity to God alone‚ a spiritual commitment that the First Amendment’s "free exercise" clause protects (Sifton‚ Elisabeth). But by a ruling in 1943‚ students are also allowed to not partake in the reciting of the pledge‚ so there really is no reason for the separation of church and state in that field. Also‚ taking away the pledge would throw
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The Bill of Rights is a very important document that contains many valuable freedoms that are the foundation of American society. One of the most important freedoms available and that I could not live without is the freedom of religion. No one really wants a government that tells them what it is they should think‚ what are the correct ways to think‚ and then punishes you if you don’t. Throughout history many people have left their homelands due to persecution they have faced for believing in what
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Act. The court found that the parochial school system was "an integral part of the religious mission of the Catholic Church‚" and held that the Act fostered "excessive entanglement" between government and religion‚ thus violating the Establishment Clause. Pennsylvania’s Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Education Act‚ passed in 1968‚ authorizes the state Superintendent of Public Instruction to "purchase" certain "secular educational services" from nonpublic schools‚ directly reimbursing those schools
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freedom of religion because it is the one bill of rights that I believe has the broadest expansion in the constitution. I believe that everyone has the right to believe in a supernatural belief. That is why we have the establishment clause and the free-exercise clause. Which were established to keep the government from interfering with the exercise of religion. But in today’s time the government does have the right to limit the practice of a religion‚ but you still have the freedom to believe our
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Prayer in School Anyone who wishes to have prayer in their lives as well as in school should be able too. Prayer in school has been a controversial issue for many years. There are people that think teachers as well as students should be able to pray as they wish without getting into trouble or any other sort of consequences. As you may know this however‚ is not always the case. School prayer would result in many societal benefits. The public school system is tragically disintegrating as evidenced
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