Eisenstaedt v. Baird II. CITATION: 405 U.S. 438 (1972) III. FACTS: On April 6th‚ 1967 at Boston University in William Baird violated Massachusetts law at the time when he handed a condom and a package of Emko vaginal foam to an unmarried 19 year old young woman. At the time of the incident‚ under Massachusetts state law “Crimes against Chastity” makes it a felony for anyone to give away a drug‚ medicine‚ instrument‚ or article for the prevention of conception except in the case of (1) a
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PROJECT A CASE ANALYSIS ON Stilk v Myrick 16 December 1809 (1809) 2 Campbell 317 170 E.R. 1168 BY ROHAN GOSWAMI NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY‚ ODISHA ROLL NUMBER: 042 SEMESTER: SECOND SEMESTER COURSE: B.A. L.L.B Email: 12BA042@nluo.ac.in FEBRUARY 2013 This case analysis forms a part of the internal assignment and was assigned by the subject Professor Mr Rangin Pallav Tripathy. Issues that would be dealt with in the following case analysis: * The Law as it stood before the Case‚
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official to properly fulfill their official duties or correct an abuse of discretion. (See‚ e.g. Cheney v. United States Dist. Court for D.C. (03-475) 542 U.S. 367 (2004) 334
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ruled that a Kentucky statute and the United States First Amendment did not authorize his refusal to identify his informers. When Branzburg appealed‚ the Kentucky Court of Appeals denied his petition. This appeal was not the end of Branzburg’s case. A second case arose from a story published on January 10‚ 1971‚ and involved him describing details about the usage of drugs in Frankfort‚ Kentucky. In order for him to accurately report this story‚ he had to spend two weeks interviewing dozens of drug users
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The Due Process clause of the 14th Amendment‚ at least when it first began‚ had a procedural understanding in the Court. The Court identified the clause to protect intrusions of liberty by the States without the proper process of law (fair trial‚ jury of peers‚ etc.) The Court‚ in the transitional era‚ developed a new understanding of the Due Process clause. The question asked was no longer about the presence of the process‚ but about the validity of the law at its core. This new understanding‚
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ARCHER V. WARNER (01-1418) 538 U.S. 314 (2003) 283 F.3d 230‚ reversed and remanded. NATURE OF CASE Leonard and Arlene Warner sold the Warner Manufacturing Company to Elliott and Carol Archer. The Archers sued the Warners in North Carolina state court for fraud in connection to the sale. The settlement was that the Warners would pay the Archers $300‚000. The Warners paid $200‚000 and executed a promissory note for $100‚000. The Warners failed to make payments on the promissory note and the
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Abstract In the case of White v. Gibbs‚ the plaintiff‚ Mrs. Debbie White‚ sued O’Malley’s Tavern alongside Patrick Gibbs. Gibbs served as bartender at the tavern during the night in question. Mrs. White seeks settlement under the state of Indiana’s Dram Shop Act. Under the Dram Shop Act‚ a bartender assumes liability to any persons injured who were served alcohol while exhibiting obvious signs of intoxication (Todd‚ 1986). Since the two parties reside in different states‚ the case was brought to the
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HUDGENS V NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND PUBLIC PROPERTY AUGUST 13‚ 2009 DIANE SACHAROFF BMGT 281 SUMMER Our constitution gives us the right under the First Amendment to the Freedom of Speech. This seems like a fairly straight forward right‚ but what many don’t know is that the Constitution only guarantees our right to freedom of speech against abridgement by government‚ federal or state. (Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board‚ 424 U.S. 507 Lexis). In
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Safford v Redding (2009) (Student rights regarding personal searches) • Facts of the case ¬ Savana Redding‚ a thirteen-year-old at Safford Middle School‚ was accompanied to the Assistant Principal Wilson’s office to be questioned about a day planner that contained knives and other illegal items‚ including four prescription-strength‚ and one over-the-counter‚ pain relief pills. ¬ Redding told the principal that she owned the planner but she knew nothing about the medication. Mr. Wilson explained
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search a student while law enforcement officers must have probable cause. In the cases of Best V. New Jersey and Safford V. Redding‚ the issues of search and seizure of a student in school are laid out in different scenarios that clearly portray the difference between a constitutional search and an unconstitutional search. The concept of reasonable suspicion is sufficient for the extended search in the Best V. New Jersey case because the student was in clear violation of school policy and the search was
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