the members as separate legal persons as decided in the case Salomon v Salomon. - However‚ in certain circumstances‚ a court may ignore the separate legal entity of a company (lifting the corporate veil) and look at the members of the company and make them liable. - The relevant rule here is the use of company to evade legal obligation to commit fraud under the case law or judicial exceptions and the relevant case is Jones v Lipman. (3/4
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U.S. v. Lopez 514 U.S. 549 (1995)‚ Vote of 5 to 4‚ Rehnquist for the court. Congress in 1990 enacted the Gun-Free School Zone Act‚ making it a federal offence to possess a firearm in a school zone. Congress relied on the authority of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution to justify passage of legislation as a way of stemming the rising tide of gun related incidents in public schools. In 1992 Alfonso Lopez‚ Jr. was a senior at Edison High School in San Antonio‚ Texas. Acting on an anonymous
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Marbury v. Madison As the government was newly establishing its stronghold on the nation a struggle to preserve the foundations of American society instituted by Washington and John Adams existed as Thomas Jefferson took office. In an attempt to maintain the "edifice of the National Government" believing Jefferson would topple the prestigious nation with his atheist views‚ Adams appointed various Federalists to the judiciary. Thus‚ attributing to the single most significant case of the Supreme
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preserving immigration benefits for victims of terrorism. Section 411‚ for instance‚ details the definitions linked to terrorism‚ and “adds to the terrorism-related grounds upon which an alien may be denied admission into the United States”. Title V is related to the capture and prosecution of terrorists. It authorizes the Attorney General (§501) and Secretary of State (§502) to pay rewards to combat terrorism. Title VI provides assistance‚ compensation and financial aid to victims of terrorism
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Dartmouth College V. Woodward The case of Dartmouth College V. Woodward was a famous decision from the United States Supreme Court dealing with the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution to private corporations. The case arose when the president of Dartmouth College was dismissed by his trustees. This lead to the New Hampshire legislature’s attempt to force the college to become a public university and it placed the power to appoint trustees in the hands of the governor. The College’s
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Gideon V. Wainwright Name of teacher: Mr. James Pierce Name of student: Course: Criminal Court Systems Assignment due date: December 16‚ 2013 January 8‚ 2014 Gideon V. Wainwright Since time immemorial‚ history has always recorded in its annals that man is by nature both a rebellious and dominant creature. Because of these two innate traits‚ it seems nearly impossible for men to cohabit or coexist without having any channel or medium through which one man does not feel
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Mcculloh v Maryland Case In many ways‚ the opinion in this case represents a final step in the creation of the federal government. The argument involved which was the power of Congress to charter a bank. The larger questions would go out to the Constitutional interpretation and would still be debated to this day. In 1791‚ as part of his financial plan‚ Secretary of The Treasury Alexander Hamilton proposed that Congress charter a Bank of the United States‚ to serve as a central bank of the country
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Does Farmer have any claim(s) for damages against Pilot based on intentional tort? Discuss. Rule of Law : The essential requirements of intentional torts are the elements of intent‚ injury‚ damages and causation. The concept of ’intention’ does not require that Defendant (D) know that his/her act will cause harm to the Plaintiff (P)‚ but must know with substantial certainty that their act will result in certain outcomes (landing of the plane on the P’s land). To successfully make a claim against
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An individual possesses culpable knowledge only if he knows or strongly suspects the results of his actions will cause harm to another. Balachova v. Mukasey‚ 547 F. 3d at 379. In Balachova v. Mukasey‚ the alien was in the military and aided his fellow soldiers in rounding up several young women from a village and placing them in transport vehicles. Id. He physically placed the young girls‚ against their will in the vehicles‚ the military unit proceeded to take the girls to a different location where
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V For Vendetta – Great Film but C For Confusing… When I first saw the movie ‘V for Vendetta’ (2006 James McTeigue) I didn’t know anything about it at all. Despite the very complex and confusing story line though‚ it was a very enjoyable and engrossing film. This Sci-Fi Action film is set in the near future in London and is about a terrorist‚ V (Hugo Weaving)‚ who with the help of his friend Evey (Natalie Portman) plans to blow up Parliament‚ just like his hero‚ Guy Fawkes. V has many similarities
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