Assignment I- Case Brief: McCarty v. Pheasant Run ‚ Inc. Prof Lindsey Appiah Tort Law October 28‚ 2012 Summary of Case Mrs. Dula McCarty brought suit against Pheasant Run Inc. for negligence. In 1981‚ Mrs. McCarty was attacked by a man in her hotel room‚ beaten and threatened of rape. Mrs. McCarty ultimately fought off her attacker and he fled. The attacker was never identified nor brought to justice. Although Mrs. McCarty did not sustain serious physical injuries‚ she claimed the incident
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electoral commissioner‚ Honourable executive manageress and supervisor of studies‚ Teaching and unteaching staffs of this noble institution‚ Enthusiastic student‚ co-aspirant‚ Invited guest‚ Distinguished ladies and gentlemen I greet you all. My name is Gideon Katey Fayorsey vying for the office of the school prefect and I deem it an honour to stand before you this morning to read my manifesto. As we all know here comes another election season or era which is characterised by the handing over of spiritual
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v. Cruikshank (1876). This case took place during the Reconstruction period of the south in Grand Parish‚ Louisiana. During this time there were many changes being made in the state and local government positions. In 1873 the governor of Louisiana appointed a new Judge
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‘A Sense of Direction’ by Gideon Lewis-Kraus is a memoir about the vulnerability of Mr. Kraus. He writes about these series of pilgrims he takes and how these journey’s teaches him a few lessons in life. Due to the constrained life his father‚ who had to hide that he is homosexual- and because of this‚ he went through an unhappy marriage‚ be a spiritual leader for his congregation and hide his identity until his mid-forties; Lewis-Kraus fears that he might have many regrets later on in life just
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Behihana of Tokyo‚ Inc. v. Benihana‚ Inc.‚ 906 A.2d 114 (Del. 2006) Facts: Rocky Aoki founded Benihana of Tokyo‚ Inc. (BOT)‚ and its subsidiary‚ Benihana‚ which own and operate Benihana restaurants in the United States and other countries. Aoki transferred his 100% ownership of BOT to Benihana Protective Trust in 1998 in order to avoid licensing problems stemming from his conviction on insider trading charges. Benihana‚ a Delaware corporation‚ had two classes of common stock. There were 6 million
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Case Citation: Payne v. Tennessee 501 U.S. 808‚ (1991) Facts: After spending a morning and afternoon drinking beer and injecting cocaine‚ Pervis Tyrone Payne entered the apartment of 28-year-old Charisse Christopher and her two children‚ Lacie‚ age two and Nicholas‚ age three at approximately 3:00 p.m. on June 27th‚ 1987. Payne made sexual advances toward Charisse Christopher. She resisted‚ which lead Payne to kill both Charisse and Lacie. Nicholas was found with several severe stab wounds that
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in the first two stanzas. The third stanza is where the “turn” appears. Although many Shakespearian sonnets put the turn at the couplet to suggest a conclusion‚ Wainwright mentions that “he often offers a distinct turn of thought after line 8 just as he sometimes waits…until the couplet before his idea develops and resolves” (Wainwright‚ 2011‚ 149). In order to change the addressing object from the long-distance relationship itself to the lover directly‚ I choose to put my turn after line 8.
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Brown v Board Of Education is the foundation of the fight for civil rights because it overturned the idea of separate but equal that had been used to justify racism. The equal but separate idea was a result of Plessey v Ferguson that established that separate but equal does not violate the constitution. The Louisiana Separate Car Act required separate rail cars for blacks and whites. It required rail companies to provide separate but equal accommodation for black and white passengers. Plessey who
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Elk Grove Unified School District et al. v. Newdow et al. 542 U.S. 1 (2004) Facts: In 1954‚ Congress amended Title 36 of the United States Code by adding “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance. California Education Code section 52720 requires appropriate patriotic exercises to be practiced in every public elementary school every day. Elk Grove Unified School District’s policy required the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance every day pursuant to section 52720 of the California Education Code
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that Gideon had taken care of them after I passed out. I got out of the cot-like bed and went down the hall into the bathroom. I took care of my business‚ and went to the kitchen in search of food. I stopped in the doorway‚ Gideon had found an apron and had secured it around his waist. He also had music playing‚ I recognized TNT by ACDC and I smiled. I loved rock music‚ that had been one of the things I shared with my Dad. I smiled at the memories‚ and pulled myself out of my thoughts. Gideon was
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