Marbury vs. Madison What was the case: Marbury was a soon-to-be appointed justice of the peace when Adam’s presidency came to an end‚ resulting in his successor‚ Thomas Jefferson denying credibility of the appointments because they were not completed during the time of Adam’s presidency. Jefferson’s Secretary of State‚ James Madison‚ was asked to allow the commissions. Decision: The Supreme Court denied Marbury’s writ of mandamus and he was denied the commissions. Reasoning: Congress cannot expand
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McCray Nature of the Case: Appeal upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of assault on a police officer and criminal use of a firearm in the 2nd degree. Concise Rule of Law: Mental Hygiene Law § 9.41 which permits persons who appear to be mentally ill and acting in a manner that threatens safety of self or others to be taken into custody. The Penal Law § 120.08 imposes strict liability with respect to the serious injury aspect of a crime. Facts of the Case: In August 2008‚ McCray
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Marbury v. Madison 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803) Facts A judicial appointment and writ of mandamus case. After the election of 1800 resulted in the House electing anti-federalist Thomas Jefferson president‚ the Federalists passed the Judiciary Act of 1801‚ which created new circuit courts and district courts‚ in addition to those that existed from the Judiciary Act of 1789‚ and the Organic Act of 1801‚ which permitted President Adams to appoint forty-two justices of the peace for the District of
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United States V McClatchey 217 F3d 823 Cir.‚ (10th ‚ 2000) I. Background This case of U.S government versus defendant McClatchey involves hospital CEO‚ two physicians‚ and Mr. McClatchy who is a part of the administrative staff at Baptist Medical center. Two physicians involved in the case worked together in a group practice called BVMG that provided care to the nursing homes. In 1984‚ they brought a proposal to the Baptist Medical Center to have them buy the practice and in return physicians
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citation number: [2015] UKSC 34 Haile (Appelant) v London Borough of Waltham Forest (Resppondent) On appeal from : [2014] EWCA Civ 792 Judgement date: 20 May 2015 Hearing date: 29 January 2015 Case summary: Justices: Lord Neuberger‚ Lady Hale‚ Lord Clarke‚ Lord Reed‚ Lord Carnwath Nature of the case: causational‚ intentional homelessness Facts: On 25 October 2011 the appellant voluntarily surrendered her tenancy in a hostel because of an unpleasant smell and moved for a temporary accommodation
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Case Title: Regina v. G and another (Appellants) (On Appeal form the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)) Citation: [2003] UKHL 50 Procedural History (PH): The appellants were charged on 22nd August 2000; without lawful excuse damaged by fire; commercial premises and being reckless as to whether such property would be damaged. The appellants stood trial before Judge Maher in March 2001. The appellants’ case at trial was that they expected the fire to extinguish itself on the concrete
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Name of Case in Proper Legal Citation Format Jones v. Star Credit Corp 59 Misc.2d 189 (1969) Who is/are the plaintiff(s) (i.e. consumer‚ company‚ employee‚ government) and what type of legal relief is/are the plaintiff(s) seeking? Plaintiffs who are welfare recipients agreed to purchase a freezer for $900‚ and purchase price came out to be $1234.80 with all the other added taxes. So far the plaintiffs have paid $619.88‚ however the freezer is only worth about $300. What legal question
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United States v. Jones‚ United States Supreme Court (2012) 132 S. Ct. 945 Facts of the Case Respondent Jones was a subject of a Government investigation in part of a much larger drug trafficking conspiracy. As part of the investigation‚ FBI agents had obtained a court order to place a GPS tracking device on a vehicle driven by Jones – a Jeep registered to Jone’s wife. The court order was issued in the District of Columbia and was set to expire 10 days after it was signed by the judge. On Day
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Citation: Ashcroft v. The Free Speech Coalition‚ 535 U.S. 232 (2002) Parties: John D. Ashcroft‚ Attorney General‚ and the Government of the United States‚ Petitioners The Free Speech Coalition‚ Respondents Facts: In 1996 Congress passed the federal Child Pornography Protection Act (CPPA) which extended federal prohibition against child pornography to sexually explicit images that appear to depict minors but that were actually produced without using real children. The CPPA statute in
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