RENO v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION US Supreme Court‚ 1997 1. Claim: Attorney General Janet Reno‚ the appellant appealed directly to the Supreme Court as provided for by the Act’s special review provisions against the appellee‚ ACLU. 2. Facts: The 1996 Federal Communications Decency Act sought to protect minors from “indecent” and offensive Internet materials. The Act made it a crime to transmit obscene or indecent messages over the Internet. Immediately after the CDA became law‚ twenty
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Finally‚ on July 27‚ 2000‚ Marie Villette (plaintiff) had a carport installed from Sheldorado Aluminum Product (defendant). The covering would collapse six months later on top of the plaintiffs Mercedes Benz. All the plaintiff is requesting is the $3‚000 she has spent on the carport. Ms. Villette filed a lawsuit opposing Sheldorado expecting the return of her $3000. Ms. Villette and Sheldorado‚ had no formal written contract‚ however‚ there was a bill of sale; it is dated 11 July‚ 2000. Ms. Villette
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In the present case‚ the question is whether Joe Smith parent can file a lawsuit because he was discriminated against due to his race‚ sex‚ national origin‚ religion‚ and/or financial means. Like in the Yick Wo case‚ Smith is discriminated due to his national origin. Even though‚ his origin is white and the admissions policy might appear neutral to some‚ but it is applied unequally to whites. In DeFunis v Odegaard‚ this case was ruled moot because Defunis was in his last year of law school‚ so the
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Meow. I hear an imaginary cry. Meow. There she goes again. I wish she were real‚ and that other people could hear her too. Meow. Are you hungry? Thirsty? Lonely? It could be anything‚ but really‚ I have the power to decide what she is feeling. If she was hungry‚ I could pretend to give her some fish. If she was thirsty‚ I could pretend to give her a bowl of milk. It’s all pretend. It had to be. After all‚ I didn’t have the responsibility for it to be real back then. But still‚ I carried
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Shaan Yen Studet ID number: 1241413 Paper code: 285008/16 This essay looks at the ethics involved in a high profile sex offence case recently dealt with in the Auckland District Court. The case was published in the New Zealand Herald on the 3 September 2011. Kantian and Utilitarian theories were applied in discussing four different perspectives of the key participants; The Judge‚ The Offender‚ The Victim‚ and The Public. The Judge‚ Philippa Cunningham‚ discharged the offender without conviction
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WNZ Media Corporation Case 1. Based on a careful reading of the case answer the following questions and then complete the table below. In the table below‚ list in column 1 the most important operational (transactional) activities (i.e. day-to-day work) at WNZ Media Corporation as it operates its business and competes in its markets. Then in column 2 describe the information required to enable or support each of those operations-level requirements. a. Employing the MIS Integrative
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Title and Citation Mark Koding v. Public Prosecutor [1982] 2 MLJ 120 Facts On 11 October 1978‚ the Accused‚ Mark Koding‚ a lawyer and member of the Dewan Rakyat made a speech in Parliament which was thought to be seditious. He was subsequently charged with committing an offence under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act. Issues 1. Whether‚ as a Member of Parliament (MP)‚ the Accused’s right of free speech in Parliament‚ given by sections 3 and 8 of the Houses of Parliament (Privileges and Powers)
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CLAW1001: Commercial Transactions A Case Analysis Hollis v Vabu Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 44 Submitted by: Sindhuja Shankar SID: 305 127 950 3/10/2007 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Case Summary 3 Facts 3 Issues 3 Ratio 3 Decision 4 Critical Analysis 4 Commercial Implications 5 Legal Implications 6 Conclusion 6 Bibliography 7 Appendix † Research Plan 8 Introduction The case Hollis v Vabu Pty Ltd[1] confirms the long held doctrine that employers are vicariously
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On October 7th‚ 2015 at approximately 10:00 AM I‚ Investigator James Poffel was assigned a case in reference to a sexual battery police report that occurred at the Gospel Rescue Mission in Muskogee‚ OK. Officer Michelle Ogden responded to Crisis Unit in reference to making contact with the victim and to take the police report. Once on scene Officer Ogden made contact with the victim‚ Jessica Wilson‚ who advised she had been staying at the Gospel Rescue Mission. On October 3rd‚ 2015‚ Ms. Wilson
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ENGLCOM Media Log #3 Hadjel Reniel R. Fortit July 10‚ 2014 EF1 Mrs. Co I was yet again scouring Google for my topic in my media log‚ this time a movie poster. But not just an ordinary movie poster‚ a poster to write home about. So searched for a couple of minutes for the perfect movie poster‚ however a movie that I had recently seen crossed my mind. The movie that I saw was V for Vendetta‚ so I used the movie’s poster instead. As previously stated‚ the poster advertises the
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