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    People v. Sisuphan

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    People v. Sisuphan 181 Cal.app.4th 800 (2010) Facts & Procedural Posture Appellant Lou Surivan Sisuphan took $22‚600 in cash and $7‚275.51 from (Toyota Marin [the dealership] defendant) his employer’s safe on July 3‚ 2007. He did this in hopes that a coworker would be held responsible for the disappearance of the money and would be terminated. Sisuphan was convicted of embezzlement on April 15‚ 2008. In June 2008 he appeals from the judgment of conviction‚ contending that the trial court made

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    Farmer V Pilot

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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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    Horton v California

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    Criminal Justice 1 Case Review October 16‚ 2013 Terry Brice Horton v. California Argued February 21‚ 1990 496 U.S. 128‚ 110 S. Ct. 2301‚ 110 L. Ed. 2d 112 (1990) The defendant’s armed robbery conviction was upheld by the California Supreme Court‚ the defendant then petitioned the writ of certiorari‚ which is a decision by the Supreme Court to hear an appeal from a lower court. Justice Stevens then held that “Fourth Amendment does not prohibit warrantless seizure of evidence of crime

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    mounties v. cowboys

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    really take Canada seriously anyway. Canada is like that one neighbor that never leaves the house‚ but is always happy and welcoming when people go to visit. So when an American says they don’t think about Canada at all‚ they mean it. 3. “Cowboys v. Mounties” is a Rhetorical mode compare and contrast essay. Sarah Vowell compares the Canada and America’s patriotism.

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    James V. Taylor

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    Case 49-3 James V. Taylor Court of Appeals of Arkansas‚ Division III‚ 1998 62 Ark. App. 130‚ 969 S.W.2d 672 FACTS: Eula Mae Redmon conveyed certain real estate to her children‚ W. C. Sewell‚ Billy Sewell‚ and Melba Taylor‚ by means of a January 1993 deed. The deed recited that the property was conveyed to the three grantees "jointly and severally‚ and unto their heirs‚ assigns‚ and successors forever‚" subject to a life estate retained by Mrs. Redmon. W. C. Sewell died in November 1993. Billy

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    Buchanan V. Warley

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    The Neglected Case of Buchanan v. Warley. Emily Patrick Junior Division Paper The Land Ordinance of Louisville In 1916 there was a Land Ordinance in Louisville‚ KY‚ which stated that African Americans where prohibited from living on a block where the majority of residents were white. It also prohibited whites from living on a block where the majority of residents were black. In order to challenge this law‚ Warley‚ a black man‚ agreed to purchase Buchanan ’s house. Buchanan

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    In book V of the Republic‚ Plato covers many different claims that Socrates makes about women. The book begins with Socrates identifying both the soul‚ and the just city. As he is about to continue on in an attempt to continue on finding the constitutions of these‚ the interlocutor Polemarchus interrupts him. He speaks out and questions Socrates on a previously passive statement about spouses and children being in common. Socrates decides to follow through with Polemarchus’ request‚ and begins to

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    Garner v. Tennessee

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    TENNESSEE v. Cleamtee GARNER‚ et al. 471 U.S. 1‚ 105 S. Ct 1694‚ 85 L.Ed.2d 1 Argued Oct. 30‚ 1984 Decided March 27‚ 1985 A case in which the court ruled that a Tennessee “fleeing felon” law was unconstitutional because it legalize the use of deadly force by police when a suspect poses no immediate threat to the police or others. The court ruled that the use of deadly force was a Fourth Amendment seizure issue subject to a finding of “ reasonableness.” Father‚ whose unarmed son was shot

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    Heraclitus V. Parmenides

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    Heraclitus v. Parmenides The heavily studied philosophical debate that has been carried for centuries on the nature of being and the perception of it‚ displays the vast differences between the two philosophers Heraclitus and Parmenides. One which believed in a singularity of things‚ while one differs and carries the philosophy of a duality of reality. One that believes that the changes in perception are deceitful‚ while the other displays a philosophical view that our perceptions essentially

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    Arizona V. Hicks

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    Arizona v. Hicks Citation: 480 U.S. 321 (1987) Facts: A bullet was shot through the floor of Hick’s apartment‚ injuring the man in the apartment downstairs. During an investigation of Hick’s apartment‚ a police found 3 guns as well as a mask. The officer also noticed a stereo system that looked out of place. The officer moved the stereo to see the serial number on it‚ and then called it into the police station. The dispatcher informed the officer that the stereo equipment had been stolen during

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