Shelby County v. Holder 570 U.S. __ (2013) was a United States Supreme Court case concerning Section 5 and Section 4 of The Voting Rights Act of 1965. Section 5 forbids any state or district‚ that is an eligible voter discrimination area‚ from making any changes to their election process without federal permission. Section 4 labels a state or district as eligible if said state or district had a literacy test or any other unfair device in place as of November 1‚ 1964. Section 4 also clarifies how
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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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Case Brief Summary: Marbury v. Madison Robert L. Broadwater PAD 525 Strayer University Dr. O’Neal July 09‚ 2012 Summary of Marbury v. Madison‚ 5 U.S. 137‚ 1 Cranch 137‚ 2 L. Ed. 60 (1803). Facts The incumbent president Federalist John Adams was defeat in the presidential election by Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson. The day before leaving office‚ President John Adams named forty-two justices of the peace and sixteen new circuit court justices for the District of Columbia. This was
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On Monday February 29‚ the custodial staff at the Middle School Building at St. George’s Independent School called the police station to state that they had found a dead body lying face down in the office of room M223. There was no evident cause of death: no obvious trauma‚ no gunshot wounds‚ no puncture wounds‚ but blood was found on and around the body. There were cups of dr. pepper and a sticky note pad along with some other evidence found on the crime scene. An officer interviewed the Middle
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Ruby Malcom is a single mother of three‚ Maria (16)‚ Irene (14)‚ and John (13). Ms. Malcom has been attending counseling with social worker‚ Sandra Kaplan‚ for the past four months for treatment to address anxiety related to family stress. Ms. Malcom was referred to the Urban Family Services by her oldest daughter’s pediatrician. Ms. Malcom’s daughter‚ Irene‚ is experiencing increased and escalating behavioral issues at home and school. Ms. Malcom is of Haitian- American decent and has receives
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CONNES VS MOLALLA TRANSPORT SYSTEM INC. 6/29/1992 Supreme Court of Colorado 831p.2d1316 FACTS Plaintiff Connes worked as a hotel clerk at a Holiday Inn and was sexually assaulted by Taylor who was employed as a long-haul truck driver by defendant Molalla Transport. Connes sued Molalla on the theory of negligent hiring in that Molalla should have known that Taylor would encounter members of the public and that Molalla breached its duty by failing to fully and adequately investigate Taylor’s criminal
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The father reported that he met Ms. Corbett in high school. He indicated that they were friends. The father stated that the parents started dating in 1996‚ he indicated that the relationship did not become sexual until 1997. Mr. Simms stated that he and Ms. Corbett used condom and at other times they did not. Mr. Simms reported that he was stable at this time‚ there were no hospitalizations. Mr. Simms reported that Ms. Corbett became pregnant‚ he stated that they continued to date. He indicated
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This officer was assigned as the Field Training Officer "FTO" for OfC Malerich. Ofc. Malerich contacted and arrested Sanders during a traffic stop for a warrant issued by La Porte County. During the arrest Sanders was complied with officers orders and Ofc. Malerich used minimal force to place Sanders in handcuffs. Ofc. Malerich adjusted the handcuffs and double locked them before placing Sanders in unit #53. Cpl. Gerdzos monitored Sanders while Ofc. Malerich and Ofc. Hemphill inventoried the vehicle
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Roberts v Colorado State is a case based on former members of the Colorado State University women’s varsity softball team ("ROBERTS v. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Leagle.com‚" n.d.). During the summer of the 1992‚ CSU experienced many financial burdens as their state aid was taken away and many beneficiaries bailed out. This put the school in a deficit‚ causing them to drop many of their sports teams. One of which was the women’s softball team. The players found this to be wrong because they were
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Hobby Lobby. This case centered around a portion of the Affordable Care Act that required employers to cover certain FDA-approved contraceptives. The owners of Hobby Lobby‚ the Greene family‚ are devout Christians and felt that they could not do this due to religious freedom
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