GARRATT v. DAILEY Supreme court of Washington February 14‚ 1955 1.FACTS Plaintiff alleged that as she started to sit down in a wood and canvas lawn chair‚ defendant‚ a child under six years old‚ deliberately pulled it out from under her. The trial court found that defendant was attempting to move the chair toward plaintiff to aid her in sitting down in the chair and that‚ due to defendant’s small size and lack of dexterity‚ he was unable to get the lawn chair under plaintiff in time
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Case Review of Business Tort Krista Lee Methodist University In the appeal case of Smith v. Stewart‚ author Haywood Smith‚ Smith’s publisher‚ and secondary publishers contend that the court erred in denying a summary judgment for the claims of defamation‚ false light invasion of privacy‚ negligent infliction of emotional distress‚ intentional infliction of emotional distress and public disclosure of private facts. These charges were brought against Smith by longtime friend‚ Vicki
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U.S. Supreme Court TEXAS v. JOHNSON‚ 491 U.S. 397 (1989) 491 U.S. 397 Citation: Johnson was convicted of desecration of a venerated object in violation of a Texas statute. Date Decided: June 21‚ 1989 Facts of case: At the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas‚ Texas‚ Johnson decided to burn an American flag in protest of some policies made by the Reagan administration and some Dallas corporations that he did not agree with. Noone sustained physical injury or was even
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computers. Founded forty-one years ago and becoming one of the biggest electronic companies on the planet‚ Microsoft has become well established. The company has had bumps in their forty-one years of operations‚ though. The United States v. Microsoft antitrust case was initiated on May18‚1998 by the United States Department of Justice. The company was accused of becoming an monopoly‚ but moreover‚ “engaging” in derogatory practices. These vulgar practices that Microsoft was accused of where contrary
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later found guilty. The petitioner claimed that "stop and frisk" constituted an unreasonable search and seizure. In 1968‚ the Supreme Court established the standard for allowing police officers to perform a stop and frisk of a suspect in Terry v. Ohio case. Furthermore‚ a stop and frisk is detaining a person by law enforcement officer for the purpose of an investigation‚ accompanied by
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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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Mapp v. Ohio‚ noteworthy court case of 1961. The US Supreme Court decided that when the state officers attained evidence through illegal searches and seizures might not be admissible into criminal trials. The case was about a Cleveland lady‚ Dolly Mapp‚ who was held for having obscene materials. Law enforcement had learned the materials in Dolly Mapp house during their illegal search. When the state convicted‚ Dolly Mapp appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her argument was that her constitutional
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were covered in blood were instructed to be thrown out by a police officer. Jones’ penis was never found. Issue: Barry Jewell was convicted of burglary with a deadly weapon resulting in serious bodily injury‚ a class A felony. Also‚ Battery resulting in serious bodily injury‚ a class C felony. Rule: The court used the case‚ Ellyson V. State‚ 603 N.E.2d 1369‚ 1373 (Ind. Ct.App.1992) In that case‚ Ellyson was charged with burglary because he broke into the house where him and his estranged wife lived
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murder with a recommendation to mercy and given a life sentence. John Bryant‚ Jr. was convicted of accessory after the fact of murder and received a five-year prison sentence. Out of the two men‚ Ben Mouzon was the only one to appeal his sentence. Issue The issue before the court: (1) that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict; (2) that there was error in refusing a motion for a change of venue; (3) that an alleged confession by him was improperly admitted; (4) that the Court erred in allowing
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After the Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896‚ the statement of “separate but equal” was created‚ preventing African Americans from achieving equality. In 1951 in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ a girl named Linda Brown was forbidden from attending Summer Elementary school‚ which was the school closest to her home‚ due to the color of her skin and was instead forced to go to a school for African American children much farther away. With the help of the NAACP‚ the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
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