I. Case Name: Harte-Hanks Communications Inc. v. Connaughton (1989). This civil law case refined the actual malice standard. II. Summary of Facts: In November 1983‚ Connaughton ran for the position of Municipal Judge of Hamilton‚ Ohio‚ and lost to James Dolan. Dolan resigned from the position a month later and was arrested for perjury charges. While an investigation took place‚ the Journal News ran an article quoting Alice Thompson‚ a witness‚ saying Connaughton had used his “dirty tricks” and offered
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of a university dedicated an Art Museum to a university he was once an alumnus in. The son was a rich investor in a Bank and gave the Art Museum his small high quality collections of art. He worked as the art museum director without payments until he passed away. During his management to the museum‚ he collection some art pieces from other universities. The museum’s visitors were very limited. After the death of the founder‚ the university wanted to hire a new manager. While the university was doing
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Bush v. Gore‚ 531 U.S. 98 (2000)‚ is the United States Supreme Court decision that resolved the dispute surrounding the 2000 presidential election. Three days earlier‚ the Court had preliminarily halted the Florida recount that was occurring. Eight days earlier‚ the Court unanimously decided the closely related case of Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board‚ 531 U.S. 70 (2000). In a per curiam decision‚ the Court ruled that there was an Equal Protection Clause violation in using different standards
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HUDGENS V NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND PUBLIC PROPERTY AUGUST 13‚ 2009 DIANE SACHAROFF BMGT 281 SUMMER Our constitution gives us the right under the First Amendment to the Freedom of Speech. This seems like a fairly straight forward right‚ but what many don’t know is that the Constitution only guarantees our right to freedom of speech against abridgement by government‚ federal or state. (Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board‚ 424 U.S. 507 Lexis). In
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Wallace v. Jaffree How did the Three Branches of government respond to the social issues of freedom of religion based on Wallace v. Jaffree case? Name: Thao-My Bui Date: 11/4/2014 IB History of the American Word count: 1989 Table of Contents A. Plan of Investigation 3 B. Summary of evidence………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3 C. Evaluation of Sources……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…6 D. Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Name and year of the case: Parent v. Trenton School Department‚ 1999 Issues: In this scenario a student maintained residence in the town of Trenton‚ a community that does not have a high school. Students from this area are able to enrolled in Ellsworth or MDI high schools‚ however‚ due to behavioral issues the student was placed in a more restrictive environment in Bangor (Parent v. Trenton‚ 1999‚ p.2). During the spring of the 1998-1999 academic year the student returned home without “notifying
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The KWETEY v. BOTCHWAY AND ANOTHER case explains the principle of “you cannot give what you do not have” which has its Latin as “Nemo dat quod non habet”. In this case‚ the bank‚ wanted to sell a boat that rightfully belonged to Kwetey and this was established by the court to be against the principle stated supra. The facts in Kwetey v Botchway are that the plaintiff had mortgaged his house to the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) to secure a loan to replace a broken marine engine in a 40-footer
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Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) AC 562 Facts: Mrs. Donoghue found a decomposing snail in the ginger beer and claimed to have suffered gastroenteritis and severe shock upon the sight of the snail. She sought to recover damages from Stevenson‚ claiming that the presence of snail was due to his negligence. Could Mrs. Donoghue bring an action in negligence against Stevenson? Stevenson argued that as they were not in a contractual relationship‚ hence there was no special relationship and therefore he
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The rule in Ryland’s v Fletcher was established in the case Rylands v Fletcher [1868]‚ decided by Blackburn J. In effect‚ it is a tort of strict liability “imposed upon a landowner who collects certain things on his land – a duty insurance against harm caused by their escape regardless of the owner’s fault”. The tort under the rule in Rylands v Fletcher is described as one of strict liability. This means that liability may be imposed on a party without finding of fault such as negligence. The plaintiff
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official to properly fulfill their official duties or correct an abuse of discretion. (See‚ e.g. Cheney v. United States Dist. Court for D.C. (03-475) 542 U.S. 367 (2004) 334
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