ruled that Tuskegee city officials redrew the cities boundaries unconstitutionally so that the white candidates in the cities political race could win and the blacks’ votes would not count. This case laid the framework for the passage of the 1965 voters rights act which outlawed discrimination in voting. The case was named after a Tuskegee university professor Charlie A. Gomillion who was the plaintiff and the defendant was the mayor of Tuskegee Phillip M. Lightfoot. Gomillion tried to make it easier
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Marbury versus Madison Taking place in 1803‚ Marbury v. Madison was the landmark case that set the standard of judicial review into effect. This means that any previous ruling on a case can be used as a precedent and can determine the verdict. The background of this case is all sorts of messy; when John Adams’ term was near its end‚ William Marbury and a few others were appointed as “justices of peace” for the District of Columbia‚ however their positions were never official. When Thomas Jefferson
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In school student rights can be limited. There are several court cases that cover these rights. Here are a couple of them. Unreasonable Searches & Seizures- In the New Jersey v. T.L.O. case‚ T.LO. and her friend were accused by a teacher for smoking in the bathroom. Her friend admitted to‚ but T.L.O kept denying it. The teacher brought her purse to the principal‚ and the principal demanded to see her purse. Proof that T.LO. was selling drugs was found. They took it to the police and she finally committed
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Supreme Court Case‚ MATHEWS v. ELDRIDGE‚ dealt with the issue of Eldridge’s disability payment being discontinued after review and findings that he was no longer eligible. The judgement of the Court of Appeals stated that this was a violation of Due process. 2. Does the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment require that prior to the disenrollment of Social Security disability benefit payments that the recipient has an opportunity to have an evidentiary hearing? 3. Eldridge’s case relied on the
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Your Name: Marcos Zuniga Case Name: California v Hodari Citation: 499 U.S. 621 Date Decided: 1991 Area of Law: Fourth Amendment Vote: 7/2 Scalia delivered the opinion of the court‚ in which justice Rehnquist‚ CJ‚ joined and White‚ Blackmun‚ O’ Conner‚ Kennedy‚ and Souter‚ JJ‚ joined. Stevens‚ filed a dissenting opinion‚ in which Marshall‚ J.‚ joined Procedural History: California v Hodari first proceeding were through the juvenile courts. Hodari tried to suppress the evidence relating
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Jefferson‚ refused to deliver at least five of the commissions. William Marbury and three others were denied their commissions and therefore went directly to the Supreme Court and asked it to issue a writ of mandamus. Marbury thought he could take his case directly to the court because section 13 of the 1789 Judiciary Act gave the Court the power to issue writs of mandamus to anyone holding federal office. Issues: Does Marbury have a right to the commission? Does the law grant Marbury a remedy? Does
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declared a 50% stock dividend. Mrs. Macomber received an additional 1‚100 shares of stock with a $19‚877 par value. The shares represented a surplus for Standard Oil Company. The Revenue Act of 1916‚ allowed the IRS to treat stock dividends as income to the sum of its cash value. Mrs. Macomber argued that the Revenue Act of 1916 was unconstitutional under the 16th Amendment. The Court clarified that the stock dividend was not income to the taxpayer. Holding The Supreme Court ruled that Macomber
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Maximizing Profits in Market Structures Paper XECO/212 December 16‚ 2012 Maximizing Profits in Market Structures Paper Today’s economy has many different factors that keep in afloat and keeps spending at an all-time high. There are many determining factors that dictate what direction our economy will be heading in. Some of the most important factors in regards with dealing with create revenue for the western worlds are market structures. The most important of the market structures would easily
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In the case Gonzales v. Raich‚ Angel Raich‚ which is from California‚ was charged with home-grown‚ non-commercial use of medical marijuana. Raich has inoperable brain tumor‚ seizures‚ and chronic pain disorders. Raich has been prescribed medical marijuana 5 years before the cases even came up in court. Raich has to depend on 2 caregivers to grow the medical marijuana for her because of her condition. Before Gonzales v. Raich case came up‚ California passed the Compassionate Use Act in 1996. With
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state said‚ “even if the search were made without authority‚ otherwise unreasonably‚ it is not prevented from using the unconstitutionally seized evidence at trial”. Mapp’s appeal to the Supreme Court was granted certiorari. 3. Mapp appealed her case to the Supreme Court of appeals on three constitutional grounds. I. Expectation of privacy II. Unlawful search and seizures III. Illegally obtained evidence 4. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Mapp‚ ruling that the evidence found and used
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