1. Name and Citation R. v. Williams‚ [1998] 1 S.C.R. 1128 2. Type and Level of Case This case was heard by the British Colombia Court of Appeal on February 24th‚ 1998 and a decision was made on June 4th‚ 1998. 3. Facts The accused‚ an aboriginal man‚ pleaded guilty to robbery charge‚ saying that the robbery was done by someone other than himself. He was elected a trail by judge and jury. First Trail; questions were asked to jury to assure the jury was unbiased‚ 12 of 43 potential jurors were dismissed
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3. Issue: Is the “Choose Life” license plate viewpoint discrimination‚ which is determined by whether the content is private speech or government speech? 4. Rule: The rule used‚ as outlined by the presiding judge‚ is a control test from a case in the 4th Circuit‚ Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Comm’r of the Va. Dep’t of Motor Vehicles: (1) the central purpose of the program in which the speech in question occurs; (2) the degree of editorial control exercised by the government or private
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the agency relationship with Hilendorf (“Hilendorf‚” n.d.). An agency relationship can be terminated by an act of both parties‚ an unusual change of circumstances‚ impossibility of performance‚ and operation of law (Cheeseman‚ 2013‚ p. 393). In the case of Hilgendorf v. Hague‚ the contract was not terminated by an act of both parties‚ because Hilgendorf (agent) did not acquiesce to Hague’s (principal) attempt to terminate the relationship‚ the stated time of the contract had not passed‚ and due to
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Additional information‚ including supplemental material and rights and permission policies‚ is available at http://ite.pubs.informs.org. I N F O R M S Transactions on Education doi 10.1287/ited.1090.0033cs2 © 2009 INFORMS Case Series BlueSky Airlines: Network Revenue Management Tuck School of Business‚ Dartmouth College‚ Hanover‚ New Hampshire 03755‚ robert.shumsky@dartmouth.edu Robert A. Shumsky BlueSky flies three airplanes between Houston and three cities‚ Chicago‚ Miami‚ and Phoenix
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plaintiff in time to prevent her from falling to the ground. Plaintiff fell to the ground and sustained injuries and damages. The trial court entered judgment for defendant. 2.PROCEDURAL HISTORY The authorities generally state that‚ when a minor has committed a tort with force‚ he is liable to be proceeded against as any other person would be. Paul v. Hummel(1868)‚43 Mo.119‚97 Am. Dec.381; Huchting v.Engel(1863)‚ 17 Wis. 237‚84 Am‚ Dec.741; Briese v. Maechtle(1911)‚146 Wis 89‚130N.W.898; 1
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county court and court of appeal upheld the verdict Issue: The issue at hand with this case is whether S. 234.1 (2) of the criminal code infringed on the Canadian Bill of Rights & whether the random stopping of motor vehicles by poilice infringed on S. 9 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Laws: Charter of Rights and Freedoms Highway Traffic Act Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act Analysis: This case was brought before the Supreme Court of Canada‚ after a failed appeal in the Court of Appeal
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deposit custome of Springfield National Bank; since the years Dawson Sr. managed the company. Dawson Jr. is now requesting an unsecured line of credit of $1‚000‚000 for one year term. To support the company’s application‚ Mr. Dawson Jr. submitted the financial statements to the bank for the last four years. When Stefanie Anderson‚ the loan officer‚ received the financial statements along with previous bank records and she found the follow information: The deposit accounts at Springfield National Bank
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defamed because the respondent called him a "flagrant opportunist who barely knew Jerry (Seinfeld) less than a year." The respondent felt he did no wrong‚ because the petitioner waived any claim because he appeared on the show. Disposition: The case was dismissed due to the state of New York not having a common-law claim for invasion of privacy. Also‚ the plaintiff’s claim for violation of civil rights law 50 and 51 was dismissed because the plaintiff’s name and likeness was not up for trade or
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Easter 1916 Analysis by William Butler Yeats In this stanza Yeats describes the people‚ or "vivid faces"(2)‚ he sees in everyday life. They are insignificant to Yeats as individuals‚ however each of them shares a certain bond with him. They are all united in a fight for their homeland of Ireland. In lines 6 and 8‚ Yeats states that all he says to the people on the street are "polite meaningless words"(6). The fact that what he says to these people is always meaningless‚ shows how insignificant
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second degree murder‚ however he was sentenced to just a single year in jail instead of the minimum required ten under the Criminal Code‚ since in the conditions of the case 10 years was seen as cruel and unusual. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal later expanded the sentence to 10 years. Mr. Latimer in the end advanced the case to the Supreme Court‚ contending that the sentence was too long as well as that the trial was uncalled for in light of the fact that the judge chose the guard of need
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