Chapter 11 R.J smith Gibbons v Ogden This case involved New York trying to grant a monopoly on waterborne trade between New York and New Jersey. Judge Marshal‚ of the Supreme Court‚ sternly reminded the state of New York that the Constitution gives Congress alone the control of interstate commerce. Marshal’s decision‚ in 1824‚ was a major blow on states’ rights. John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun was part of the New Southern Congress of 1811. He was a representative for South Carolina and one
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Texas v Johson The first amendment grants the citizens of the United States the right to speak freely‚ without legal persecution. Over the past 200 years since this amendment was enacted there have been hundreds of judicial cases devoted to interpreting and refining this law. One such case‚ reviewed by the United States ’ supreme court in 1988‚ was Texas v Johnson. The case involved Johnson ’s conviction of desecrating a venerated object (a Texas Statute) by burning a U.S. flag (Texas V Johnson(1989))
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Miranda v. Arizona American Government This case is one that changed the way the United States Police forces will work forever. Every human in the world has natural born rights. Even people who have been arrested have rights‚ ‘The rights of the accused’. These rights are the main point of this court case. ‘On the third of March in 1963‚ an eighteen year old girl‚ “Lois Ann Jameson” (Sonneborn 6)‚ was leaving Paramount Theaters in downtown Phoenix’ (Sonneborn 7). Jameson would always take the bus
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HOUSE RULES 8 RULE 1 8 RULE 2 8 RULE 3 9 STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF EACH RULE 9 RULE 1: 9 Strength 9 Weakness 9 RULE 2: 9 Strength 9 Weakness 10 RULE 3: 10 Strength 10 Weakness 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. V. Amadio [1983] HCA 14 Question 1- Ratio-Three Levels of Generality Broad level of Generality: Where a party enters into an agreement with another party and takes an unfair advantage of the situation by failing to disclose anything which has taken
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Morse v. Frederick Daniel kilasi This case was a major turning point to student rights. It all started when Morse a school-supervised event‚ Joseph Frederick held up a banner with this message "Bong Hits 4 Jesus‚" this was meant to the marijuana smoking. When the Principal Deborah Morse saw the banner she took away the banner and suspended Frederick for ten days. She justified or tried to give a good reason for her actions by stating the school’s policy against
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Virginia v Black Facts: Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan‚ who burnt a cross on private property. Black states that the cross was burnt to inspire his KKK buddies and that he had no knowledge anyone who might feel intimidated was present let alone could see it. Black was arrested for violating a Virginia statute. Separately‚ O’Mara and Elliott were arrested for violating the same statute after burning a cross in their neighbor’s yard after a dispute. All three men were convicted and
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Ruben H. Caudle v. Peter Betts‚ Et al. Supreme Court of Louisiana 1987 Facts: The plaintiff‚ Ruben Caudle‚ was employed as a salesman at Bett Lincoln-Mercyry in Louisiana. While at a Christmas party‚ the defendant engaged in horseplay with an electric automobile condenser‚ which he used to shock the plaintiff on the back of the neck and chased him with it. The plaintiff was able to escape the defendant by locking himself in an office. Plaintiff Caudle testified that he developed a headache
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Texas v. Johnson (1989) In 1984‚ following a protest march through the streets of Dallas‚ Texas against the policies of the Reagan Administration‚ Gregory Lee Johnson was handed an American flag. Outside the Dallas City Hall‚ Johnson through the flag onto the ground‚ poured kerosene on it‚ and set fire to it. Many protesters around Johnson began a chant of‚ "America‚ the red‚ white‚ and blue‚ we spit on you!" While many protesters agreed with what Johnson had done‚ there were several others who
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MORSE v. FREDERICK Personally as a Supreme Court judge and after taking a fairly through look at the cases‚ I’d have to rule in favor of Frederick. While the banner that Mr. Frederick had up during the school event does make a reference to drugs‚ the message is pretty vague as even I can’t really interpret the true absolute definition of the banner. Judge Steven even states “Justice John Paul Stevens took the position that the school ’s interest in protecting students from speech that can be
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TIO V ABAYATA FACTS: This is an action for annulment of mortgage‚ mortgage sale‚ a subsequent sale and certificates of title‚ filed by the successors-in-interest of Celedonio Abayata. It was respondents’ contention that they are the absolute owners of the property in dispute‚ a 1‚868-square meter parcel of land located in Lapu-Lapu City‚ Cebu‚ by virtue of a final Decision dated November 26‚ 1986‚ rendered by the RTC of Lapu-lapu City. Respondents alleged that through machinations‚ defendant Benjamin Lasola (Lasola)
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