Wyoming v. Houghton 526 U.S. 295 (1999) FACTS: After a routine traffic stop‚ a police officer noticed a hypodermic syringe in the shirt pocket of the car’s driver‚ which the driver soon admitted was for using drugs. The officer searched the passenger compartment for contraband and came upon a purse‚ which the respondent‚ a passenger in the car‚ claimed was hers. There was drug paraphernalia inside‚ and the respondent was arrested on drug charges. The evidence was admitted at trial and respondent
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Supreme Court‚ and asked for an appeal‚ saying that she was in fact‚ entitled to monetary restitution from the school district. The U.S Supreme Court ruled‚ that Franklin was right. They also referenced similar cases like “Cannon V. University of Chicago” and “Marbury V. Madison”. In both cases‚ Title IX was enforceable‚ and further used to expand the limitations and boundaries on what all your entitled to under Title IX. But this case also raised another question. Why did the school board not
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Snyder V. Phelps Everyone is entitled to practice their religion. Everyone has the right to voice their opinion. The bill of rights states that this right could never be taken away‚ but does it make it right for a person to use this right to attack a person? On March 3rd‚ 2006 a Marine‚ Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder‚ died of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident in Anbar province‚ Iraq. A week later a funeral service was held in honor of this fallen soldier in his hometown
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Citation: KILARJIAN v. VASTOLA‚ 877 A.2d 372 (2004)‚ Superior Court of New Jersey‚ Chancery Division‚ Somerset County. Decided December 17‚ 2004. Facts: On March 18‚ 2004‚ plaintiff’s‚ Carol Kilarjian and Dave de Castro‚ and defendants‚ John Vastola and Joan Vastola‚ entered into a contract for the sale of 136 East Cliff St.‚ Somerville. The final date was scheduled for June 15‚ 2004. On June 14‚ 2004‚ defendant’s real estate attorney wrote plaintiff’s attorney stating that defendants had elected
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Pierson v. Post Deciding Court: Supreme Court of New York Parties: Pierson v. Post Procedural History: Appellate Court ruled in favor of Post Facts: Post was in pursuit of a fox on a beach with his dogs and hound. Pierson having well known the fox was being chased by Post and his hounds‚ caught up to the fox‚ caught it‚ killed it‚ and carried it off. Post is defendant even though he was the one in original pursuit. Post first sued Pierson but Pierson appealed when the court ruled in Post’s
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Marijuana v. Alcohol Grass. Ganja. Kush. Weed. Pot. Mary Jane. Marijuana. Marijuana is an illegal substance in America‚ used by people to get “high.” It has become a recent debate over whether it is right to legalize marijuana or to keep it as an illegal substance. Many people believe that marijuana is a dangerous substance that should never be legalized in America. These people focus on marijuana which is harmless in comparison to alcohol‚ which is a legal and widely used substance in America
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On October 31‚ 1963‚ Detective Martin McFadden was in plain clothes‚ patrolling his downtown beat in Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ an area that he had been patrolling for shoplifters and pick-pocketing the last 30 years. At 2:30 PM‚ he noticed two unknown individuals‚ John Terry and Richard Chilton acting suspiciously‚ standing on a street corner. One of the men walked away and stopped to look in a nearby store window‚ continued walking‚ and on the way back stopped to look in the same store window before rejoining
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Marx v Durkheim Shelby Klumpp SOC 101 Genine Hopkins 31 January 2013 Introduction Sociology is a soft science that enables us to better understand the complex connections between the patterns of human behavior and the way each individual life changes (Dartmouth).1 During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ many theorists began to challenge this aspect of social structure as they watched the gap between the social classes grow. Rather than being concerned with
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Name: Tennessee v. Garner Citation: No. 83-1035‚ 83-1070 (1985) Facts: On October 3‚ 1974‚ Memphis Police Officers Hymon and Wright were dispatched to answer a "prowler inside call." When the police arrived at the scene‚ a neighbor gestured to the house where she had heard glass breaking and that someone was breaking into the house. While one of the officer radioed that they were on the scene‚ the other officer went to the rear of the house hearing a door slam and saw someone run across the
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Turner v. Mandalay Sports Entertainment‚ LLC Supreme Court of Nevada‚ 124 Nev. 213‚ 180 P.3d 1172(2008) PROCEDURAL HISTORY The case begin when Mrs. Turner filed a complaint in district court against the Las Vegas 51s‚ alleging negligence and Mr. Turner complaint for loss of consortium‚ and negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED). The district court concluded that Mrs. Turner’s negligence claim failed because the Las Vegas 51s did not owe a duty to protect her from the foul ball in
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