Tennessee v. Reeves. 917 S.W.2d 825 (Supreme Court of Tennessee‚ 1996) On the evening of January 5‚ 1993‚ Tracie Reeves and Molly Coffman‚ both twelve years of age and students at West Carroll Middle School‚ spoke on the telephone and decided to kill their homeroom teacher‚ Janice Geiger. They agreed that Coffman would bring rat poison to school the following days so that it could be placed in Geiger ’s drink. After that ‚ they would steal Geiger ’s car and drive to the Smoky Mountains. On the
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Susan M. V. New York Law School‚ No. 129‚ Court of Appeals of New York‚ 76 N.Y. 2d 241; 556 N.E. 2d 1104; 557 N.Y.S. 2d 297; 1990 N.Y. LEXIS 1413‚ April 26 1990‚ Argued‚ June 14‚ 1990‚ Decided Facts: Petitioner law student was placed on academic probation after her first year of law school. A year later‚ having failed to maintain a minimum cumulative average as required by respondent law school’s rules‚ she was dismissed after a hearing of respondent’s academic status committee. She sought reinstatement
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Citation: Ashcroft v. The Free Speech Coalition‚ 535 U.S. 232 (2002) Parties: John D. Ashcroft‚ Attorney General‚ and the Government of the United States‚ Petitioners The Free Speech Coalition‚ Respondents Facts: In 1996 Congress passed the federal Child Pornography Protection Act (CPPA) which extended federal prohibition against child pornography to sexually explicit images that appear to depict minors but that were actually produced without using real children. The CPPA statute in
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Seminar Six: Exploring Ethical Dilemmas and Vignettes (2) Seminar Objectives Students will: * Identify an ethical dilemma * Critically appraise the dilemma * Discuss the problems implementing the appropriate action in practice * Explore mechanisms by which this action could be encouraged and empowered Preparation for Seminar Students must read the following ethical dilemmas in the Crane and Matten core text before attending the class: 1. A fitting approach to shoe selling
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BRIEFING A CASE EXAMPLE Student Name: Class: Case Number: PATTERSON V. McLean Credit Union 491 U.S. 164 (1989) FACTS: Patterson‚ a black female‚ worked for the McLean Credit Union as a teller and file coordinator for ten years. Patterson alleges that when she was first interviewed for her job‚ the supervisor‚ who later became the president of McLean Credit Union‚ told her that she would be working with all white women and they probably would not like working with her because she
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S.H.A.R.K. v. Metro Parks Serving Summit County United States Court of Appeals‚ Ninth Judicial District 499 F3d 553 (2009) MOORE‚ Presiding Judge Rule of Law: The Privacy Protection Act (PPA) and the First Amendment rights were brought into question by the Plaintiffs. The judges ruled out the violation of the First Amendment rights and focused on the Privacy Protection Act as the main claimed offense. FACTS: Steve Hindi is the founder of S.H.A.R.K‚ a non-profit corporation that exposes
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Salinas V. Texas 570 U.S. 1 (2013) Facts: Two brothers were shot and killed in their home. Police recovered shotgun shells that led them to investigate the petitioner. The petitioner handed over his gun and agreed to go to the police station for questioning. The petitioner answered all of the questions the police had‚ but when it came to the question about the shells matching the petitioner’s gun he went silent. So the police asked a few more questions to which the petitioner answered.
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MARYLAND v. GARRISON 480 U.S. 79 (1987) FACTS: The Baltimore City Police department obtained a warrant to search the home of Lawrence McWebb located “third floor of 2036 Park Avenue” for controlled substances and related paraphernalia. The police believed that there was only one apartment on the third floor‚ which in fact there were actually 2; one belonging to Garrison (defendant) and McWebb‚ the person listed on the warrant. Upon entering and searching the apartment‚ officers found drugs and
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OPIF Reference Guide seeks to answer: did the National Government—and the public it represents—get the best value for the money entrusted to an agency for delivering goods or services? Did the agency spend its funds according to its priorities and provide services at the right time? Did the agency’s expenditure performance in service delivery contribute
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few experiences more bemusing than the rapid changes of adolescence‚ while the increasing maturity and experience of the later years may be compensation for some loss of acuity in other areas. Fundamental changes in the way we experience our world provide some of life’s most pervasive mysteries to which everyone can relate. Shakespeare’s hapless character Benedick was mystified by the changes in himself: “I have railed so long against marriage; but doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat
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