Gonzales v. Raich In the case of Gonzales v. Raich‚ the Supreme Court made a judgment that affected the California users of medical marijuana. Under a law the federal Controlled Substance Act‚ marijuana is a schedule one controlled substance‚ however under a 1996 state California law‚ marijuana is legalized for usage for people who have a prescription from a doctor for medical usage. When the federal Drug Enforcement Administration enforced the CSA by destroying one of the defendant’s marijuana
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Oracle v. PeopleSoft Case‚ By Hossein Rad. There are couple of ethical issues to be discussed in the Oracle v. PeopleSoft case. However some aspects of the case may still require more enlightening to allow a firm conclusions to whether they were merely truthful business decisions without any ethical violations involved or they
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The landmark case that opened up the ability for business to operate across state lines was Gibbons v. Ogden. The case started in 1809‚ when the Legislature of the State of New York granted exclusive navigation privileges of all boats that moved by fire or stream in the waters within the jurisdiction of the state‚ for twenty years‚ to Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton (Livingston). They wanted a monopoly on a national network of steamboat lines‚ but were unsuccessful in their pursuit. Only
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THE HIGH COURT’S DECISIONS a. Duty of care In Harriton’s case‚ she was Mrs Harriton’s decision alone as to whether or not to undergo an abortion‚ and elsewhere the law recognizes that where this is a lawful possibility this is a decision she may make in her own best interests and not necessarily those of the foetus. Then a recognized legal right of the mother may conflict with any posited ‘right’ of the unborn child‚ with the further complication that‚ should the mother decide to continue the pregnancy
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Specht v. Netscape Communication Corporation‚ 306 F.3d 17 (2nd Cir. 2002). I. FACTS Plaintiffs sued‚ Netscape‚ a software internet company who distributed the free software SmartDownload‚ for electronic eavesdropping. The Plaintiffs alleged Defendant violated two federal statutes‚ the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act‚ by capturing private information about files downloaded from the Internet . Plaintiffs filed suit against Defendant in District Court
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Mathews v. Eldridge James Schwerner FIRAC Facts: Title II of the Social Security Act provides cash benefits to disabled workers. A man by the name of Eldridge was awarded these benefits in June of 1968. Eldridge stayed on this benefit plan until March of 1972 when he received a questionnaire regarding the current state of his medical condition. Eldridge claims that he had filled out the questionnaire conveying the fact that he was still in need of the benefits that he was entitled to; however the
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News of the decision in the legal case Brown v. Board of Education shook the country‚ the decision that ended segregation. However‚ many resented the decision‚ doing everything they could to prevent desegregation. Even with the negative reactions toward the Brown case‚ black people claimed it was a major victory for them. It took several years before most integration in schools took place. It wasn’t until many schools were threatened with the loss of their funding or had troops sent to their schools
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based on nonviolence. One of the most significant cases that sparked the civil rights movement to move in a progressive direction was the Brown v. Board of Education case. This case‚ although using the Brown name‚ included four other similar complaints regarding the segregated school system. With Brown being alphabetically at the top of the list‚ it is the name that appears on the court case itself. As many of the battles with civil
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regard. This will help all the faculties to be found by a much wider audience. V Guru Magazine It gives us immense pleasure to bring to you the first issue of the V Guru magazine. VESIT has many magazines like Vishwakarma and E-magazine for students‚ individual magazines published by different societies like IEEE‚ CSI etc. A need for an exclusive VESIT faculty magazine was strongly desired. Thus‚ we decided to start V Guru‚ which
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Florida v. Bostick Citation # 501 U.S. 429 Supreme Court of the United States Argued February 26‚ 1991 Decided June 20‚ 1991 Florida v. Bostick was a felony drug trafficking case which set precedence to the legality of random police searches of passengers aboard public buses and trains pertaining to said passenger’s fourth amendment rights. Shortly after boarding a bus departing from Miami headed for Atlanta‚ Terrance Bostick was approached by members of the Broward County Sheriffs
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