Case Study: Snyder v. Phelps (2011) Fred Phelps‚ the pastor at the Westboro Church‚ along with his followers believes that God punishes the US for allowing homosexuality freedoms‚ especially within the military. To express their feelings the Westboro Church and its people sometimes picket military funerals in hopes that their voices will be heard. In 2006 Albert Snyder’s son who was a Lance Corporal for the United States Marine Corps was killed in the line of the duty during his time in Iraq.
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Name of the Case: Estate of Sinthasomphone v. Milwaukee Citation: 785 F. Supp. 1343 Facts: In May of 1991‚ Konerak Sinthasomphone at 14 years of age‚ was drugged and confined in an apartment by Jeffery Dahmer. Sinthasomphone was held captive in the apartment and both physically and sexually assaulted by Dahmer. At one point‚ Sinthasomphone was able to escape from the apartment. He was subsequently discovered unclothed and injured‚ lying in the street by pedestrians. The pedestrians placed
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After a 3 year fight in arbitrary courts‚ the Astro versus Lippo Group reaches it’s final stretch for the finish line. A long running legal battle was sought between Astro‚ a international satellite television network company owned by Malaysia big shot Ananda Krishnan and First Media‚ a brand of multifarious owned Lippo Group led by James Riady when the latter failed to pay the USD$250 million to the Malaysian based Company despite by court order on July 2012‚ by High Court Judge Belinda Ang which
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The Supreme Court case‚ Zubik v. Burwll is aimed to answer multiple questions. The first question this case aims to answer is does the availability of a regulatory exemption for religious employers regarding the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate eliminate the substantial burden on those organizations’ exercise of their religious freedom? The second question this case will answer is do the Department of Health and Human Services’ guidelines satisfy the Religious Freedom Restoration Act’s
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Case Brief: Zuckerman v. Antenucci Sophia Haberman LAW/531 December 01‚ 2010 Dr. Maurice Rosano Case Study: Zuckerman v. Antenucci Partnership liability tort can take place when a partner or all partners acting on partnership business causes injury to a third person. Cause of this tort could be a negligent act‚ a breach of trust‚ breach of fiduciary duty‚ defamation‚ fraud‚ or another intentional tort (Cheeseman‚ 2010‚ p. 538). Under the Uniform Partnership Act‚ partners are jointly
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The Marbury v Madison case (1803) the Supreme Court announced for the first time the principle that a court may declare an act of Congress void if it is inconsistent with the Constitution. William Marbury had been appointed a justice of the peace for the District of Columbia in the final hours of the Adams administration. When James Madison‚ Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state‚ refused to deliver Marbury’s commission‚ Marbury‚ joined by three other similarly situated appointees‚ petitioned for
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Richardson was required to pay child support accordingly and have visitation rights. The case is good law. It is binding to Arkansas court. Clearly‚ Arkansas court made the final judgment about the custody of the child and visitation by the father. b) Glanding v. Industrial Trust Co.‚ 45 A.2d 553 (1945). The Court of Chancery is not given the jurisdiction to award penalties on government cost recovery cases as it is of limited jurisdiction. Therefore its laws are not mandatory as it can be honored
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Corporation. 123 Ohio St.3d 216‚ 2009-Ohio-4231 Facts of the Case: LaNisa Allen appealed the original judgment in favor of Totes/Isotoner Corporation on the issue of whether the Ohio Fair Employment Practices Act‚ as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act‚ prohibits an employer from discriminating against a female employee because of or on the basis of lactation. Relevant law associated includes whether Allen established a prima facie case of “sex discrimination on the basis of pregnancy‚” or whether
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Unfortunately‚ public defenders are the hardest working attorneys and sector of the legal system because they are severely understaffed. Therefore‚ they are represented by public defenders‚ which is a granted constitutional right in the case of Gideon v. Wainwright. This case specified that states are required to provide defense attorneys to defendants convicted of a felony or serious crime that cannot provide attorney representation for themselves. According to Brunt (2015)‚ “approximately 80% of the offenders
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The Tinker v. Des Moines case happended during the Vietnam War between 1955 and 1975. Thousans of protests occured againts the Vietnam War in the United States between those 2 dates. In the fall of 1965 in Iowa with a group of 3 minors named Mary Beth Tinker‚ John Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt. They came to School wearing black armband to protest against the Vietnam War. They were asked to take it off or they would be suspended. They disagreed and the school later suspended them because people
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