Dead Without a Trace: The Joann Curley Case Joann Curley was a middle aged woman who appeared to have fallen in love instantly when she met her future husband‚ Robert Curley. After they married in the summer of 1990‚ the couple‚ including her young daughter Angela‚ moved into her home in Wilkes-Barre‚ Pennsylvania. By all outward appearances they seemed to be the picture perfect family. Robert received a promotion at his job as a foreman for the chemistry laboratory he worked for. As a family it
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Title of Case: Florida v. Michael A. Riley Legal Citation: 488 U.S. 445‚ 109 S.Ct. 693‚ 102 L.Ed.2d. 835 (1989) Procedural History: The respondent‚ Michael A. Riley‚ was charged with possession of marijuana under Florida law. The trail court granted his motion to suppress; the Court of Appeals reversed but certified the case to the Florida Supreme Court‚ which rejected the decision of the Court of Appeals and reinstated the trail court’s suppression order. The Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari
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Henderson v. United States of America: The Weight of and Wait for Rehabilitation Robert C. Edgar Palm Beach State College Professor Maclachlan‚ Ph.D. POS 1041‚ 161889 Henderson v. United States of America: The Weight of and Wait for Rehabilitation Armarcion D. Henderson was a felon…a felon with a problem of substance abuse. On June 2‚ 2010‚ having being found guilty on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm‚ the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana gave
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Case Brief Saenz v Roe (1999) 1. Facts The facts of the Saenz V Roe case is that in 1992 the state of California wanted to change the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program by setting a limit to new residents. By having this approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and having the Federal District Court implement it‚ there would a large number of new residents who would be treated unequally. By the time it became into law on April 1‚ 1997 a class action was filed to challenge
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2.How Does Steinbeck Present Curley? Steinbeck presents the character of Curley as a symbol of his theme of fate. Curley is a character who is disliked by all in the novella - even his wife who confides to a docile Lennie "I don’t like Curley". Indeed‚ Curley’s actions throughout the novella are aggressive‚ confrontational and judgemental: he is the archetypal villain of the piece. However‚ despite his lack of positive attributes‚ Curley has a position of authority on the ranch - as the ranch owner’s
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MARVIN V. MARVIN Citation. 18 Cal. 3d 660‚557 P.2d 106‚134 Cal. Rptr. 815‚1976 Cal. Brief Fact Summary. Plaintiff and defendant lived in a nonmarital relationship‚ with an oral agreement to share equally all property accumulated. Upon dissolution of their relationship‚ plaintiff brought suit to enforce the oral agreement. Synopsis of Rule of Law. The California court found that partners in nonmarital relationships may bring claims for property division based on both express and implied contracts
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In “The Petitioner’s Brief in Sweatt v. Painter‚ 1950”‚ the document explained the NAACP arguments as they were before the Supreme Court. Essentially‚ it explored three arguments that the NAACP would later employ in future cases regarding segregation. Reprinted within Waldo E. Martin Jr.’s‚ “Brown v. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents”‚ it offers key insight into the arguments the NAACP used in the Supreme Court. The first argument relates to whether schools established for Blacks
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Political Science Name: rsonam Donohue Briefs #2 Tuesday‚ March 5 Schenck v. United States 1919 Criminal Case Federal Petitioner: Schenck Respondent: United States Events: During World War I in 1917‚ Congress had passed a law called the Espionage Act which states that during wartime obstructing the draft and trying to make soldiers disloyal or disobedient were crimes. Schenck going against the war‚ mailed thousands
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Case Brief Summary: Marbury v. Madison Robert L. Broadwater PAD 525 Strayer University Dr. O’Neal July 09‚ 2012 Summary of Marbury v. Madison‚ 5 U.S. 137‚ 1 Cranch 137‚ 2 L. Ed. 60 (1803). Facts The incumbent president Federalist John Adams was defeat in the presidential election by Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson. The day before leaving office‚ President John Adams named forty-two justices of the peace and sixteen new circuit court justices for the District of Columbia. This was
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STATE v. PRANKCUS Facts: Judd approached the defendant in an attempt to calm him. The defendant then punched Judd in the face. A brief fight ensured between Judd and the defendant during which a shelf with ceramic mugs fell on the floor and shattered. Doucette‚ Anderson and Potkaj attempted to break up the fight. Anderson and Potkaj grabbed Judd by his arms to restrain him while Doucette came up behind the defendant and wrapped his arms around him to stop the fight. The defendant broke free from
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