Gonzalez ex rel. v. Reno‚ 86 F. Supp. 2d 1167 (SD. Fla. 2000) Facts: The parties in this case are Elian Gonzalez with Lazaro Gonzalez and Attorney General Janet Reno. In November 25‚ 1999 the United States Coast Guard intercepted two fishermen who had rescued five- year- old Elian Gonzalez floating on an inner tube in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast from Florida. Elian’s mother had died during the voyage from Cuba to the United States. The United States Immigration and Naturalization
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Korematsu v United States was a court case that argued that the orders provided to Korematsu were based on race only and were contradictory. Because they were only based on race‚ Korematsu argued they were unconstitutional. Korematsu argued he had contradictory orders‚ and‚ no matter what he did‚ he would have violated one of them. However‚ the United States argued that the government has different powers during peace time and war time. The government executed the orders to provide better security
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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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unintentionally hurt another person is liable for the harm through intentional harm. Holdings: the jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff of $2800. Rationale: the touch was the exciting or remote cause of the destruction of the bone. The case was a case of torts and it related to the assult and battery which the defendant should pay money for the plaintiff. The defendant has no proof of any other hurt‚ and the medical testimony seems to have been agreed that this touch or kick was
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Moore v. Midwest Distribution‚ Inc.‚ 76 Ark. App. 397‚ 65 S.W. 3d 490 (Ark. Ct. App. 2002) FACTS: Appellee (Midwest Distribution‚ Inc.)‚ who is in the business of setting up cigarette product displays‚ contracted to hire appellant (Moore) in 2001 to work at its Fort Smith office. Upon accepting employment‚ appellant signed an employment contract‚ a “Service work for Hire Agreement” with appellee that contained a non-compete agreement – in which appellant agreed that for one year following the
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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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In the case of United States V. Parks‚ I think he should’ve been charged for the criminal offense of negligence. I understand that he believed he had designated competent employees to take charge of ensuring the proper sanitation of the warehouse and its products‚ however‚ he admitted at trial of having knowledge of unsanitary working conditions in one of his warehouses thanks to a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Failing to take corrective action is also a violation of
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Roberts v Colorado State is a case based on former members of the Colorado State University women’s varsity softball team ("ROBERTS v. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Leagle.com‚" n.d.). During the summer of the 1992‚ CSU experienced many financial burdens as their state aid was taken away and many beneficiaries bailed out. This put the school in a deficit‚ causing them to drop many of their sports teams. One of which was the women’s softball team. The players found this to be wrong because they were
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After reviewing the United States v. Parks case‚ I believe that Parks should have been charged with a crime. The responsible corporate officer doctrine states that even if the corporate officer did not know about the crime or engage in the crime then the court can still find the officer criminally liable (Kubasek‚ 2017 p. 161). In this case‚ Parks received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration and still failed to correct the unsanitary conditions. Parks should be convicted even
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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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