THOMPSON v. WESTERN STATES MEDICAL CENTER No.01-344.Argued February26‚ 2002—Decided April 29‚ 2002 NATURE OF CASE: Review of the restrictions on commercial free speech in relation to the advertisement of specified compounded drugs. PROCEDURAL HISTORY: Section 503A of the Food‚ Drug and Cosmetic Act‚ 21 U.S.C. § 353a exempts compounded drugs from certain provisions of the Food and Drug Administration’s standard approval requirements; provided that the distributors abide by certain restrictions
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CASE BRIEF Communications Law & Ethics 1. Title and Citation Denver Area Educational Consortium v. FCC ‚ 518 U.S. 727 2. Facts of the Case Various regulations implementing the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act‚ which regulated indecent and obscene programming on cable television‚ violated the free speech rights of cable access programmers and cable television viewers under the First Amendment. 3. Issues It involves three sections of the Cable Television Consumer
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Name: Lei Chen Course : ACCT 362W Prof: Kenneth Ryesky Esq. Date: 11/4/2010 Case Caption: United States v. Dentsply International‚ Inc.‚ Court: United States of Appeals‚ Third Circuit. Date: Argued September 21‚ 2004. February 24‚ 2005 Citation: 399 F.3d 181 Facts: This is an antitrust case that the defendant- Dentsply international‚ Inc.‚ is one of a dozen manufactures of artificial teeth for dentures and other restorative device. Dentsply dominates
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Cook’s Pest Control‚ Inc. v. Robert and Margo Rebar1010897Supreme Court of AlabamaDecember 13‚ 2002FactsOn August 28‚ 2000‚ Cook’s Pest Control and Mr. & Mrs. Rebar entered into a renewable "Termite Control Agreement" for 1 year. Under that agreement‚ Cook’s Pest Control was obligated to inspect for and treat termites for the Rebars. On August 16‚ 2001‚ Mrs. Rebar paid for the renewal of the contract and submitted an "Addendum to Customer Agreement". The agreement changed the terms of the contract
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Meritor Sav. Bank v. Vinson‚ 477 US 57 (1986) Facts: After being terminated a female bank employee filed an action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ 42 U.S.C.S. §2000e et seq.‚ claiming that she had been sexually harassed by her male supervisor. The US Supreme Court ruled that if the actions of the supervisor were unwelcome‚ than the respondent had a claim for sexual harassment on the basis of a hostile work environment‚ even if the sexual acts were voluntary. Issues: (1) Whether
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Matthew Shepard Case Brief Facts: Twenty one year old‚ University of Wyoming college student‚ Matthew Shepard‚ died October 12‚ 1998 at 12:53 a.m. after spending five days in a comma due to massive injuries and head trauma in a robbery and hate crime assault (Matthew Shepard‚ 2000 [on-line]). Matthew Shepard met Aaron McKinney (22) and Russell Henderson (21) of Laramie in a local bar called Fireside Lounge. McKinney and Henderson had been drinking. The two led Shepard to believe they were
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In the Greynolds v. Kurman case‚ I agree with the court’s decision. “There was sufficient evidence to support a finding of lack of informed consent” (Pozgar & Santucci‚ 2015‚ p. 339). When I read the case it seemed like the physicians did not put any effort in explaining the complete picture‚ including the Greynolds options‚ and letting them decide what they wanted. By law‚ “when there is doubt as to a patient’s capacity to consent‚ the consent of the legal guardian or next of kin should be obtained”
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Ashley E. Parramore Introduction to Legal Analysis and Writing PA 205 August 8‚ 2011 Donnelly V. Rees Case Brief. Donnelly V. Rees Case Name: Donnelly V. Rees‚ 141 Cal. 56 (1903) Court: California Supreme Court FACTS: An action may be maintained by the sole heir of a deceased person to set aside a deed procured from the deceased without consideration by the fraudulent practices of the defendants and their undue influence over the deceased‚ who was known to be a habitual drunkard for more
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Question A: Likelihood of Kimberly’s claim being successful: With the central issue in Kimberly’s circumstance of being physically and mentally impaired due to the shutters of the Bed & Breakfast house flying off and as a result‚ hitting the plaintiff (Kimberly)‚ there is a high possibility that Kimberly’s claim will succeed. As a result of Elle being aware that months after the shutters were installed‚ she noticed splinters in the wood and damage in some of the shutters but took no precautionary
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opinion. The First Amendment in the United States Constitution gives us the freedom of speech. Freedom of speech gives us the right to say our own opinion on anything we want to speak on. As citizens of this country‚ we are able to say our opinion on the government‚ taxes‚ school‚ or anything that comes to mind. We have our own opinions‚ having the ability to think for ourselves. There are many things that us as humans wouldn’t be able to say if it
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