CASE ANALYSIS: "THE BLAST IN CENTRALIA NO. 5" The Problem The obvious problem with Centralia No. 5 is that an explosion killed 111 people. However‚ prior to the actual explosion‚ the problem is less obvious‚ especially since Centralia No. 5 was similar to so many mines that did not explode. In this analysis‚ I will examine the possible roles and responsibilities of Driscoll O. Scanlan‚ the mine inspector‚ given the "corruption of modern administrative enterprises" prior to the accident. From this
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Hobby Lobby. This case centered around a portion of the Affordable Care Act that required employers to cover certain FDA-approved contraceptives. The owners of Hobby Lobby‚ the Greene family‚ are devout Christians and felt that they could not do this due to religious freedom
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In 1986‚ the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case established that there could be separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites‚ giving support to Jim Crow laws. The Supreme Court did not begin to reverse Plessy until the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case 58 years later‚ which established that segregating blacks and whites was unconstitutional and that separate could never be equal. After the period of reconstruction following the Civil War‚ many states in the south and
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1/23/2015 BURNETT v. WESTMINSTER BANK‚ LTD. | Islamicbanker’s Weblog Islamicbanker’s Weblog Just another WordPress.com weblog BURNETT v. WESTMINSTER BANK‚ LTD. BURNETT v. WESTMINSTER BANK‚ LTD. QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION [1966] 1 QB 742‚ [1965] 3 All ER 81‚ [1965] 3 WLR 863‚ [1965] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 218‚ 8 Legal Decisions Affecting Bankers 424 HEARING-DATES: 31 May‚ 1‚ 25 June 1965 25 June 1965 CATCHWORDS: Bank — Cheque — Condition restricting use — New cheque book on bank’s change to computer mechanisation
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Libel Case: Clark Jones v. WorldNetDaily.com‚ Inc. Charles C. Akwari East Tennessee State University 1. Origin of the Case Tennessee businessman Clark Jones sued WorldNetDaily.com‚ a socially conservative news and opinion website‚ and freelance reporters Charles C. Thompson II and Tony Hays for libel in Tennessee state court‚ after WorldNetDaily.com published an article written by Thompson and Hays claiming that Jones had interfered with a criminal investigation‚ had been the subject of a law
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Fourteenth Amendment‚ which gives citizens protection of their individual liberties from governmental interference. Public school officials must obey the demands of the Constitution. The Supreme Court ruled in the 1943 case West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
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CASE ANALYSIS: BREACH OF DUTY OF CARE BY AN AUTHORITY AND CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE Summary of Facts Carey v Lake Macquarie City Council is an appeal from the district court of New South Wales‚ concerning negligence. The appellant‚ Carey‚ was riding his bicycle through a public park before sunrise‚ which he did regularly. One morning the appellant took a path he had never cycled on before. He was injured after cycling into a bollard positioned in the middle of the path. The bollard was slightly visible
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On Monday February 29‚ the custodial staff at the Middle School Building at St. George’s Independent School called the police station to state that they had found a dead body lying face down in the office of room M223. There was no evident cause of death: no obvious trauma‚ no gunshot wounds‚ no puncture wounds‚ but blood was found on and around the body. There were cups of dr. pepper and a sticky note pad along with some other evidence found on the crime scene. An officer interviewed the Middle
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Ruby Malcom is a single mother of three‚ Maria (16)‚ Irene (14)‚ and John (13). Ms. Malcom has been attending counseling with social worker‚ Sandra Kaplan‚ for the past four months for treatment to address anxiety related to family stress. Ms. Malcom was referred to the Urban Family Services by her oldest daughter’s pediatrician. Ms. Malcom’s daughter‚ Irene‚ is experiencing increased and escalating behavioral issues at home and school. Ms. Malcom is of Haitian- American decent and has receives
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CONNES VS MOLALLA TRANSPORT SYSTEM INC. 6/29/1992 Supreme Court of Colorado 831p.2d1316 FACTS Plaintiff Connes worked as a hotel clerk at a Holiday Inn and was sexually assaulted by Taylor who was employed as a long-haul truck driver by defendant Molalla Transport. Connes sued Molalla on the theory of negligent hiring in that Molalla should have known that Taylor would encounter members of the public and that Molalla breached its duty by failing to fully and adequately investigate Taylor’s criminal
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