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    Memorandum: Court Cases

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    & Kale‚ LP Memo To: Supervising Attorney From: Amber Blanton Date: 5/16/2012 Re: Samantha Smith Fact: Samantha Smith slipped and fell on spilled shampoo in the aisle at the grocery store in question. After we filed our complaint with the courts; the store alleges that Ms. Smith had a duty to avoid the spillage‚ but was too distracted by her son to notice. The store feels that Ms. Smith is just as much responsible as they are. Issue: Is it equal responsibility on both parties as involved

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    Ap Government Court Cases

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    Government Court Cases Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) 1. The Supreme Court had to decide if the state had power over the federal government in regulating commerce based on Article I Section 8. 2. Aaron Ogden was granted a license to run a steam-driven ferry monopoly in New York. Thomas Gibbons‚ his previous competitor‚ decided to continue running his ferries in defiance of the monopoly‚ so Ogden decided to sue Gibbons for trying to block his business and won in all the New York courts. 3. In this

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    government is different‚ they conduct elections‚ establish local governments‚ use powers the constitution doesn’t pass on to the national government or that the state doesn’t use. They also did share powers like collecting taxes‚ built roads‚ established courts‚ and many more. Both governments didn’t allow discrimination and provided equal protection for everyone. The Bill of Rights controlled only the federal government. The states‚ because of this could offer or choose not to offer the protections by

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    Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1800-1835. Marshall’s court opinions helped lay the basis for the United States constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States an equal branch of government‚ along with legislative and executive branches. He had previously been a leader of the Federalist Party in Virginia and served in the United States House of Representatives from 199 to 1800. John Marshall’s court cases expanded the power of the court‚ solidified federalist

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    USpreme Court Case Study

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    United States Supreme Court cases are argued and decided on Constitutional grounds. All arguments and decisions are based on interpretations of the original Constitution and‚ more often‚ on Constitutional amendments. GIDEON v. WAINWRIGHT In June 1961‚ Clarence Gideon was arrested and charged with breaking and entering in Bay Harbor. He was tried in a Florida Circuit Court in August 1961. Gideon stated in Court that he was unable to afford a lawyer and asked the Judge to appoint one for him

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    Throughout global history many structures of religions formed the basis of social‚ political‚ and economic factors of a community. What the members of a religion discovered within themselves‚ and their faiths‚ controlled the development of the region in which they lived. Two examples of this were the belief systems of Confucianism and the Greek pantheon of gods‚ which created the cultures of China and Greece. Confucianism‚ developed by the philosopher Confucius‚ during times of conflict in early

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    Georgia has approximately 350 municipal courts and five classes of trial-level courts: the magistrate‚ probate‚ juvenile‚ state and superior courts‚ along with two appellate-level courts: the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. In a magistrate court‚ warrants are issued‚ bail can be set for defendants‚ civil disputes such as violations‚ bad checks‚ landlord and tenant cases are settled‚ and minor criminal offenses are charged. In magistrate courtcases can be settled within the parties themselves

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    County Courts Case Study

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    there is a hierarchy of courts in the judiciary system. All the courts share certain functions‚ however they also vary in their responsibilities. Municipal Courts: Incorporated cities have municipal courts. A municipal court has exclusive jurisdiction to try any violations of city ordinances. They handle minor violations of the law‚ such as class C misdemeanors for which punishment is a fine of $500 or less and isn’t punishable by a jail sentence. Most cases in Municipal courts involve traffic and

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    Abortion On January 22‚ 1973‚ the united states supreme court ruled that a woman has a constitutional right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy before the fetus acquires viability. Also stating that a Fetus is not a person under the fifth and fourteenth amendments. Before the decision abortion was illegal in all US‚ although the majority of states permitted abortion only when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman; some sixteen states allowed abortions under other circumstances‚ such as

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    Juvenile Court Case Study

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    1. What is the history and development of the juvenile court and justice process? The history of the juvenile court and system dates back to the year 1824 in the United States‚ which was “The House of Refuge” in New York. “The House of Refuge was the first juvenile house of the United States. In 1899‚ Cook County in the state of Illinois established the first juvenile court. Youth in the juvenile court system dating back before the year of 1967 did not have constitutional legal rights. It was not

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