their motion of summary judgement. At the bench trial the judge granted Columbia 8.8 million dollars in damages‚ which is about $20000 for each of the 440 episodes. Feltner took the case to the supreme court on the argument that a jury should decide the amount of damages that need to be paid. The court ruled in Feltner’s favor‚ saying that the seventh amendment does in fact grant the right to a jury trial in copyriht infringement cases. “During the trial‚ The irony of it is‚ maybe -- you may be
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reading an article by W.R. Duncan[2]. However W.R Duncan does detail some valid points about the case and the precedent that it may or may not have implied. In this essay I am going to evaluate and discuss Mr. Chief Justice Finlay’s judgment in the Supreme Court with regards to W.R. Duncan article. Analysis The J.H. case concerned a baby who had been placed into an adoption process by her then unmarried mother shortly after birth. The mother of this child subsequently married the biological father
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Constitution allowed Congress to establish the National Bank. The Court also asserted that the Constitution did not allow a state to tax the Bank. Chief Justice John Marshall stated that the Constitution does not explicitly grant Congress the right to establish a national bank‚ but also noted that the "necessary and proper" clause of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to do that which they felt was best for the country. Therefore‚ the Court affirmed the existence of implied powers. In 1791‚ after
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Material Civil Liberties and Rights Timeline and Synopsis Instructions Complete the following timeline with entries that demonstrate the development of civil liberties and rights over time. In part two‚ write a brief essay of at least 350 words which discusses specific social movements and how they relate to the development of civil liberties and rights. Part One: Civil Liberties and Rights Timeline Complete the second column with brief descriptions of key decisions on civil liberties. Include
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Law Enforcement: Intelligence-Led Policing PSF5380 Dr. Pete Conis Capella University Assignment u10a1 Intelligence-Led Policing and Civil Liberties Jeff Weber December 17‚ 2010 Intelligence-led policing (ILP) is a policing model that has emerged in recent years which is “built around risk assessment and risk management”. The leading definition is that ILP is “a strategic‚ future-oriented and targeted approach to crime control‚ focusing upon the identification‚ analysis and ‘management’
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Torture and civil liberties Civil liberties are rights one owns‚ that are stated in the Bill of Rights. After 9/11 terrorist attacks President Bush and the Republican Congressed passed the patriotic Act.it undermined basic rights and freedom of the people. The government increased spying‚ wiretapping and surveillance of citizens. The united nations convention against torture of 1987‚the Geneva conventions of 1949‚the international convent of civil and political rights‚ are some of the many treaties
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Korematsu V. United States was a court case during the time of World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ people of Japanese descent were considered threats. As a result‚ Franklin Roosevelt issued the Executive Order 9066 on February 19‚ 1942. This Order demanded that each and every person of Japanese descent be moved to internment camps‚ regardless of citizenship. Fred Korematsu‚ a Japanese American citizen‚ refused to leave his home to go to the internment camp. Therefore‚ he was convicted
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What is the difference between lawful trickery and unlawful coercion according to the 1990 Supreme Court decision in Illinois v. Perkins? The case in brief involved a murder investigation (Stephenson murder) in November 1984‚ located in East St. Louis‚ Illinois. The investigation went unsolved until 1986‚ when an inmate at the Graham Correctional Facility‚ told officials he had learn information related to the homicide from a fellow inmate‚ Lloyd Perkins. The inmate detailed certain information
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Criminal and Civil Court Structures and Legal Personnel This assignment contains ..............................words Introduction This assignment will discuss and compare the court structure‚ legal personnel and their functions and the type of cases that are brought before criminal and civil courts. Criminal courts The criminal court system has many levels of superiority (refer to diagram 1.1 in Appendices). Lower courts are bound by
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Joe Thompson Mrs. Cygan US History 01 January 2017 Supreme Court Simulation debrief The concept of the simulation is genius but when put into action with imatuer students who don’t ask questions nor understand the arguments that are being made it is hard to learn or take much from the simulation. My group comprehended the arguments and understood our own case and was successful in presenting because we took our time and learned the case in and out. I feel good about successfully completing our
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