Le Barron v. State 145 N.W. 2d 79 (Wis. 1966) History David Le Barron was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempted rape. He appealed and the Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. Facts Jodean Randen‚ a housewife‚ wass walking home when she crossed paths with the Le Barron. He grabbed her and demanded her purse. She gave him the purse and started quickly walking away. When he discovered the purse was empty‚ he went after her‚ grabbed her‚ and told her not to scream. He then
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SPM 333 Facility Negligence/Crowd Management BOYER v. IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSN. The case against Iowa High School Athletic Association was created by Marian Boyer. Marian Boyer attended a basketball game Roosevelt Junior High School in Mason City‚ Iowa. Boyer‚ her husband and two other witnesses‚ Mr and Mrs Garland‚ sat together at the tow row bleachers. According to the case brief when the bleachers are not in use they are pushed back toward the wall. It takes
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Page 517 918 F.2d 517 54 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 870‚ 55 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40‚455‚ 59 USLW 2378 Emma S. VAUGHN‚ Plaintiff-Appellant‚ v. Robert EDEL‚ et al.‚ Defendants‚ Texaco‚ Inc.‚ Defendant-Appellee. No. 90-3181 Summary Calendar. United States Court of Appeals‚ Fifth Circuit. Dec. 6‚ 1990. Page 518 Kenneth J. Beck‚ Harvey‚ La.‚ for plaintiff-appellant. Albert H. Hanemann‚ Jr.‚ Lemle & Kelleher‚ John D. Fitzmorris‚ Jr.‚ Legal Dept. New Orleans‚ La.‚ for Texaco
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1) Citation Palsgraf v. Long Island R. Co 248 N.Y. 339‚ 162 N.E. 99 (1928) Court of Appeals of New York 2) Key facts a. The plaintiff‚ Helen Palsgraf‚ was waiting for a train on a station platform. b. A man carrying a package was rushing to catch a train that was moving away from a platform across the tracks from Palsgraf. c. As the man attempted to jump aboard the moving train‚ he seemed unsteady and about to fall. d. A railroad guard on the car reached forward to grab him and another guard
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Cristina Piccariello COMS 400-01 April 16th‚ 2013 COMS 400 Zurcher v. Stanford Daily 436 U.S. 547 (1978) Facts The Stanford Daily‚ the respondent sought to enjoin Zurcher‚ the petitioner for abridging the newspaper’s constitutional right of possessing photographs and a report on a demonstration at a hospital. A warrant was issued from Zurcher to search The Stanford Daily for the demonstration photos based on probably cause. The paper then filed a suit claiming the warrants were unconstitutional
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WILFREDO M. CATU‚ complainant vs. ATTY. VICENTE G. RELLOSA‚ respondent A.C. No. 5738 (February 19‚ 2008) This is an administrative case filed by the complainant claiming that the respondent committed an act of impropriety as a lawyer and as public officer when he stood as counsel for the defendants despite the fact that he presided over the conciliation proceedings between the litigants as punong barangay.. Facts: Complainant Wilfredo M. Catu is a co-owner of a lot and the building erected thereon
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Case name and Citation: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka; 1952; U.S. Supreme Court Parties: In this case‚ the plaintiffs are African American children however the representative plaintiff is Brown and the defendants are Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas). Statement of Facts: Different cases from the States of Kansas‚ South Carolina‚ Virginia and Delaware were presented to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding similar legal questions based on a common ideology of “separate but equal.” In each
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Madeline Bahr LA 349 9/23/2014 Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley‚ The Fair Housing Council of San Diego‚ individually and on behalf of the General Public v Roommates.com‚ LLC I. Facts The defendant Roommate.com‚ LLC operates as a website designed to match people renting out spare rooms with people looking for a place to live. The website allows member to get notifications‚ messaging‚ and create a personal profile. Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley and of San Diego filled
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The Case: Lemon Et al. V. Kurtzman 403 U.S. 602 (1971) The Facts: Pennsylvania and Rhode Island had statutes that allowed the state to pay for parts of non-secular‚ non-public education such as teachers instructional materials‚ salaries‚ and textbooks for religious subjects. The appellants in Pennsylvania believed that this was violating the separation of church and state described in the First Amendment. In the Rhode Island case‚ the appellees sued to have the statute in question declared unconstitutional
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Case Citation: Kentucky v King‚ 563 U.S. 452 (2011). Parties: Deshaun King v Kentucky Facts: Police officers were in pursuit of a suspected drug dealer‚ and were led to an apartment complex. The officers ended up outside of a certain apartment‚ were the smell of marijuana emanated. The police knocked loudly‚ and from inside the apartment they heard movement‚ and the police believed that the sounds were an indication that evidence was being destroyed. The police announced their intent to enter
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