Pierson v. Post Deciding Court: Supreme Court of New York Parties: Pierson v. Post Procedural History: Appellate Court ruled in favor of Post Facts: Post was in pursuit of a fox on a beach with his dogs and hound. Pierson having well known the fox was being chased by Post and his hounds‚ caught up to the fox‚ caught it‚ killed it‚ and carried it off. Post is defendant even though he was the one in original pursuit. Post first sued Pierson but Pierson appealed when the court ruled in Post’s
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Marijuana v. Alcohol Grass. Ganja. Kush. Weed. Pot. Mary Jane. Marijuana. Marijuana is an illegal substance in America‚ used by people to get “high.” It has become a recent debate over whether it is right to legalize marijuana or to keep it as an illegal substance. Many people believe that marijuana is a dangerous substance that should never be legalized in America. These people focus on marijuana which is harmless in comparison to alcohol‚ which is a legal and widely used substance in America
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On October 31‚ 1963‚ Detective Martin McFadden was in plain clothes‚ patrolling his downtown beat in Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ an area that he had been patrolling for shoplifters and pick-pocketing the last 30 years. At 2:30 PM‚ he noticed two unknown individuals‚ John Terry and Richard Chilton acting suspiciously‚ standing on a street corner. One of the men walked away and stopped to look in a nearby store window‚ continued walking‚ and on the way back stopped to look in the same store window before rejoining
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Furman v. Georgia In today’s time discrimination is a highly used factor when it comes to the way people form their opinions about societal issues as well as different individuals we may come in contact with. We base our perceptions of people off of what only the eye can see rather than getting to know a person for the skills they possess and what the can bring to the table. Back in 1967 discrimination was something that was common to use amongst the white or rich community towards the blacks‚
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Marx v Durkheim Shelby Klumpp SOC 101 Genine Hopkins 31 January 2013 Introduction Sociology is a soft science that enables us to better understand the complex connections between the patterns of human behavior and the way each individual life changes (Dartmouth).1 During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ many theorists began to challenge this aspect of social structure as they watched the gap between the social classes grow. Rather than being concerned with
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Name: Tennessee v. Garner Citation: No. 83-1035‚ 83-1070 (1985) Facts: On October 3‚ 1974‚ Memphis Police Officers Hymon and Wright were dispatched to answer a "prowler inside call." When the police arrived at the scene‚ a neighbor gestured to the house where she had heard glass breaking and that someone was breaking into the house. While one of the officer radioed that they were on the scene‚ the other officer went to the rear of the house hearing a door slam and saw someone run across the
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Abstract In the case of White v. Gibbs‚ the plaintiff‚ Mrs. Debbie White‚ sued O’Malley’s Tavern alongside Patrick Gibbs. Gibbs served as bartender at the tavern during the night in question. Mrs. White seeks settlement under the state of Indiana’s Dram Shop Act. Under the Dram Shop Act‚ a bartender assumes liability to any persons injured who were served alcohol while exhibiting obvious signs of intoxication (Todd‚ 1986). Since the two parties reside in different states‚ the case was brought to
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Turner v. Mandalay Sports Entertainment‚ LLC Supreme Court of Nevada‚ 124 Nev. 213‚ 180 P.3d 1172(2008) PROCEDURAL HISTORY The case begin when Mrs. Turner filed a complaint in district court against the Las Vegas 51s‚ alleging negligence and Mr. Turner complaint for loss of consortium‚ and negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED). The district court concluded that Mrs. Turner’s negligence claim failed because the Las Vegas 51s did not owe a duty to protect her from the foul ball in
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Period 4 Civics and economics honors Roe v. Wade court case “No woman can call herself free who does not have control over her own body.” – Margaret Sanger. No issue in comparison to the women’s rights movement has aroused such passion‚ conflict‚ and controversy as much as the right to an abortion. Roe v. Wade is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion that has prompted an across the nation debate that continues today about the extension of an abortion’s
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On June 29‚ 2009‚ the last day of the United States Supreme Court’s 2008–09 term‚ the Court rendered the much anticipated decision in Ricci v. DeStefano‚ 129 S. Ct. 2658‚ 174 L. Ed. 2d 490 (2009). Ricci was quickly dubbed the “white firefighter’s case” by many‚ however‚ the case involved much more than the firefighters’ asserted right to a promotion. Ricci involved a promotional examination administered by New Haven‚ Connecticut to members of the New Haven Fire Department to identify those applicants
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