Stacy Sloas HON 2060 Prof. Uchitelle 17 October 2011 Yeagle v. Collegiate Times Brief Virginia Supreme Court‚ 1998 Facts: Sharon Yeagle was the assistant to the Vice President of Student Affairs at the Polytechnic Institute and State University. Her job included aiding students in their applications to the Governor’s Fellows Program‚ an academic honors program. The Collegiate Times‚ the university’s newspaper‚ printed an article that included a large print block quotation that described
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Name: N Lab 1: Leaf Lab Date: 4/13/13 Assignment 1 Questions 1. Based on what you already know about photosynthesis‚ develop a testable hypothesis to explain the influence of an increase in light intensity on the photosynthetic rate in tomato leaves. 2. What is the relationship between an increase in light intensity and photosynthetic rate in tomato leaves? Does this relationship support the hypothesis that you formulated? As light intensity increases then the rate of photosynthesis
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Joseph Clark a man arrested in Ohio set on death row on 1987. He ended up being executed 22 years and 5 month later after his arrest. It took 22 minutes for the execution technicians to find a vein. The vein collapsed after the start of the injection and Clark’s arm started to swell‚ an autopsy found 19 puncture marks resulting from attempts to execute him. It took the technicians 90 minutes to execute Clark. That’s absurd after two attempts they should’ve found a different way to execute him instead
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the auditing staff of a Big Six accounting firm‚ Leigh Ann Walker was assigned to work on the audit of Saint Andrew’s Hospital. While nervous about her first assignment‚ Ms. Walker was excited to be working under Jackie Vaughn‚ a third-year senior. Early in the engagement‚ Ms. Vaughn casually asked Ms. Walker if she had taken the CPA exam. Ms. Walker had in fact attempted the exam‚ but told Ms. Vaughn that she had not yet taken it. Ms. Walker was scared that she had not passed on her first attempt‚
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Gideon V. Wainwright On June 2‚ 1961 there were some items stolen from Bay Harbor Pool Room‚ such as five dollars and a few bottles of beer and soda. Henry Cook told the police that he had seen Clarence Gideon walk out of the pool hall with a bottle of wine and his pockets filled with coins‚ then got into a taxi and left the joint. Major people that were involved were Clarence Earl Gideon the plaintiff‚ Louie L. Wainwright the defendant‚ H. G. Cochran‚ Jr. was the original respondent. The
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What is a Case Brief? A case brief is a condensed‚ concise outline-form summary of a court opinion. Hence‚ the term “brief.” It is generally used for more efficient self-study (it’s easier and more simple than re-reading a 100-page long case every time you want to refresh your memory about the case). It is also used to present the case to others (it’s easier and more simple than reading a 100-page long case verbatim). In other words‚ a case brief boils down a court opinion to the key elements
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great decision to make in the case of United States v. Windsor. This will set precedent in United States federal law that allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states. The court will deliberate on the section of Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. This historic ruling will mark a monumental step‚ whether backwards or forwards‚ in the marriage equality movement. This case is a landmark in the identification
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Ochampaugh v. Seattle 588 P. 2d 1351 (Wash. 1979) Facts Ordinary pond owned by the city Popular with area residents for fishing and swimming The two boys were familiar with the pond and had gone there before. Neither boy could swim. There were no warning signs around the pond. The pond‚ while man-made‚ was in existence before the city purchased the land. Issue Was the pond a “trap” or extraordinarily dangerous enough to render it an “attractive nuisance” to children and thus create
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Case Name: Michigan v. Tyler 436 U.S. 499(1978) Issue: Do the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment apply to Firefighters in an active Arson Investigation? Facts: In the case of Michigan v. Tyler the firefighters had had legal reason to initially enter the premises of Tyler’s Auction house on January 22‚ 1970‚ which was to extinguish the fire and surmise the start of said fire. Upon extinguishing flames during a preliminary search containers containing flammable liquid were found in the premises. These
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Brief Kraft‚ Inc. v. Federal Trade Commissio Plaintiff/Appellant: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Defendant/Appellee: Kraft Inc. History: Federal Trade Commission instituted a deceptive advertising proceeding against Kraft Inc. Kraft was instructed to terminate certain ads due to false advertising. Facts: In March 1987‚ Kraft added a subscript on the television commercial and as a footnote in the print media version‚ the disclosure that “one ¾ ounces slice has 70% of the calcium of five ounces
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