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Should Supreme Court Decisions Be Considered Groundbreaking 'Landmarks?'

In four pages the argument is presented that Supreme Court decisions are not in effect as groundbreaking as they are portrayed and...

Supreme Court and RFRA Overturning

In sixteen pages this paper examines the implications of the June 25, 1997 overturning of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. ...

The Brethren Inside the Supreme Court by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong Summary and Analysis

public has never seen before or since. The major issues the Court wrestled with are considered in great detail, and include abort...

Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action in the Area of Higher Education

continue acting as though they are contributing to a more racially diversified academic community, when in reality they are really...

Civil Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Administrations of Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon

which Brown was grounded rested "solely on the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution" (1977, p. 306). Warren also points out t...

Case C 60 00 Mary Carpenter v Secretary of State for the Home Department

issues a deportation order to expel Mrs Carpenter from the country due to her overstay. This decision was challenged by Mrs Carp...

Leonard Peltier Murder Case

The LPDC states that the AIM members came to oppose the Guardians Of the Oglala Nation (GOONS) (LPDC, Quick Facts, 2004). The GOON...

eBay, Inc. v Bidder's Edge, Inc. and Personal Property Trespassing

a time. Though thousands of individuals may be trying to access eBays system at the same time, they still operate at a speed much...

Gibson v. Mayor Legal Brief

judgment (HR Complys Newsletter, 2004). There is more to the case, however. In writing the judgment Judge Becker reported that Gi...

Retroactive Child Support Payments: Canadian Supreme Court

they separated, the father had custody for a time, but "the parties subsequently entered into an informal shared custody arrangeme...

Percy Wants Darby's Gazebo

Darby likely has a right to simply change his mind. If Percy paid Darby in advance, then whether he owes Percy a gazebo or not, D...

Percy Wants Darby's Gazebo

the meantime, Percy merely wants Darby to uphold his part of the agreement made between the two men. Percy understands that Darby...

Darby's Gazebo

case will result in Darby being required to disassemble, relocate and reassemble the gazebo on Percys property. Though spec...

2 Juvenile Case Briefs

heinous, atrocious or cruel, that the crime was committed for the purposes of avoiding or presenting ...a lawful arrest, and that ...

The Supreme Court, Amicus Curiae, and Abortion

U.S. 173 (1991)), the ACLU filed a brief of amici curiae in conjunction with the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists,...

Albert's Beach Find

he is the rightful owner of the trunk and its contents. A local antiques dealer recognizes the maker of the items, a local...

Hannah v. Peel

to Hannahs discovery of it, as he had purchased the house just two years prior to the discovery and never lived in it. Peel offere...

Hofmann v. American Dressler

and the plaintiff took it to Rea for production along with a final estimate of $785. Rea then told the defendant that, in this f...

GMAC v. Raju

before the court: The defendant defaulted and the plaintiff definitively proved that GMAC has "a right to copyright and trademark ...

Problems in Case Management and Scheduling

and judges are able to conclude the cases more quickly when there are fewer continuances. Though a case may be continued for othe...

Arbitration Dispute Resolution - Case Study

will subsequently lose the case completely. First, the ADA will protect Susie because the employer refused to make any modificatio...

Spain’s Philip II and the Colonization of the Philippines

far one of the more interesting chapters of Philip IIs life, in fact, revolved around that innocuous group of islands now known as...

Lethal Injection: Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

by electric chair, hanging, and shooting squad seem quite morbid! Those, however, have been the primary means that have been used...

Two Legal Questions

from terrorism, no rights should be accorded to suspects captured in the war on terror. Terrorism is not an activity endorsed by ...

Arguing Against Nurses Participating in the Death of Patients and the Christine Busalacchi Case

Rural Nurses, represented by registered nurse and practicing attorney Jacqulyn Hall, filed an amici curiae (friends of the court) ...

The Implications and Impact of Eminent Domain

is expected to result in a greater benefit to the community as a whole, is not a violation of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitut...

Business Issues in the Music Industry

acquired by larger companies seeking to grow through that route. Traditional retailers have blamed Internet retailers, piracy and...

'Arbitrary' Capital Punishment?

in todays society, the very foundation upon which it was originally created - to dissuade deviant social behavior - has continued ...

Brown v. Board of Education and Societal Prejudice in the Law and in Cartoons

Hundreds of cartoons were generated in response to Brown v. Board of Education. Many of them have made their way to the World Wid...

A Court Divided by Tushnet

does suggest that, like a game of chess, the future of he state is to some extent contingent on who is president. Depending upon t...