Judge Case Studies Samples For Students

Introduction

Fisher V. Dees was a case in appellate court pitting Marvin Fisher as the appellant and Rick Dees as the appellee. The determination of this case had serious implications on the fair use of intellectual property as defined by the copyright law in America. This paper ventilates on the on the facts involved in the case, the consideration and holding of the appellate court and the implications of the holding in the music and entertainment industry.

Facts of the Case

The following are the facts that were considered in the determination of the case. The appellee in the case sought permission from the owner ...

Peremptory challenge

In law, there is a provision for a peremptory challenge. Under this provision, attorneys have the discretion to select a jury or reject them even without stating the reasons as to why they do so. Presiding judges have the duty of deciding whether the peremptory challenge is accepted or not. In most cases, such challenges are as a result of a party to a case having a reason to think that engaging some jurors would result in an unfair verdict. When both parties to a case have an agreement as to the composition of the jury, there are high chances that they will accept the verdict. This ...

Section I. Circle the letter of the most appropriate answer.
1. In Griswold v. Connecticut the Supreme Court found that Connecticut’s statute, which banned contraceptives, violated a freedom expressly protected by which of the first ten amendments of the Constitution of the United States:
a. The First Amendment.
b. The Fifth Amendment.
c. The Fourth Amendment.
d. None of the above.
2. “Substantive due process” refers to those procedures:
a. that are expressly enumerated within the four corners of the United States Constitution.
b. that are not expressly enumerated by the ...

National Engineering & Contracting Co v. OSHA Review Comm. 45 F 3d 476 (D.C.1995)
National Engineering & Contracting Co v. OSHA Review Comm. 45 F 3d 476 (D.C.1995)

National Engineering & Contracting Company is the petitioner and the Occupational Safety And Health Act (OSHA) Review Commission is the respondent represented by the Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor in the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Case no 93-1468 Argued Oct. 18, 1994.—February 03, 1995 before Circuit Judges Buckley, Williams and Henderson.
Petition for review of $ 400 imposed on National Engineering and Contracting Company ( ...

In the case, the United States vs. Peter Madoff, the accused is Peter Madoff and the defendant is the United States which is representing the public. Peter was had been accused of aiding his brother, Bernard L, Madoff to swindle off investors huge amounts of money through a Ponzi scheme. His brother had been convicted of the crimes four years earlier to serve 150 years in jail. This case had been brought to a Manhattan court and the judge presiding over this case was U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain. The questions of the case included when did peter Madoff first ...

In the Canadian criminal justice system, bail suffices for purposes of releasing the accused while still on trial. The accused is afforded an opportunity out of detention at least until he is proven guilty, proof which has to be beyond reasonable doubts. It is in appreciation of the role of bail and the courts that confer the same thereof that I visited the said courts. On November 20th 2013 I visited a bail court as part of my class assignment to examine cases of accused being processed through a bail hearing. The bail court I visited was City Hall on Queen ...

Where a defendant has no defense to a claim, the plaintiff is entitled to seek summary judgment. This is provided under Order 14 of the RHC. It is a summary procedure and the court issues an order that is enforceable like an order obtained after a full trial.
The major requirement under Order 14 it is that the defendant has no defense to the plaintiff’s claim. Helen’s claim satisfies this initial requirement. Because she supplied IPhone covers pursuant to an order. Shifty has not complained of any defects or returned any owing to them being un-merchantable. Shifty thus has no ...

In 19th December 2012, OSHA filed a petition against the SeaWorld of Florida LLC’s in a federal court in Florida in order to force it to ensure compliance with the administrative subpoenas that require SeaWorld to present three managers for an interview during the OSHA’s abatement inspections follow-up. The personnel from the SeaWorld were to answer to questions about correction or abatement of prior violation whereby the trainers exposed to drowning and struck-by hazards while they are performing with the killer whales and this was an enforcement case which started when Dawn Brancheau, SeaWorld trainer, was killed by one ...

The criminal justice system in the US operates as a network of three distinctive agencies, which include law enforcement, the court system and rehabilitation agency. The law enforcement is charged with the duty of capturing offenders and taking them to court, where the court process determines the course of action to be taken against the offenders. When the action involves sending these culprits to rehabilitation centers they are given different types of punishment depending on their offenses. However, the court has many duties beside judgment of offenders, such as the civil issues like traffic violations. Therefore, with all the duties ...

Technology has and continues to impact on various aspects of information and communication technology. With regard to organizational context, technology has provided avenues through which organizations communicate effectively and manage employees situated in different geographical contexts. The article “The Impact of Team Empowerment on Virtual Team Performance: The Moderating Role of Face-to-Face Interaction,” by Kirkman et al., 2004 offers a substantive review on how various organizations have managed to implement organizational behavior policies in the context of virtual teams. In fact the article delves on the relationship between the performances of virtual teams with respect to face to face communication. ...

Criminal Law in Mexico and in Canada are different. In both countries criminal law is federal responsibility, and provincial government takes care of justice and penal procedure. In Canada the procedure is faster than in Mexico. Mexico depends on the lawyers and judge for the procedure , in Canada jury plays active role in the delivering of justice.

Compare and contrast the similarities and differences by and between Canadian and Mexican law enforcement.

Criminal law in Canada is under federal government. But the provinces regulate offences and carry out justice and penal matters. Criminal law applies to procedures in the ...

Introduction:

Description:
The court case deals with a dispute over an easement given on a car park's property. At the time of the trial, the respondent had been attempting to limit the amount of time that the easement was allowed to be used while a tavern owner contended that the patrons of their business would be unable to take full advantage of the area during important hours. The limitation of five hours on the parking area’s use would profoundly limit the access that their customers have to parking. The rights of the easement as expressed by the grantee have ...

Facts

The case under scrutiny is named as Echazabal v Chevron USA, Inc. This is a case about a legal tussle between a man called Mario Echazabal and the firm for which he used to work viz. Chevron. The reason why Echazabal decided to sue his employer Chevron was that his employment offer was rescinded due to direct threat reasons by Chevron. The company came up to such a decision because they came to know about the ill-health of Echazabal and also that it was getting damaged due to him working in the cocker unit of the refinery. Echazabal was later diagnosed with Hepatitis ...

- How well is the team performing? Explain why?
A team can be characterized as "a recognizable group of two or more than two individuals who are "appointed particular parts or capacities to perform progressively, reliably, and adaptively to a typical and esteemed objective/object/mission, who have each been doled out particular parts or capacities to perform, and who have a constrained life compass of enrolment". The team was not performing well and this caused the company to experience a major conflict.
In the case of MediSys, the current Intenscare team is presently a group, not a team (Robbins and Judge, 2012). Then again, ...

886 F.2d 14
28 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 823

v.

BUSCH ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, d/b/a Busch Gardens,

The Old Country, Defendant-Appellee
No. 138, Docket 89-7378.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Argued Sept. 13, 1989.Decided Sept. 15, 1989

Summary

On August 23, 1986, Willie Mae Gray and her two daughters went to Busch Gardens, an entertainment park in Williamsburg. She boarded a small train and tumbled off and harmed herself. Busch Gardens representatives dispatched a medical aid group to the site and called an emergency to evacuate her for medical attention. One of Plaintiff's Daughters accompanied her to the hospital while the other went to record the incident with the nurse. The records ...

Introduction

The courts judicial review and constitutional interpretation has been a central rational objection for democracy. The regular judicial invalidation of policies passed by elected officials as a minimum brought up problems of democratic legitimacy. The rational objection, which has been brought up against a background over many years of the United States populist political argument, prompted the active use of the judicial power in constitutional interpretation give way to the decision of legislative and majorities. The courts power in striking down laws considered unconstitutional has been politically controversial throughout American history (Prakash, 2003). The judicial review power has become politically salient and ...

Part 1: Group dynamics3Section 1: Working in groups and team.3

Section 2: Conflict and negotiation.5
Section 3: Management and leadership.6
Part 2: The organization system.7Section 1: Organization structure7
Part 2: The organization system.9Section 1: Organization structure..9

Section 3: HR policies & practices11

Conclusion...12

References13

Introduction
Group dynamics in organizations revolve around the relations between employees and managers and how they interact in groups. These groups and teams may be formal or informal, and they may be set for specific tasks or for general tasks. Group dynamics determine the chances of success of an organization as far as team work is concerned. In this paper, Wal-Mart is the organization for the study. This ...

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

A04-2308 (2005)

Actions

Cassandra Jenkins disputes the verdict made by the senior unemployment review judge which upholds the resolution by the unemployment law judge. This led to her disqualification of getting unemployment benefits since she was expelled for misdemeanors.

Facts

Jenkins sued the American Express Financial Corporation for lack of calling and verifying her service bound by Minn. Stat. $ 631.425. She argues that her nonattendance from job under the given situation should not amount to misconduct. However, the ruling was made in favor of the American Express Financial Corporation.

Trial Court

The Court of Appeals ruled in favor of American Express Financial Corporation ...

On Feb. 28, 2008, Judge H. Walter Croskey of the Second District Court of Appeals in Los Angeles ruled that children from the age of 6 to 18 years old can not be homeschooled unless the adult person providing the education holds a valid California teaching credential (Witte & Mero, 2008; Time, 2008). Judge Croskey relied on laws going back half a century stating that "California courts have held that under provisions in the Education Code, parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children" (Witte & Mero, 2008; Time, 2008). The judge went on to say that any individual teaching ...

As per the facts given, John Doe is an illegal immigrant in America, having no legal status to reside or work in the country. Illegal immigration is itself a crime, punishable under criminal law and is a matter of concern for various American agencies, responsible to maintain law and order. Now the questions of the case would be discussed here
1. Since John was in custody, what are the procedural steps the police were required to take once John began to incriminate himself?
John Doe is an illegal immigrant and was residing in America without having a legal status to ...

Introduction

The capability to shape and develop the leadership abilities of the members of the organization so as to fulfill organizational needs and demands is a complicated and challenging component of the general leadership development process. Leaders are responsible for the achievement of organizational goals, as well as for their followers' performance needed to attain the desired outcome. However, this is not an easy task. Widget PLC has problems with their leadership as revealed by decreasing employee motivation and managerial performance. This paper discusses and analyzes the relevance of transformational leadership and authentic leadership to the problem of Widget PLC. ...

Introduction

Disputes in the construction industry or in the process of honoring roles in a construction contract are not uncommon in many countries, a good of example which would be the United Arab Emirates (UAE) wherein the construction industry has been in a stage of boom for the past several years . Some of the world’s Mega structures and other fascinating architectural works are located in this Middle Eastern country. It is one of the largest exporters of oil and petroleum products and this country’s largest city, Dubai, is home to a range of spectacular and grand architectural works. It is home to ...

The name of this case is stated as R.V WILLIAMS. This case is basically a case where it is presented as Victor Daniel Williams V Her Majesty the Queen. The interveners into this case
Included the Attorney General of Canada, Attorney General for Ontario, Aboriginal Legal services of Toronto Inc, the African Canadian Legal Clinic, the Urban Alliance on Race relations as well as the criminal Lawyers’ Association which was based in Ontario. This case report was obtained from File No.24 June the 4th in the year 1998.The people present when the case was presented includes: Lamer C.J, Gonthier, ...

Question one – Case study

This case was heard by the Supreme Court at Brisbane in the state of Queensland. The judgment was delivered at Brisbane by Judge Fryberg on the 24th January, 2011.
The judge in the case was Fryberg J. The case was heard on the 2nd and 3rd December, 2010.
The Plaintiff in the case is Ms Mee Wah To, a landlord who owns a parcel of land located at 33 Lisson Grove, Wooloowin. The Defendant on the other hand is Miss Eugene Choi, a tenant of part of the land owned by Miss Mee Wah To.
The counsel for the ...

- Description of the case
- Appellant:
- Appellee:
- Plaintiff below:
- Defendant below:
- Appellant attorney firm:
- Appellant attorney who argued the case
In the above mentioned case, there was an appeal against the court’s actions. This was during the course of a trial, where the actions might have been questionable. It argues that the court abused its power of discretion because; it, Deutsche Bank, had the intention of severing the sanction as a result of circumstances surrounding the case. It is a case that originally emanates from a foreclosure action on ...

This essay will consider the five bases of power within the case study organisation as well as the potential nature of the relationship between dependency and power.

Fives Bases of Power

Sources within the literature commonly define five bases of power including, legitimate, reward, coercive expert, referent, and information based sources of power (Robbins and Judge, 2007). These bases of power may be seen in the context of the case study with each of the members of the team making use of different sources of power. In the first instance, it is the marketing manager who in the scenario holds the legitimate sources ...

Legislation Interpretation

Purpose of Judicature Act 1908
The Act provides for rules that are to be used in securing and ensuring just, speedy and cost-effective determination and disposal of all sorts of civil proceedings and interlocutory applications in New Zealand. Section 1.4 of the Act provides that the rules set by this Act shall apply to the practice and procedures of the court in all civil proceedings and interlocutory application except in cases where appeals are filed to the Court of Appeal of Supreme Court (Judicature Act 1908).

Proposed Changes

The Judicature Act 1908 has undergone several amendments over time. The most recently ...

Willie Mae GRAY, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.BUSCH ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, d/b/a Busch Gardens, TheOld Country, Defendant-Appellee.

Top Six (6) Facts:

Fact 1: On August 23, 1986, Willie Mae Gray and her two daughters, Ruth and Esther, went to Busch Gardens, an amusement park in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Fact 2: While at the park, Mrs. Gray bordered a small train and she had an accident in which she fell off and injured herself.
Fact 3: After the injury incident, the employees of Busch Gardens dispatched a first aid team to the site and called an ambulance.
Fact 4: Mrs. Gray’s daughter, Ruth, went with her in the ...

John Locke’s Social Contract Theory:

Introduction:
The Social Contract Theory argues that people’s morals and obligations depend on an agreement among them in order to form the society in which they reside. John Locke's argues that the state of nature of man is perfect, and no one is to interfere each other’s’ lives. He states that even though the state of nature is one without punishment from the authority, it is not pre-moral (Friend, 2004). In Hobbes's argument, he points out that without identification and recognition of a universal authority, chaos is the order of man. In contrast to this, Locke and ...

Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and for many years its development depended on the business strategy that effectively addressed the so-called Porter’s Five Forces. However not always the company was able to take the correct steps in order to stay at the top of the competition. There were several troublesome periods and changes of the CEOs and other top managers in order to respond to the crisis or bad financial performance. Nevertheless, Apple was able to create several competitive advantages that later helped the company to become one of the most respected companies in the computer industry. ...

The Apple and FBI, privacy against law enforcement, debate that was shaping to be a landmark showdown took a surprising turn as things ended without further tussle. What was expected to be a battle turned out as a “never mind” after the FBI managed to retrieve data from an iPhone used by a terrorist of San Bernardino.
The journal estimates that, with the retrieval of the information on the iPhone, few people expect a conclusion to the developed case. However, the legal experts have different ideas on what the FBI and Apple dispute means and would result to, especially ...

The decision taken by the Court of Special Appeals was to reverse the judgment that had been previously made in the case of Hovnanian Land Investment Group vs. Annapolis Towne Centre. The intermediate court had made the decision by determining that that the existence of a “non-waiver” clause was not dispositive for the waiver inquiry, the determination is a factual one which requires resolution of inferences and disputes. Taking the judgment positively the court was able to and the legal principles in which the court made its decision was the existence of waiver clauses. This judgment was also beneficial in ...

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. V. Federal Commission
[United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 515 F3d 447 (2008)]
FACTS: The Chicago Bridge and Iron Company and its United States subsidiary, Chicago Bridge and Iron Company (Petitioner) is a company that was engaged in designing, engineering, and constructing industrial storage tanks for liquefied natural gas and other gases. In this market the Petitioner and another company, Pitt-Des Moines, Inc., were the dominant firms. The Petitioner acquired all the assets belonging to Pitt-Des Moines, Inc. in the year 2001 for 84 million dollars. The Respondent preferred charges against the Petitioner ...

Purposes of law

In broad terms, the major function of the law is act as a platform or system of order that levies punishment for crimes that have been defined by the same law. Another function of law is to ensure that there is a uniform fairness across all boards of the justice system. In the business environment, the law also provides a platform whereby disputes between different parties are resolved, and the legal rights of the different parties in the business are also discussed. It is of the essence to note that the law is also used in businesses as a catalyst that is used ...

U.S. v. Waldon

The decision in this case is an affirmation of the United States Court of Appeals of the decision rendered by an inferior court concerning the death sentence of the appellant. The defendant sought the reversal of the death penalty passed on him by relying on some irregularities committed by the grand jury. The appellant claimed the trial judge acted contrary to the language used in the Federal Death Penalty Act (FDPA).

Facts of the Case

Waldon was the deputy sheriff at Jacksonville’s Sheriff Office (JSO). Between 1994 and1997 he served on the SWAT team. In April 1197, Waldon was ...

Introduction

Every lawyer can prove that modern justice system is not perfect. There are such cases that can be tried for months and even years. When such a case appears, a judge might find it difficult to sentence a defendant. This case study is devoted to a thorough analysis of one of such cases – the case State of New Jersey vs. Sonney Pelham. The essay will be divided into several parts. The first part will contain a brief case descriprtion.The second part –mens rea – will be devoted to the issue of innocence of the defendant. The third part – actus reus- will be dedicated to the ...

RE: EXPRESS OF NO MERIT ON THE CASE FILED BY SOFIA LUI’S FAMILY

Question Presented
The question I raise is that, was Uber system responsible for the death of Sofia Lui, and was the case filed by Sofia’s family has any merit?

Short answer

According to the arguments raised by the plaintiffs, Sofia Lui family represented by Attorney Christopher Dolan; there is no evidence linking Uber System to the death of Sofia Lui. The driver in contention was a contractor who had been given a job by Uber System but at the moment of the accident, the driver in mention did not have any account with the company. Mr. Muzaffar, the driver, was not ...

H.R. 1412, the Justice and Integrity Act of 2009

H.R. 1412, the Justice and Integrity Act of 2009
A Report from Rep. Steve Cohen (d-tenn.), Discussing Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System That He Can Use To Move This Bill Forward in Congress

Introduction

According to Research Advocacy for Reform (2013), male Americans of black descent are six times more likely to be imprisoned than white males. Additionally, they are 2.5 times more likely to be incarcerated that Hispanics. If this trend continues, it is clear that every black American born today should expect to go to prison ...

ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT V. NEWDOW, NO. 02-1624
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, No. 02-1624

Introduction

On 24th march, 2004 the case between Elk Grove Unified School District and Newdow was heard in the U.S supreme court. The court was to determine and rule on two essential issues concerning the case. The Supreme Court was therefore to determine whether Newdow who was the plaintiff and a noncustodial parent had standing in challenging recitation of the pledge by Elk Grove Unified School District. If the court ruled in favor of the plaintiff then, it was also to determine ...

Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Theory

Both supermarket managers’ mode of leadership can be explained using Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational theory that states that successful leadership is achieved by opting for the right leadership style and the sub-ordinates readiness (Robbins & Judge, 2007). Readiness is the willingness and ability to carry out a certain task. The degree of willingness and ability is determined by the experience that one has in doing the tasks required. Alex and Stephanie are mature workers in their fields of work since they have over three months experience, and they understand their duties. Jonathan uses the recommended form of leadership whereby ...

Introduction

The U.S. government is created in such a way that the power to make decision is not unilateral. As such no single person can become omnipotent. Consequently, the system of government is divided into three branches which are: the judiciary, legislature and the executive. Every branch is endowed with specific functions. This is properly illustrated in endeavors where ideas are transformed into law.

The Executive

Basically denotes the president, the cabinet as well as the federal agencies and commissions. Usually, the creation of the law begins with the agenda setting. This is commonly done by the president in the state of the ...

Landmark Antitrust Case Study Assignment

Dr. Mozayeni

Assigned #:__________________________
Monopoly 221 U.S. 1, Standard Oil of New Jersey v. U.S. (1911)
1. Write a 100- word abstract of the case, including the date of the case.
The Standard Oil of New Jersey v. U.S. was a case that took place in 1911 and gave the Supreme Court gave its verdict on May 15, 1911. In this case, the Supreme Court of the United States found Standard Oil of New Jersey as being guilty of engaging in monopolistic and anticompetitive actions. These actions of the Standard Oil were as an attempt to monopolize the ...

Interview Questions: A Critical Review

Interview Questions: A Critical Review
According to Agyei and Christopher (2016), “getting the right people in the right place at the time doing the right job is an essential element of recruitment and selection process in organizations”. Therefore, it is important for managers to design selection strategies and interview questions thoughtfully.
This paper contains the review and assessment of the interview questions used by Southwood School District for their recruitment process. It further lists suggestions and corrections that can be opted for the future interview processes. Though the school improved a lot from its previous method of selection by ...

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The case ‘Managing Dynamic’s New Melbourne Team’ is all about understanding team development, team roles, task interdependence, groups dynamics, team effectiveness, and potential issues among team members that may arise with the passage of time. The case exhibits an example of a London-based global media agency named Dynamic, which is operating across all the major geographical locations including Europe, United States, and Asia Pacific. While perpetually expanding to Asia Pacific regions such as Singapore, India, Japan, and Taiwan; it has now chosen Shanghai as its new corporate destiny. With the aim of Chinese expansion, the ...

Dennys Rodriguez v the United States 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

The United States Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States
The Judge Writing the Decision
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Facts of the Case/Brief Summary
The main issue for the court’s determination here was the constitutionality of an extended traffic stop, search, and seizure using a law enforcement officer’s detection dog to cover areas not initially covered by the reasonable suspicion of an offence having been committed. The brief facts are that the appellant was driving in violation of the laws of Nebraska State. Officer Struble ...

I have rarely heard of unethical conduct by a juror, but I found a recent article on ctpost dated May 25, 2016, entitled “Juror dismissed after taking court exhibit” by Daniel Tepfer. In Bridgeport, Louisiana, a jury had convicted Amelia Rhodes of “possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle, reckless driving and using a motor vehicle without the owner’s permission”. The jury was set to determine the defendant’s guilt on another charge a couple days later. However, prior to determining the guilt or innocence of the defendant, the jury foreman was dismissed from the jury after ...

As the human resource representative of the company, I received a detailed letter from the two of our former employees John Smith and Mark Koney about how the company is handling their retirement issue. The two feel discriminated and isolated and as they are no longer treated as people who were assets to the company. Mark Koney and John Smith worked for our company for a span of over 30 years and retired two years ago after attained the mandatory retirement age. Since leaving the company two years ago, they have not received any communication from the management regarding ...

Abstract

The God squad group, mainly made of boys in junior and senior years, uses the 9/11 attacks as a rallying point for combination of white supremacist, racist, anti-Semitic, ant-Islamic, anti-immigrant, ant-gay, nee-fascist dogma mixed with a good dose of anti-abortion and fundamentalist Christian diatribe. The group catches the attention of the administration when they show up at school all wearing their uniforms and distributes the first edition of their weekly "newsletter". The” newsletter” contains highly offensive diatribes on how it is the "the duty of all true Americans to fight against the forces trying to destroy our country". The ...

Introduction

A criminal justice process is normally followed to ensure an individual’s rights are not abused. According to Moak and Carlson (3), the criminal justice process aims to ensure that relevant fact-finding is conducted in an effort to establish the truth. The criminal justice procedure needs to be done in accordance or by not being in contrary to an individual’s right as stipulated in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteen amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Moak and Carlson (4) note that a criminal justice process needs to involve intensive cross-examination of both prosecution witness (the arresting officer and ...

Federalism as a system of government in the United States of America is one democratic governance. It ensures that power is vested in the people, as opposed to a central government and the political structure that come with it. Federalism has played a great role in the economic development of the Union. It is believed that it is in America that one would find the most stable democracy in the whole world. So below is a case study of three states with distinctive types of federal governments within them.

California State Government

California is among the few states that practice direct democracy in the United States ...

The software industry is an information intensive industry, whose output consists of well coded instructions that guide in the operations of gadgets like phones, smart machines, computers, and tablets. The inputs and outputs of this trade consist of intangibles, the prices of which contain substantial Schumpeterian payments. The rewards of innovators in the software industry of the 1990s were extraordinary, illustrated by the meteoric rise of Bill Gates to control the largest individual wealth in the world. The current software industry is consequently an extreme sample of an industry where the revenues to innovators investments, and in other cases ...

Gideon v. Wainwright - 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
Gideon v. Wainwright - 372 U.S. 335 (1963)

Clarence Earl Gideon was accused with breaking and entering in order to commit a petty larceny – the crime which is qualified as a felony pursuant to the Florida law. As Gideon appeared in court, he announced that he would not be able to afford legal representation of a counsel thus asking the judge to appoint an attorney at the state`s expense. The judge denied defendant`s motion on the grounds, that under the Florida law the state can appoint a counsel for the indigent defendant ...

A chain of eleven random explosions has taken place in an area that traverses two states and seven counties. The random explosions resulted in five deaths, 32 injuries and significant property damage. In all eleven cases, the explosions were detonated remotely. The Virtual Police Department of Maryland (VDP) will be the lead investigative agency because the first three attacks were within its jurisdiction. Two suspects were recognized and arrested, one adult male and the other a teenage male. Search and seizures were exercised, and both subjects confessed to their respective roles in the collective crime.
- Model: Investigative Taskforce
...

(Professor/Instructor)
In 2001, American military forces in Afghanistan arrested American Yaser Hamdi. US military officials charged Hamdi with collaborating with the Taliban and subsequently termed as an “enemy combatant,” and detained to a military detention facility in Virginia. Virginia-based lawyer Frank Dunham filed a motion for habeas corpus for Hamdi in Federal court, initially for his own and then on behalf of Hamdi’s father.
In Dunham’s motion to declare Hamdi’s detention unconstitutional, Dunham argued that Hamdi’s “right to due process” as enshrined in the Fifth Amendment by detaining him sine die and not allowing Hamdi ...

Forensic Evidence 1: Kumho Tire Co. V. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137 (1999)Facts
Patrick Carmichael was driving his minivan on July 6, 1993 when its right rare tire burst was causing the van to turn over. As a result, one passenger died, and several others sustained injuries. Carmichael, enjoined by the survivors and the deceased’s representatives, instituted an action against the tire manufacturer and distributor. They claimed that the accident was caused by a fault in the tire. The claimant’s case by and large relied on the expert opinion of a tire failure analyst. According to the expert opinion, ...

CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT COURT

Civil Action No. 35 of 2014
IN THE MATTER OF; THE CUSTODY OF CHASTITY
SALLY BRIGHT. PETITIONER
VERSUS
JOHN BRIGHT .. RESPONDENT

Comes Sally Bright, by counsel and in her Memorandum she states as follows:

I. FACTS
The petitioner was married to the respondent and later separated due to marital difficulties. Later, the petitioner filed a divorce petition and the court granted her temporary custody of their daughter. However, the court granted the respondent weekly visitation a right in regard to their child .The issue is that the respondent wants custody of the child.
II. ISSUES

A.SHOULD THE PETITIONER BE GRANTED CUSTODY OF THE CHILD?

California family code 320-322 provides that the judge should consider the interests ...

Foundation Course-

- Article: Creating Shared Value
The shared value concept encompasses policies and practices to enhance a firm’s competition as well as social and economical decision in the area of operations. The government pressurizes firms and makes shared value hard to achieve. Porter and Kramer (2011, p.63) asserts that the government has to collaborate with the businesses to achieve success in the society. The shared value concept focuses to connect the society and economic progress. A society must regulate the market to influence the government policy decisions. Shared value concept recognizes societal needs created by the firms’ internal costs. ...

Miranda v. Arizona, Terry v. Ohio

Facts of the case
Ernest Miranda kidnapped and raped an 18-year old woman on her way back home from work after parting company with her coworker on alighting from a bus they had both travelled in. The victim could not identify the perpetrator even though police brought in several suspects. At one stage t police suspected her complaint itself. They made undergo lie-detector test but the test neither could confirm nor deny her innocence. However, after a week of the incident, the victim on her own found the victim and gave leads about him ...

Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005)
Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005)

This was a case concerning a projected that was designed to create at least 1000 jobs, which would in turn lead to an increase in revenue through increased tax collection. Moreover, it was also the intention of the project designers that it would revitalize the economy of the city, more so the waterfront and downtown areas. The project received the consent from the requisite authorities in the city of London to commence in the year 2000. In order to realize ...

In the year 2008, a young woman Casey Anthony was accused a first-degree murder of her two year old daughter Caylee .She was also charged with other offences which include; aggravated manslaughter, providing false information to the law enforcement and aggravated child abuse. Casey Anthony was accused of providing false information by pleading not guilty of the charges and that the baby was kidnapped by a baby sitter .The case drew a lot of media attention and this forced the judge to keep the location of the jury selection secret for a very long time. The charges against Anthony gained ground due to the ...