In the case of Daniel Dean VS. United States Parcel of America, Mr. Dean was terminated unfairly. Dean worked for UPS for 24 years. He was a dedicated, motivated individual who made UPS his life. He worked long hours and was promoted to a Manager position. Alas, then the trouble began. In November 2004, Dean was instructed to oversee and retain employees to account for all vehicles, equipment, and unload contents to be sorted and ready for delivery. The project he was managing was transferring
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Facts Schmerber was convicted of DWI of alcohol based on a chemical analysis that shown that he was inebriated. The police officer directed the hospital to take blood after Schmerber had been taken there after vehicle accident. The blood was taken with Schmerber refusal and request of counsel. He claims violations of his 5th and 14th amendments during this process. Determination The Supreme Court based its ruling on precedent. The court acknowledges that the State “compelled [Schmerber] to submit
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ordered Malloy to testify about his gambling. Malloy refused, thinking doing so would incriminate him. He was held in contempt of court and so he filed a habeas corpus petition. This petition eventually made it all the way up to the Supreme Court on Appeal. The question being asked was: does the 14th amendment protect a witness’s fifth amendment rights against
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Case Brief Norman Utley, Plaintiffs v. MCI, INC., MCI WorldCom Communications, INC., & MCI Network Services, INC. F/K.A MCI WorldCom Network Services, INC., Defendants. Civil action no. 3:05-CV-0046-K Facts: This is an age discrimination case arising out of MCI's decision to terminate twenty (collectively “Plaintiffs”) former MCI’s Employees. This resulted from a reduction in force ("RIF"), where the companies declining financial condition, compelled a reduction in costs of its operations between
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Virginia adjudicated against Massey Coal and made the company pay $50 million for compensations to Caperton. West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals granted review of the case, Caperton filed for the motion that Justice Brent Benjamin removed himself from the case due to the $3 million dollar donation to Justice Benjamin’s campaign when running for Supreme Court of Appeals seat. Judge Benjamin’s participation in the case was stated to be “constitutionally unacceptable appearance of impropriety”. Motion denied
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Korb v. Raytheon, 707 F.Supp. 63 (D.Mass. 1989) In this case Lawrence J. Korb was terminated from his position as vice president for Washington operations of Raytheon Corporation simply because he expressed views, publicly is direct conflict with the corporation’s economic interest. Korb was denied his claim for wrongful discharge and for a violation of the State Civil Rights Act (LAWRENCE J. KORB vs. RAYTHEON CORPORATION. (n.d.). Korb had been with the United States Department of Defense for about
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LP 2 Seminar Assessment: Dollar General Corp., et al. v. The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, et al., No. 13-1496, U.S. Sup. Following the LA6100 course –Legal Environment for Global Organizations Anh Quoc Nguyen National American University Question 1: What are the questions the court is deciding in this case? First of all, there are multiple issues involved in this case which are as follows: • A fact that the tribal court had the power to exercise jurisdiction of the non-Indian,
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John Shepherd was an employee of AutoZone and his Doctor stated he should not mop the floors due an injury. With Dr. Katchen’s documentation and along with Mr. Shepherd’s request not to mop the floors AutoZone still made him mop daily. When Mr. Shepherd performed the duties it caused him more pain than he had before. The legal issue here is that Auto Zone did not comply with Dr. Katchen’s recommendation and this is against the Americans with Disability Act. They did not comply with the Doctor and
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Hernandez V Texas was a case trialed against Pedro Hernandez for the murder of a man who went by Joe Espinsona. Whilst Hernandez was being trialed, he and others decided to challenge what they knew as “the systematic exclusion of persons of Mexican origin from all type of jury duty in at least seventy counties in Texas.” With that, the Supreme Court appealed to Hernandez's conviction based on the fact that Mexican Americans were treated as a class and subject to social discrimination in Jackson
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After the proceedings of the civil suit in which the Estate of Khalil Harris sued Officer Brian Cruise Jr., for the wrongful death of Harris, the clear decision is to find for the defendant. On the night of the incident, Mr. Khalil Harris and Ms. Starr Carter were driving home from a party where there had been gunshots. Officer Brian Cruise Jr. pulled their vehicle over as a result of a broken taillight and suspicion of speeding. Moveover, the interior of the car was green, a common label of the
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