Student Number: Courts Graded Project Examination Number: Summary Number One Link: Article Title: “Montana Appeals Former Teacher’s One-Month Sentence for Rape of Teen” By: Karen Smith, CNN http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/30/justice/montana-rape-30-day-sentence/ Opinionated Summary Number One: In the year 2008 Cherise Morales, a fourteen year-old female from Montana, was allegedly raped by her 47-year-old teacher, Stacy Dean Rambold. This crime came with a great price, not for Rambold,
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criteria for jurisdiction. The court system is made up of many levels each with their own jurisdictional boundaries. State Trial Courts jurisdiction is usually limited to the boarders of the counties in the states they represent. State Court of Appeals hear appeals for the state in which they are in. Their jurisdiction is usually limited to the state they are in. U.S. District Courts are Federal Courts, and their jurisdiction is limited to the boundaries of the District in which they
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Mr. Davis should be taxed on the gain realized in the transfer. They brought the disagreement to the United States Court of Claims first, and the Court of Claims ruled in Mr. Davis’ favor. Then, the Commissioner appealed this case to the Court of Appeals which ruled in the Commissioner’s favor. Finally, the case reached the United States Supreme Court. ISSUE: Whether the transaction to fulfill the marital settlement is a taxable event, and if it is a taxable event, how to determine the taxable gain
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disallowed such increase in basis. Issues: The issue is whether the shareholder-guarantors should add a pro rata share of the loan to their adjusted basis and deduct operating losses to the extent of the basis. Court holdings: U.S Court of Appeals affirmed the Tax Court decision, concluding that shareholders’ basis in stock wasn’t increased by personal guarantees given as collateral and proportionate shares of NOL was limited to initial investment. Analysis and Discussion: To increase the
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law mentioned that the leave can not be indefinite they requested that the bank show burden of proof that by permitting Giuseppe’s leave it would cause the bank an undue hardship. A case involving Google is proceeding after it has gone thru an appeals court. This comes when a huge concern about online privacy has risen. The issue was targeted in 2010 when people accused the company of using their
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to bring this example of zeugma together. He understands people are scared of the world, and he stands strongly before them showing someone out there is not afraid to negotiate for peace. The metaphorical diction creates some of Kennedy's best appeals to the audience. He uses a metaphor here in a pledge to Southern nations, "to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty." Not only does his goal of liberation become more evident with the use of this metaphor, but he
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Mark Down is 74 years old and getting sick. He executed a Will that leaves all of his assets to his children; Mark also executed a power of attorney, giving his son, Slowe, the power to handle all of his financial assets. Mark is getting sick and losing competency. Mark has $300,000 in a Brokerage account, which Slowe would like to transfer to his father’s children to try and remove Marks assets to allow him to be eligible for Medicaid benefits. The issue presented is whether Slowe Down,
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Opinion filed February 26, 2013 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS THIRD DISTRICT A.D., 2013 GARY WILLMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM., Defendant-Appellee. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the 10th Judicial Circuit, Peoria County, Illinois, Appeal No. 3-12-0450 Circuit No. 11-L-252 Honorable David J. Dubicki, Judge, Presiding. JUSTICE O'BRIEN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Lytton and McDade concurred in the judgment
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After the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the East India Company held the administrative and judicial powers under itself of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. The jurisdiction of mofussil (i.e. larger areas beyond the limits of preicidency towns) was completely under the Company. The judicial organization provided by the Company in moffusil was called the Adalat System whose initial milestone was laid down in Bengal with Warren Hastings as the Governor of Bengal. With the Regulating Act passed in 1773, Warren
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MEMO Civil Rights Act 1964 (Constructive Discharge) Schedule Shift beginning on Jan 1, 2013 (Work on a Religious Holy Day) Date: March 10, 2013 Dear Mr. CEO, Pursuant to the claim made against Toy Company, LLC (“TCL”) regarding constructive discharge and working on a religious holy day, of which it is a legal concept put into practice in 1964 under the Civil Rights Act (“CRA”). I have located a few items of interest that will allow us to respond with understanding and basic knowledge. Understanding
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