On Friday, April, 4, 2014, I observed the Vanderburgh County Superior Court to observe different family law cases. The cases I heard involved contempt of court for failing to pay child support, failure to appear for a court appointed drug test, birth certificate affidavit, request for contest hearing time, and an issue of paternity case. Magistrate Judge Sheila M. Corcoran was presiding over the family court hearings. When entering the courthouse, I was greeted by security and advised to remove any
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Legal Aspects of Decision Making- Mgt 625 Case: Shell v. R.W. Sturge Ltd. Facts: The council, society and the cooperation of Lloyd’s is not regarded as an insurance company. It is regarded instead as a market place, wherein certain individual members gather to underwrite a particular type of business. In light of this, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss for improper venue under Rule 12(b) (3) of
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CASES DISPOSED, APPEALED, AND REVERSED IN HAMILTON COUNTY COURTS Common Pleas Court Judge Fred Cartolano Thomas Crush Patrick Dinkelacker Timothy Hogan Robert Kraft William Mathews William Morrissey Norbert Nadel Arthur Ney, Jr. Richard Niehaus Thomas Nurre John O� Connor Robert Ruehlman J. Howard Sundermann Ann Marie Tracey Ralph Winkler Total Total Cases Disposed 3,037 3,372 1,258 1,954 3,138 2,264 3,032 2,959 3,219 3,353 3,000 2,969 3,205 955 3,141 3,089 43,945 Appealed Cases 137 119 44 60 127
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Case information for three Hamilton County Court systems were reviewed in depth and case information from the Common Pleas, Domestic Relations, and Municipal courts were submitted for review. This review complied information from 38 judges who had a total of 182,908 cases presented to them over a three year period. This review showed the number of cases that were disposed, appealed, and their verdicts reversed. The review was to assist in determining which judges have a greater proficiency trying
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administrator, but poor politician. William Howard Taft, a scion of a long-prominent family, was born in Cincinnati on September 15, 1857. His father, Alphonso Taft, had a distinguished career in law and foreign service. Alphonso Taft was a state judge from 1865-72, U.S. Secretary of War in 1876. U.S. Attorney General from 1876-77, Minister to Austria-Hungary from 1882-1884, and Minister to Russia from 1884-1885. Taft attended Woodward High School in Cincinnati, finishing second in his class. He
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Justice Charles Lawrence of the Illinois Supreme Court made an appalling statement in the case Bradwell v. Illinois back in 1873. "…God designed the sexes to occupy different spheres of action, and that it belonged to men to make, apply, and execute the laws…," Lawrence stated (Lupton). At that time, other justices also had the same thought; as a result, Myra Bradwell could not be allowed to be an attorney only because she was a woman. However, in 1981, according to "Sandra Day O'Connor," O'Connor
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Howard William Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Alphonso Taft and Louise Torrey. His father had served as judge for the court, so Howard William Taft felt great pressure to succeed in school from his parents. Taft began his education at Woodward High; a well known and well regarded private school in his home town of Cincinnati, he ended up graduating second in his class in 1874; as well as achieving a four year grade point average of 91.5 out of 100. After Woodward high Taft continued on to Yale
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com/about_6678588_assistant-district-attorney-job-description.html#ixzz1tRU8Bc2n Police Investigate Filing of Criminal Complaint After an alleged crime is investigated, the police initiate the criminal procedure by filing a complaint with the Magisterial District Judge (MDJ) in the area that the crime occurred. Once the complaint is filed, the MDJ will issue either a summons or a warrant of arrest, depending generally on the seriousness of the offense alleged. If issued a summons, the defendant will be notified of
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Predatory Lending Practices Predatory lending was once a major problem in the United States. This was one of the reasons for the credit crisis in 2008. Unfortunately there were a few companies that were involved in these illegal practices which will be discussed in further detail later. There are different tactics used in predatory lending and several laws were developed to help prevent future predatory lending issues. What is predatory lending? Predatory lending is any lending practice that imposes
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