Chapter II: Review of Literature Antitrust Laws The antitrust law began when the United States Congress passed the very first antitrust laws in 1890. These laws were called the Sherman Act. The Sherman Act was a “comprehensive character of economic liberty aimed at preserving free and unfettered competition as a rule of trade.” These Laws existed for many years.
Maurice Clarett filed a case against the NFL, arguing that its three-year rule acted as an unreasonable restraint on trade in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Act. On the other hand, the NFL argued that its three-year rule was shielded from antitrust scrutiny by the nonstatutory labor exemption. The district court favored Clarett making him eligible for the 2004 NFL Draft. However, the NFL requested that the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit hear its motion and declared that Clarett was not eligible to participate for the draft anymore.
Richard “Bobo” Evans (pg 174) Bobo is a criminal who has been arrested for breaking and entering, grand theft auto, and fighting a guy that he killed. He is currently serving time for selling drugs. Bobo testifies for the prosecution in order to shorten his sentence.
For over 70 years the homes off of Woodlawn Avenue have been known as Hathorn Court. However, the community came together on Saturday to change the name to Woodlawn Court. "Hathorn Court has always had a stigma about it because of the crime rate that was here. We had a problem bringing it back to where it needs to be," said Property Manager, Don Paul. On Saturday, the community held a block party and clean up day.
Case Name, Citation, Year Cook v. Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA), 09-cv-00547 M.D. Fla. (2009) Facts of the Case: On June 16, 2009 parents of female athletes at FHSAA member schools filed suit against the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida alleging that the newPolicy 6 discriminates against female students according to Title IX by reducing school participation in completions by 40 percent at the varsity level and 20 percent at the sub-varsity level. The plaintiffs also stated a complaint that male driven sports where exempt from this action because cheerleading was not recognized as a sport thus breaking the Title IX law. Issues: Why did Policy 6 reduced the number of competitions
Business Law Case Study Essay: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, 573 U.S (2014) Facts: The Green family runs and owns Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a national arts and skills chain that has over 500 stores and they have over 13,000 employees. Other facts of the case are that the Green family has been able to organize the business around the values of the Christian faith and has explicitly expressed the desire to run the company as told by Biblical principles, one of which is the belief that the utilization of contraception is wicked. Also, the facts show that under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), occupation -founded group health care plans must offer certain sorts of preventative care, for example, FDA-accepted contraceptive approaches.
Sullivan for the production of his T-shirts with the words Boston Marathon. Mr. Sullivan believes that he has the right to sell his t-shirts because he was not trying to mislead the consumers; nor was he promoting that his T-shirts were being sponsored by the BAA. According to the Lanham Act, which is a federal law that grants a producer the exclusive right to register a trademark and prevents competitors from using that mark; (Twomey & Jennings pg. 202) Surnames and geographic terms are not registrable on the Principal Register. I would like to use as an example the case that was addressed in Twomey & Jennings pg. 203 where Boston Beer was denied trademark protection because it was a geographic term.
In Palmer v. Thompson, 391 F.2d 324 (5th Cir. Miss. 1967), twelve Black American citizens living in Jackson, Mississippi, filed a suit on behalf of themselves and fellow Black American citizens seeking an injunction against the Mayor and Commissioners of Jackson, its Police Chief, and its Director of Recreation, alleging discriminatory conduct in the operation of the city’s swimming pools and jails. In 1963 the “City of Jackson closed all swimming pools which it owned and operated. From that time forward “no municipal swimming facilities were opened to any citizen of either race. And the city acknowledged that it did not intend to reopen or operate any of the swimming facilities on an integrated basis. The city contended that the racial integration of the pools would endanger personal safety of all citizens and would pose a problem for officials to maintain law and order.
“Shipp”). He was taken outside to the chants of the rest of the mob and was then marched to the Tennessee River, where he was thrown in (Pfeifer, “Historic”; “Shipp”). After waiting a couple minutes, Johnson was pulled up (Pfeifer, “Historic”). There were signs of life from Johnson, so the mob shot him (Pfeifer, “Historic”). His last words were: “God bless you all.
Intellectual Property Throughout this paper you will learn of many ethical issues that may arise in relation to intellectual property. Some of these ethical issues come from the fair use doctrine, adverse possession, and patent trolls. The case of Basin Books, Inc. v. Kinko’s relates a copyright infringement, where Kinko’s tried to use the fair use doctrine, but was not given this right due to the four factors not weighing in favor of Kinko’s. The importance of protecting intellectual property weighs heavy on the growth of our economy and in numerous other areas. Intellectual property gained protection starting with the Copyright Clause of the Constitution.
A proposed class action against Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. has been filed in California federal court. Accusations that the sporting goods retailer violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) allege that the company sent text messages to consumers after they had opted out of the subscription based alert advertising program. Plaintiff, Phillip Ngiehm, states that he originally agreed to participate in the marketing program, but that he opted out in December 2015 by texting the word “stop” as instructed. According to the terms of the program, this would result in a halt of messages from the program to the subscriber – effectively removing him from the subscriber list. Dick’s acknowledged that they received the termination of his
As an observer, it has been noted multiple times that prosecutors seek to solve a case by any means necessary. But countless times it has been found that you also will use unreliable or faulty resources without having the proper evidence and right resources in order to make a closing statement. Your desperation to solve a case in a quick and timely matter is just proof that you will take anyone’s word before checking the validity and reliability of the first time informants often times taking note of his desperation and use this in order to seek entry way into a resolution. I stand before you today and acknowledge the weight you have on your shoulders to convict and solve a case.
Personal jurisdiction. This jurisdiction, by definition, is a court’s power to render a decision affecting the rights of the specific persons before the court (Kubasek, Browne, Dhooge, Herron, & Barkacs, 2017). This jurisdiction applies to this case because the lawsuit brought by Mr. Donald Margolin was filed after conducting business over the internet where funds were exchanged for a product. Therefore, the court has jurisdiction over Mr. Margolin and is required to provide a service of process to the defendants, Chris, Matt, Ian, and Novelty Now Inc.
Decades ago, children of various races could not go to school together in many locations of the United States. School districts could segregate students, legally, into different schools according to the color of their skin. The law said these separate schools had to be equal. Many schools for children that possessed color were of lesser quality than the schools for white students. To have separate schools for the black and white children became a basic rule in southern society.
Another year, another season, brings upon another investigation. Which college program or coach will be under fire this year? Each and every year in the world of college sports, a collegiate program is investigated for violating NCAA policies. From things like academic fraud, and lawsuits to more serious crimes like the child sex abuse scandal at Penn State. Legal issues arise all the time in college athletics.
