Klopfer vs North Carolina In 1967, Peter Klopfer, was an African-American biology professor at the University of Duke in North Carolina. One evening, he was present at a nonviolent sit in; which lead to his arrest later on for trespassing. This incident lead him all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 13.
Karla Coronel Chapter 20 Problems 6) In my opinion the director is not responsible for the destroyed antiquity. For the following reasons: The agent's careless actions were not within his job. If the agent acts negligently out of his employment with the principal, the principal is not liable for damages caused by the actions of the agent.
MILLERSBURG — A Wooster man on Wednesday was given a chance to avoid prison when he was sentenced to complete a treatment program for admittedly being in possession of methamphetamine. Shaun Hall, 38, 540 High St., previously pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to aggravated possession of meth. In exchange for his guilty plea, a related charge of aggravated trafficking in meth was dismissed. Hall had faced up to a year in prison for the charge, and Judge Robert Rinfret imposed a term of 11 months, but immediately suspended the period of incarceration in favor of five years of community control, which includes the condition he complete a treatment program at the Stark Regional Community Corrections Center.
Robert Jordan, along with 500 others, took a written test for consideration to be a police officer in one of several cities and towns in southeastern Connecticut on March 16, 1996 (Jordan v. City of New London, 1999). The test was administered by “LEC” which is the Law Enforcement Council of Southeastern Connecticut, Inc. (Jordan v. City of New London, 1999). For the participating police departments, this test was used as an initial screener for likely candidates (Jordan v. City of New London, 1999). This written test utilized the Wonderlic Personnel Test and Scholastic Level Exam (WPT), which claim to gage cognitive aptitude (Jordan v. City of New London, 1999). This test actually came with a handbook that showcased recommended scores for particular jobs such a police officer and warned that higher scores needed for a job could prevent that opportunity (Jordan v. City of New London, 1999).
Williamson v. City of Houston, 148 F. 3d 462, Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit (1998) Facts: Linda Williamson worked as a police officer in a specialized division in the Houston Police Department. Williamson alleged a coworker, Doug McLeod, engaged in harassing behavior that created a hostile work environment for eighteen months. McLeod continued the harassing behavior after she told him it was offensive and to stop. Williamson reported McLeod’s harassment to their supervisor, Sergeant Bozeman.
In the case of State v. Barrett (1996), a drug detection team was brought in to conduct a random drug search of the high school on May 3, 1995 in St. Tammany Parish. Six classes were chosen by the principal, who had mentioned some of the selected classes were known to have some of the "problem" students, including the 18 year-old defendant. During the third classroom search, the defendant 's classroom, students were asked to empty their pockets and leave the room. The dogs were brought in and one of the dog 's alerted a smell on the defendant 's wallet. After the principal searched the wallet and found $400 in cash, he placed it in a different location, which the dog alerted on once again.
Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah This case is an interesting case in which a church and its affiliate’s sacrifices animals as its religion. This organization felt that they were not treated equal to other religious organizations and decides to file a case upon the city they want to locate that does not believe in such act. Facts Santeria is a type of religion that sacrifices animals, in which the Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye is one that participates in this ritual.
The case of wickard v filburn was about a was a small farmer in the state of Ohio who decides to grow extra wheat for his personal use and to feed his livestock. He got in trouble with the law because he grew too much wheat now can you believe that. Mr.filburn decides to take the situation to the supreme court wondering why or what did he do to get in trouble for harvested nearly 12 acres of wheat, the supreme court penalized him although he argued for his rights along with asking what he did wrong.
On January 15th, 2018, the defendant, Mary Taylor, was accused of refusing to serve the plaintiff, Brianna Banks, at Mary’s Diner located in downtown Atlanta. Ms Banks, an African American woman, claimed that she walked into the diner, sat herself as customers were directed to do, and, after 20 minutes of waiting in the diner during what she described as a “slow time”, was not helped by Ms Taylor. Banks then proceeded to get up from her table, caused a loud altercation with the hostess at the diner, accusing the business of being racist and claiming that “if her skin was white, she would have been helped within seconds”, and then exited the establishment. After leaving the diner, Brianna Banks went home and did some research on Mary Taylor,
Plaintiff may have been disqualified unwisely but he was not denied equal protection” (Jordan v. City of New London,
According to Dent v. City of Dallas, the court ruled that police officers performing discretionary duties in good faith and acting within the course and scope of their employment are immune from personal liability under the doctrine of qualified immunity. The question that is presented in this situation is whether or not the police officer was acting within his course and scope of his employment. As a nation we have endowed our police officers with the right and authority to enforce the laws on whom they choose. Whether or not we reach the realization to this reality however is another story. The police officer has to use his ability on whom to arrest and not arrest responsibly because his actions do affect society.
Thesis Green v. New Kent County was an important court case from 1968 dealing with desegregation in schools. Calvin Green convinced the court to establish the laws from Brown v. Board of Ed into action, giving better opportunities to all students of all races. Background Charles C. Green attended George W. Watkins school during Green v. New Kent. Schools across Virginia didn’t acknowledge the rules set in Brown, two of them being George W. Watkins for black students and New Kent for whites.
The 5 who had been jail sued New York City in 2003 for malicious prosecution. They also included racial discrimination, and emotional distress in the law suits. The city refused to settle the suits for a decade under then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It is hard for the city to say we mess up on an grand scale because the city 's lawyers felt they would win. However, after Bill de Blasio became Mayor and supported the settlement.
Title: Mendez v. Westminster (1946) Abstract: The Mendez v. Westminster (1946) was the stepping stone to ending school segregation in California. The lawsuit was led by Gonzalo Mendez and five other parents who were denied enrollment of their children in an Anglo school. This led them to protest and then file a class-action lawsuit against the Westminster School District of Orange County California. Accusing them of segregating Mexican and Latin decent students.
Yelda Khorsabad Court, who is a Human-Headed Winged Bull (Lamassu), a huge sculpture that makes you feel tiny compared to it. It is a Neo-Assyrian sculpture from 721-705 B.C. The material used to make this sculpture is gypsum alabaster. Before, it was located in Dur-Sharrukin, which is now called Khorsabad, Iraq. In 1929, the statue was relocated to Chicago.
