On 07/15/2017, members of the Little Rock Police Department Downtown Division arrested Zachary Hicks, W/M, DOB: 10/07/1986, at 6100 Mitchell Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Hicks was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Loitering. Mr. Hicks was transported to the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility and held in lieu of bond. Mr. Hicks was assigned Street Narcotics Suspect #2017-SN-459, in reference to this incident.
The three financial ratios are important tools that judge the leverage, profitability, and liquidity. “Profitability ratios are ratios that measure the rate of return a firm is earning on various measures of investment.” (2018, p. 150) This is important to a business because the whole purpose of a business is to make a profit, profitability shows the business exactly how it is doing and if the business is achieving that goal. “Profitability ratios also have many major ratios one being return-on-equity (ROE), calculated by dividing net income (profit) by owners’ equity, measures the income earned per dollar invested by the stockholders.”
The plaintiff in this case is Douglas Faulk and the defendant is Gold Kist, Inc. The plaintiff, Douglas Faulk owned a pond in which he had stocked approximately 2000 catfish. The pond was supplied by rainwater and runoff from the adjacent land, which included land that Gold Kist, Inc. operated a fertilizer plant on. After realizing a thick layer of scum had filled his pond, and that all of his catfish had died, Faulk sued Gold Kist, Inc. claiming they had committed an alleged trespass to his property, with regard to runoff fertilizer from their bulk plant, which he claims to have created the layer of scum on his pond, and killed all of his fish.
1.1. What were the legal issues in this case? What did the appeals court decide? In this case Mr. David Dunlap, a fifty year-old black man, filed a lawsuit against Tennesse Valley Authority, alleging racial discrimination under Title VII of the the Cival Rights Act of 1964.
In this case questioning workplace harassment in terms of sexual discrimination and its prevalence to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Joseph Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services distinguishes whether or not discrimination can occur within the same sex. Joseph Oncale, a male, filed a complaint against his employer, Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. The petitioner was working at one of respondent’s service stations and he was part of an eight men team. In the complaint, Mr. Oncale is alleging that he was sexually harassed by his co-workers John Lyons, Danny Pippen, and Brandon Johnson.
Luigi Vittatoe Dr. George Ackerman ELA2603 Administrative and Personnel Law December 2, 2015 Week 6 Case Study: R. Williams Construction Co. v. OSHRC 1. What were the legal issues in this case? What did the court decide? R. Williams Construction Company petitions for review of a final order of the OSHRC for violations of the OSHA Act.
• Per summons and complaint, plaintiff claims false arrest and excessive force. Plaintiff claims that he was walking on the sidewalk when MOS approached him and asked if he swallowed something. Plaintiff states that informed MOS that he had swallowed a piece of candy then MOS arrested him. Plaintiff states that MOS struck him in the face and body. Plaintiff states that he was taken to Lutheran Hospital.
This case involves a possible violation of the First amendment by Kay Williams, a counselor at Greene County Tech primary school located in Paragould, Arkansas. Mrs. Williams decorated a bulletin board within the school with a nativity scene and included the phrase, “Happy Birthday Jesus.” According to an article written by Chad Miller of the Paragould Press (2011), the school received several complaints about the display. Miller (2011) further stated that Superintendent Jerry Noble contacted Donn Mixon, the schools attorney, who advised the school against leaving the display up. Steve Barnes writes in his article Controversy in Paragould (2011) that Mrs. Williams was at first told to take the bulletin board down.
The United States’ Constitution follows federalism, which is the division of power between state governments and the national government. Federalism is important to the Constitution because it helps prevent centralized power and allows the states flexibility to solve issues within their own states. Within federalism the states have been referred to as “Laboratories of democracy.” This term was coined by Justice Louis D. Brandeis in the New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann Supreme court case in 1932. His term made the states seem like a laboratory to experiment different policies that would have no effect on the whole country.
In Robertson v. Norton Co., plaintiff brought breach-of-warranty and strict liability claims against the manufacturer and the distributer of a ceramic-composite grinding wheel on a heavy-duty power sander/grinder. 148 F.3d at 905–06. At trial, plaintiff’s ceramics expert testified that the manufacturer’s warnings were “‘completely inadequate’ because the warning label did not explain ‘improper use,’ a copy of the safety guide was not enclosed with each grinding wheel, and the warning label’s cross references were ineffective.” Id. at 907. The Eighth Circuit held that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing the ceramics expert to testify on warnings because he was not qualified to do so.
Issue #1: May the roommate be considered a keeper or harborer of the dog, when she cared for and lived with the dog that bit her finger, causing her to receive eight stitches? Issue #2: Was the roommate teasing, tormenting, or abusing the dog when she struck it with her shoe, right before the dog lunged at her shoe and mistakenly bit her finger, causing her to receive eight stitches?
In this case, Frank, a resident from California purchased a table saw the local Home Depot store in California. Delta Company or “DC” produces and sells many products, including table saws. Their headquarters is located in New York, but they also must do business around the world. Although Delta Company sells and produces the table saws, the Home Depot store also carries them in stock. One day, Frank was in his garage when he needed to reach a toolbox off of a high shelf in his garage.
A controversial and very popular media case that took place decades ago is the Time, Inc. v. Hill. This particular case took place in 1967 in New York. James Hill and his wife and five children were victims of hostage in their Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania home by three escaped convicts in 1952. The family members were held hostage for 19 hours and the criminals were captured shortly after leaving the Hill’s home. The family received plenty of media attention and relocated to Connecticut in efforts to get away from this attention.
• If PE ratios show how much growth (Montagne is growing better and faster) o Sterling expenses are going more than depreciation which is lower than Montagne o Expected to have Montagne PE to be higher (not only by a 0.2 difference) • PE of Montagne is so low and PE of Sterling is so high because it is over valued o Very diversified with beta • [Exhibit 1]
e. (2) Another method for estimating growth rate: Another method for estimating the growth rate is to use the retention growth model: g = (1 - Payout Ratio) ROE In This is consistent with the 5% rate given earlier. e. (3) DCF method could be applied if the growth rate were not
