The actuality of the case of State v. Stewart consist of a variety of mental, physical and emotional abuse in which Peggy Stewart had been “pushed” in her own mind to kill her husband to escape from his toxic and cruel behavior. As a result, the facts of the case are a wide variety that contributed to Peggy’s “imminent danger” state of mind when deciding whether her actions were truly self-defense. These include the abuse at hand, physiological trauma that Peggy experienced, and professional opinions about Peggy’s actions. An important factor of the case is Peggy Stewart’s significant abuse by her husband, Mike. Additionally, Mike’s abuse was not only to Peggy; but also to her daughter, Carla.…
Nearly one month later, on July 10, 1977, Craig’s body was found floating in a nearby strip-mine pond that had already been intensely searched in the first few days and weeks following his disappearance (Flynn, Grace). An autopsy report determined that there was no definite cause of death, but then again authorities had poured fuel on the body at the time of discovery to “kill maggots” supposedly. This move disabled all ability to make determination of cause of death from tissue samples. The sheriff at the time, along with the grand jury, recommended that the case remain open (Flynn, Grace). After several years, Craig Lloyd Graham’s cause of death is still listed as unknown with no new facts or evidence to help find out who committed this terrible crime (“Craig Lloyd Graham”).…
Brianna Kalas September 28th,2016 Pol 344 Gibbons V. Ogden 22 U.S. 1 (1824) Facts: Aaron Ogden also know as the governor of New Jersey at the time and Thomas Gibbons were former business partners, who found themselves against one another in this historical case. Ogden was granted a New York license to run ships between New york city and New Jersey, while Gibbons had a federal license to run his ferry business from Elizabethtown New Jersey to New York city. Therefore, the two businesses were in competition with each other, leading Ogden to sue Gibbons in the New york courts. Ogden’s victory in the first case was based on his New York steamship license.…
Gideon v. Wainwright,372 U.S. 335 (1963) Parties: Plaintiff: State of Florida (the prosecutor) Defendant: Gideon Petitioner to the Florida Supreme Court: Gideon (on a writ of habeas corpus) Respondent to the Florida Supreme Court: State of Florida Petitioner to the United States Supreme Court: Gideon (on a writ of certiorari) Respondent to the United States Supreme Court: State of Florida History: Gideon was charged with a misdemeanor (B & E).…
The United States Congress established a federal Bank of the United States through a legislative act. The federal Bank had created a branch for operation in the state of Maryland. According to Maryland laws, any bank within Maryland without a state charter will be imposed a tax by the Maryland state government, and the branch of the Bank of the United States is one of the non-chartered banks. McCullough, a cashier for the Second Bank of the United States, was operating in Maryland and issued banknotes without paying the tax. The State of Maryland sued McCullough for not paying the tax in an argument that the Bank was unconstitutional due to the lack of specification of the power to create a bank in the Constitution .…
1. Case Name: Burnham v. Superior Court Case Citation: 495 U.S. 604 (1990) Issue: If a person is in another state on business unrelated to a legal matter before a court, does that state have jurisdiction over that person? Rule of Law: If a person is physically in a state, then that State has jurisdiction over that person regardless of the reason they are in the state. Rationale: Due process is possible for each person within the state that has jurisdiction over the person.…
Justin Ngo Mr. Navarro Government 6 December 2017 Landmark Supreme Court Cases Part II Gideon v Wainwright A Florida man by the name of Charles E. Gideon was charged for breaking into a poolroom with the intent of conducting a misdemeanor.…
In 1998, Hugh Caperton filed a lawsuit against A.T. Massey Coal Co., Inc and was found liable for $50 million in damages in a state trial court in West Virginia. Prior to the hearing, Caperton motioned for the presiding justice in the case, Brent Benjamin, to recuse himself, seeing as though Massey’s C.E.O. had donated nearly $3 million dollars to Benjamin’s campaign. In 2009, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Benjamin’s failure to recuse himself, seeing as he had a personal connection to one of the parties in the case, was a direct violation of the Due Process Clause stated in the fourth teeth amendment (CAPERTON v. A.T. MASSEY COAL CO., INC.). The Caperton v. Massey case proposed the question, “how much power and impact does election campaigning have on judicial bias. Should state judges be appointed over elected?”…
In the case of State v. Evans, 671 N.W.2d 720, (2003). , we see the distress of the victim that suffered from both harassment and stalking from her predator for a period that span more than three years (Brody and Acker, 2010). The harassment aspect that Hubert Evans summited the victim, Rebecca Arnold, to started out at a very slow rate with it become more intense and leading to stalking over years leading to the arrest of Mr. Evans and criminal conviction for harassment and stalking (Brody and Acker, 2010). The criminal charges were heard by a judge and jury where Mr. Evans gained a criminal conviction for the charges that he faced in the trial. The criminal conviction of Mr. Evans lead to his appeal to the State of Iowa Appeals court to evaluate the case as it relates to the state statute for harassment and stalking (Brody and Acker, 2010).…
An example of this would be during the civil war, when Pierpont financed a deal so Arthur Eastman could purchase obsolete rifles from the U.S., later modify them, and sell it back for six times the original price. Pierpont’s tactics for conducting business for conducting business were very straightforward. Pierpont’s deals were on a take it or leave it basis which earned him a reputation of being brusque and abrupt but also fair. He was not driven by a tremendous desire for money but for setting finances right and doing things the right way.…
ARGUMENT I. DEFENDANTS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD BE GRANTED BECAUSE PLAINTIFF CONSENTED TO AND WELCOMED THE SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS WITH DEFENDANTS. There remains a split in authority as to whether, as a matter of law, an inmate can consent to sexual relations with a correctional officer. Carrigan v. Davis, 70 F. Supp. 2d 448, 460 (D. Del. 1999). The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Eighth Circuits have held that an inmate's Eighth Amendment rights are not violated when she consents to sexual relations with a guard.…
Dred Scott an enslaved man from Missouri. After the death of his first master – Peter Blow, Dred Scott was sold for John Emerson was an army surgeon. The second owned took him into Illinois and Wisconsin, where slavery was banned by Missouri Compromise 1820. In 1836, Dred Scott got married to Harriett Robinson was also a slave. They had four children: two boys died infancy and two girls.…
The Dred Scott Decision was one of the most important cases ever in the United States and was heard in St. Louis’ Old Courthouse. The two trials of Dred Scott in the years 1847 and 1850 were just the very start of a complicated series of multiple events and hastened the beginning of the Civil War. Dred Scott spent nearly his entire life as a slave, and was also illiterate. He lived with his owner in a free state before his return to the slave states of Missouri. March 1857, was the date where Dred fought for his freedom.…
In the founding of America, the founding fathers formed much of the structure that America is based on today. In the world today we still follow the same Federal System that the Americans did in the 1800’s. There have been many Supreme Court cases that have left an impact on our country, but none have left the impact that the Dred Scott versus Sanford decision left. In order to understand the Dred Scott versus Sanford case one must know: the function of the Supreme Courts , who Dred Scott was, and the impact that the case left on future presidents choosing their Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court was founded in 1789 because of the Judiciary Act of 1789.…
Dred Scott Ruling In the Supreme Court’s decision on Dred Scott’s many consequences brought tension surrounding the issue of slavery in the United States. “In the case, the Supreme Court rules that Scott was still a slave, and therefore, he had no right to file the suit in the United State court as he was not a citizen and did not have any legal rights” (Horton). This case may have been the one of most controversial in American history due to the fact that it deals with such a disputable topic as slavery. In this paper, I will discuss legal and cultural events from the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that may have flared the start of the Civil War.…