anal sex. They also challenged the court that the court did not take into consideration the Clause on Equal Protection. They were fined two hundred dollars and also an order to pay off one hundred and forty-one US dollars (Torges, 2005). The court of appeal considered the argument of the defendant under both clauses and after the hearing, they rejected the argument of the Constitution and reign forced the conviction. They held the view that…
McClatchey makes two arguments against the reasonableness of such an inference. He first contends that his surprise at learning of the failure to provide services and his directive to McGrath and legal counsel to investigate and remedy that situation belies an inference of criminal intent. McClatchey also argues that his actions throughout the negotiation process cannot give rise to an inference of his criminal intent because they were entirely directed and controlled by legal counsel. Here,…
For any temporarily suspended lawywer, disbarred, or non lincesed attorney in the state of California, that is license in antoher state may not practice law. If they continue to offer any adivc, representation, make court appearances, and draft legal documents of any kind of legal matter as it would relate to a particular case law for a client. They would be in violation of UPL. advising an individual on law and legal matters as it relates to a particular case being presented at the time. If…
holding discharged. Appellant had a previous felony conviction; under Kansas law possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is itself a felony. HISTORY: Defendant was convicted at a first trial of unlawful possession of a firearm (from which no appeal was taken), and was convicted at a second trial of murder in the first degree, done in the commission of a felony. The collateral felony was unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. Defendant appealed. ISSUE: Can unlawful…
he was sold an ungradable sports card by Mark. Mark claimed that Fitl did not inform him of this defect on time due to which he was not liable for any damages faced by him. Court decided in favor of Fitl and awarded him $17, 750. When Stark made an appeal in another court, this decision was maintained in favor of Fitl. In this case study, focus is towards written agreement and its accountability. In case there was a written agreement between two parties regarding grace period within 7 days to…
SCOTT V. CARPANZANO United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 556 Fed.Appx 288 (2014) FACTS: Rick Scott deposited $2 million in an escrow account into Salvatore Carpanzano’s company. Because of his violation of the escrow agreement, his funds were withdrawn. Scott was not able to recover his money so filed a suit Salvatore Carpanzano, which included his daughter Carmela Carpanzano. Scott did not make any allegations on Carmela’s part. Salvatore Carpanzano failed to cooperate with discovery…
This case took into account when Nolan Bates, a subscriber to an Internet program to find his “Match” online, sued its software developer Apricot.com for deactivating the software program. This was done after he had declined to pay the license fees of $200 monthly required for using the software for three months. Apricot.com then decided to disable the software without notifying Bates. Also, it sent a letter containing disrespectful language to Bates stating that: “Loser, the license was…
Civil litigation is the process of taking legal action against something. It starts with the Plaintiff bringing forth legal action against the Defendant. From this point, the Defendant has to respond to the Plaintiffs actions within a certain time period. Once the Defendant does respond, they can admit to it to a portion or none of the lawsuit at that time. Although if the Defendant does not respond within the time period, then the courts will step in and make a judgment on the case. Once the…
the better systems in the country because of the progress the state has made restructuring the system and developing a more professionalized and independent judiciary. South Carolina’s unified judicial system consists of six courts: the Court of Appeals, Circuit Courts, Family Courts, Probate Courts, Magistrate…
A Civil Action is a 1998 film depicting an attorney, Jan Schlichtmann, played by John Travolta, and how he battles it out against two companies that ha accused of dumping toxic and harmful waste into the nearby bodies of water and the ground. The plaintiff of this case is the families that were affected by the dumping of the waste; five families in which a child of theirs died from leukemia, and so Anne Anderson, also a victim, reached out to Schlichtmann to take on this case. The companies…