Appeal to flattery

I chose the following 3 states to review: California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey California: Selection Process: The governor appoints nominees to the Supreme Court and courts of appeals to 12-year terms. These judges are subject to retention elections for additional 12-year terms. Superior Court Judges are elected in nonpartisan elections for 6-year terms and may be reflected to additional 6-year terms. Qualifications: One Chief Justice and 6 associate justices are appointed by the Governor,…

How would you rate the effectiveness of Texaco’s response to the allegations of racial discrimination? I believe Texaco did a pretty good job handling the racial discrimination allegations. Mr. Bijur was very quick to address the allegations, both to the public and Texaco’s employees, and apologize for the deplorable conduct of a few individuals. Mr. Bijur vowed a full investigation and proper disciplinary actions taken against anyone proven to be guilty of these actions. In his statements,…

Jenner (Defendant) experienced an epileptic seizure while operating his vehicle that crashed into Maxine Hammontree (Plaintiffs) bicycle store causing her personal injuries and property damage to the shop owned by her. Plaintiff sued the defendant for negligence and total liability. However, the court rejected to impose absolute liability. The case was appealed by Los Angeles County Supreme Court. Facts: Jenner (Defendant) has had seizures in the past, but not since the DMV issued him a…

it valid. Facts: Defendant leased equipment from Plaintiff, who then served notice to Defendant’s agent upon the default of lease payments. Agent forwarded notice to Defendant. Procedural Posture: District Court invalidated the summons, court of appeals affirmed. 3. Case Name: Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute Case Citation: 113 L. Ed. 2d 622 Issue: Enforcement of forum selection that mandates parties submit to jurisdiction within a state specified within an agreement. Rule of…

41/12 The first report stated the future care cost to be $582,128.81. The supplemental report cost is $612,542.86. His opinions are the same in both reports. 43/23 The Plaintiff was accompanied by her husband during Dr. Gonzales’ examination of her. 44/15 He did not interview the Plaintiffs’ children. 44/23 He guesses the Plaintiff’s examination lasted between one and one and a half hours. 45/2 Most of the examination consists of discussing the Plaintiff’s medical history. 15 minutes is devoted…

Section 1 of the Sherman Act by entering into agreements that prohibited the sale of its products except in specified locations. Originally, the District Court ruled in favor of Continental T.V.; however, the decision was reversed by the Court of Appeals. When the case was finally brought to the Supreme Court, the court stated “the facts of this case do not present a situation justifying a per se rule. Accordingly, the per se rule…is overruled.” Although it only changed certain aspects of…

At this stage in the proceedings all factors weigh against plaintiff. Regarding the first factor, Plaintiff states that he lives and resides in Childress, Texas; which is over 500 miles from Defendants’ premises. It can be determined that Plaintiff does not reside near Defendants’ premises. Moving to the second factor – Plaintiff’s past patronage – Plaintiff admits that he has no history of visiting Red Rocks, other than the concert which lead to this instant action. Regarding the third…

The basic steps in the civil litigation process goes as follows: Pleadings, Discovery, Trial, and appeal. The process begins when someone files a complaint with the court. The defendant then has a set amount of time to answer the complaint and this process is called the pleadings. The next step in the litigation process is the discovery aspect. In this stage each party gathers facts and witnesses in order to support each sides case. Also, during this stage each party can request for certain…

My give an account of court perception concentrates on perceptions from two courts. The first was the Civil Justice Center. It houses the Manchester County Court and the Manchester District Registry of the High Court, and in addition Manchester City Magistrates' Family Courts, the District Probate Registry and the Regional and Area Offices of the Court Service. The second one was the Crown Court on Minsull Street in Manchester City Center for criminal court perceptions. Under the watchful eye…

Introduction Thank you for contacting me about the above-entitled case against Mount Ararat Baptist Church. This letter reviews our conversation as well as brings forth new information in the case. • We spoke about the available legal remedies to prevailing complainants in discrimination cases. 43 P.S. § 959(f). • You stated that the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission is unable to make the respondent give the complainant the position. • The manual, Practice Under the Pennsylvania Human…