Appeal

In the Right-to-Know law case, Paint Township appeals from the 21 of October in 2013 order of the court of common pleas of Clarion County (Trial court) directing the Township to retrieve data from the publicly funded cell phone of Randy Vossburg, Chairman of the township’s Board of Supervisors, and provide retrieval records to Robert L. Clark (Requester). The township was ordered by the court to provide requesters with phone records concerning township business after Mr Vossburg’s cell phone was…

Courts and the U.S. Courts of Appeals. At least one District Court is located in each state; they are the first instance in the federal system (Chemerinsky, 2011). In the District courts, judges sit alone to hear cases. In addition to this type of judge, there is a bankruptcy judge and magistrate judges all falling under the district courts. On the next level are the circuit courts of appeals. These are 12 in the country with a panel of judges that hears the appeals from different districts. At…

situation. If you wish to be as prepared as possible, understanding the basic structure of anatomy of the lawsuit can be very beneficial. The anatomy of the lawsuit can be broken down into four basic sections or stages: pleading, discovery, trial and appeal. The pleading stage of a California lawsuit begins when a plaintiff files a complaint with the California Superior Court. This is a statement that lists allegations. If allegations included in the complaint are proved, the Plaintiff is…

“A Nation of Vidiots” is a synopsis of the growing consumption of televised programming within the United States and throughout the rest of the world. Jeffrey Sachs is the author of this writing; and in the writing the author goes into not only the consumption of television, but also the issues that said consumption is causing. Jeffrey Sachs states in this writing “in the 1950’s, fewer that 8% of American households owned a TV, but by 1960, 90% of homes had one” (441). Sachs talks about the fact…

Overview of the Case: Michael Feeney was charged with second-degree murder and was held responsible for the murder of Frank Boyle, an 85-year-old in the small northern town of Likely, B.C. On June 8, 1991, at around 8:20 a.m, Frank’s neighbour found him lying on his back in the living room. Frank was hit severely five times with a crowbar. Blood was spattered all over the walls and the house was looted and his money. Also, sportsman cigarettes and beer was missing. Frank’s car; a red Datsun…

The 1931 Al Capone Case of Al Capone could be described as an attempt to prosecute whatever will stick. More specifically, Linder states that a man who could not be punished for murder, is later punished for tax-evasion (Linder “All Capone Trial (1931): An Account”). However, the trial itself was not easy. More specifically, the witnesses needed to be made up of individuals who would turn on Capone (Linder “All Capone Trial (1931): An Account”). Even more so, Capone attempted to influence the…

The Highest Court and Final Court of Appeal in Canadian justice system build up the Supreme Court of Canada. The Supreme Court offers permission to over 40 litigants of appeal decisions annually that are rendered by the federal, provincial, and territorial appellate courts. The court gives the ultimate expression of the decision and application of the Canadian law. Besides, the lower courts abide by these decisions. The Supreme Court was created by an act of parliament in 1875. There are cases,…

distress and resentment among million of white working- and middle class Americans” ("Trump And American Populism") This statement from the article shows an appeal to emotions in how Trump has managed to relate to the average American 's emotions of fear and insecurity and has therefore earned their trust. Another way that this article shows the appeal to Pathos is when it talks about how Donald Trump has made statements stating that the United States should close our borders going into Mexico…

Facts: This case was brought about when Jean Price, the plaintiff, filed a lawsuit against Lorene Ellis and Henrietta Glayson, the defendant and co-defendant, claiming that they had maliciously and falsely accused ms. Price of adultery and defamed Ms. Price’s reputation to her husband. On May 9th, 1995, Ms. Glayson called the plaintiff’s husband to inform him that his wife, who was three months pregnant, had an affair with another man and that the child Ms. Price was carrying could possibly be…

the judge concluded that “her confused medical condition resulting from her underlying senility and depression warrants the exercise of the jurisdiction of this court” (Lane v. Candura , 376 N.E.2d 1232) through the appointment of a guardian. The appeal court transcribed the trial court's decision as enough evidence to support the legal incompetency claim, due to the absence of causal relation in irrationality and legal competency. Mrs. Candura's traits of lucidity and confusion, distorted…