Case law

due to a surplus of cattle in Texas. The law required that the Crescent City Live-Stock Landing and Slaughter-House Company allow any person to slaughter animals in the slaughterhouse for a fixed fee. Butchers sought out a suit to challenge the monopoly, stating that the state law violated their right to practice their trade. Procedural History: Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment declares: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or…

Factors Law school will be a costly investment no matter where a prospective law school student decides to go and that cost only goes up when undergraduate costs are added that are not getting paid off while they are at law school. The most important factors for a prospective law school student to consider when applying to law school to determine the quality of the investment in that law school primarily comes down to employment statistics after graduation and the cost of attending said law…

was not that many strict laws as now. During the 1960s it was a lot easier to receive a visa, so the amount of undocumented immigrants were lower and the amount of documented immigrants was higher. Many of laws that are created now were non-existed back then. A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution,…

The Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology (TL, 2016, pp. 2-7) book, confirms that sexual abuse by the mental health provider is considered an illegal and unethical course of action. Sexual abuse can be considered but is not limited to emotional, mental, and the most common form to be reported physical. Sexual abuse is known as the unwanted secual behavior from one person to another. Forms of sexual abuse include but are not limited to rape, stalking, and non-consensual gestures. In the…

When an automotive accident happens and you become injured, several questions arise. It is at this time that you require the helping hand of a professional personal injury lawyer to offer you with legal presentation and provide legal advice. During this time you may have mental as well as physical stress and you need a qualified lawyer to lead the way. Role of a Personal Injury Lawyer in Automotive Injury Claims Collection of Evidence Among other roles, this is a very crucial one. The…

as “Pacific Law Academy”. Through this particular vision of hers, she wanted to “make a difference in the lives of others” as well as “the idea of working with students who are interested in going into the legal field.” With that in mind, Pacific Law Academy boasts, having both “Law & Society” and “Mock Trial” readily available for students aspiring to go into the legal field. However what about making a difference within the lives of others? How does the school cover that? Pacific Law Academy…

This involved two potential contracts: a unilateral, ‘process’ contract followed by a bilateral, binding agreement. An offer of a unilateral, process contract was sent to the three contractors by MML. To accept the offer, they are required to submit a tender and pay a $100 administration fee to be considered for the contract to paint Eastfield plaza. In this process contract, if accepted by the contractors, MML would have an obligation to accept the lowest-priced tender that complied with the…

There were two major historical eras when it came to child custody law. The first era which lasted about 200 years, made decisions about children using divine law (Mason, 2012). The ideal family not only reflected the political balance between men and women, but also the political economy (Mason, 2012). In this first era, fathers were see as the “head” of the house hold and was in charged of everyone living under his roof (Mason, 2012). This was because children and wives were viewed as…

National Surety contends a fourteen-page settlement agreement that resolved an end-of-work payment dispute was a substitute contract, entirely replacing a multifaceted AIA Contract for the construction of an apartment complex. Assuming, arguendo, that the 2007 settlement agreement could influence the operation of the Waivers—it cannot—National Surety’s argument nevertheless fails because the plain and unambiguous terms of the settlement agreement evince an intent not to “extinguish [] the old…

Jordan, Here is my preliminary analysis based on Ms. L 's allegations, the contract images, and a review of Texas Contract law. Based on the language and the images of the contract, I don’t believe there are any defenses specifically stated. There is no termination clause that would allow Ms. L to end the agreement. Additionally, it doesn’t appear that there is a breach of contract with regard to the services that Ms. Lowe was to receive. Ms. L may have a claim for fraudulent inducement.…