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Tinker v. Des Moines case Complete Citation Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969) Parties Involved in the Case John F. Tinker, fifteen years old, his younger sister Mary Beth Tinker, thirteen years old, and their friend Christopher Eckhardt, sixteen years old. Date and Place Where the Case Was Tried This case was contended on November 12, 1968. The court was chosen February 24, 1969. In a 7-2 choice, the Supreme Court decided that the…

wearing of black armbands on school property. If any student came to school wearing an armband, they would be suspended. The three students decided to come to school wearing the armbands, and they were suspended. The students decided to sue the school district, through their parents, and the case ended up going all the way to the United States Supreme Court. The duration of the entire case lasted four…

support to end the war in Vietnam. This meeting contained adults and students in the Des Moines school district who all had a similar goal, a truce between America and Vietnam. To portray their support the group decided to wear black armbands throughout the winter holiday season. Even though this is a peaceful protest, the Des Moines school district did commend these actions. The school district released this avowal on December 14th, “... any student wearing an armband to school would be…

when they are paying for it on their own accord. The Sixth Amendment rights state, “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in…

offense is inadmissible unless admitted according to the Tennessee rule or United States Constitution (National district attorneys’ association, 2011). The sexual behavior of a victim is inadmissible unless admitted in accordance with the procedures in subdivision (d) of Tennessee’s law and the evidence is: 1. Required by the Tennessee or United States Constitution (National district attorneys’ association, 2011). 2. Given by the defendant on the issue of credibility of the victim. However,…

LAWSUIT FILED OVER PUBLIC DEFENDER A Eureka criminal defense attorney on Friday filed a petition with the Humboldt County courthouse asking for a court order to fire the public defender that started in February. Patrik Griego, an attorney with the Janssen Malloy law firm, petitioned the court to compel county officials to fire David Marcus on the grounds the public defender is unqualified. Griego also asked for a judge to declare the county’s hiring process for the county’s top defense position…

The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, and District Courts (History of the Federal Judiciary). As the United States got larger so did the amount of judges needed to sit for the ever-expanding court system. Eventually the court system was expanded to ninety-four District Trial Courts, thirteen Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court (Court Role and Structure). The ninety-four Federal District Courts are organized into twelve Regional Circuits and each of those is…

Last March, Schuyler County District Attorney Joseph Fazzary made a verbal agreement with the protesters. The agreement said if those arrested don't purposely get re-arrested, at least a hundred of their cases would be dropped. "Well on April 22nd, approximately 19 new protesters were arrested and from the prosecutions point of view, that negated the agreement having to do with our position on the interest of justice motion," said Assistant District Attorney John Tunney. Even though the…

PLAINTIFF = Richard Ceballos, calendar deputy for the District county attorney office DEFENDANT = Gil Garcetti, District Attorney RELEVANT AND MATERIAL FACTS (LIST JUST 5 OR LESS): 1. Richard Ceballos, an employee at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office in 1989 and his duties as a calendar deputy were described as certain supervisory responsibilities over other lawyer. 2. In February 2000, Ceballos was approached by defense attorney, who informed him, that he filed a motion for…

Female attorneys employed by Farmers Insurance Co. filed suit alleging that the company paid them less than the male attorneys employed by the company. The pay discrimination class action group reached a $4.1 million deal with the insurance company in California federal court. The settlement amount is to be split amongst 300 women who either are or were employed by Farmers as attorneys working as claims litigators throughout the past 4-5 years. The agreement requires that Farmers Insurance Co.…