Legal tender

420). This article reveals that the majority of tenants lack legal representation in housing court cases while the landlords are the only ones mainly enjoying this privilege. Legal supporters for the poor have argued that it’s crucial and necessary for poor tenants to have legal counsel in order to guarantee due process of the law which is crucial to tenants, their families and to the community (Caroll, p. 420). In order…

The form of business that Shania should engage in to open up her coffeehouse should be a limited partnership. If she were to open as a sole proprietor, although inexpensive, she is liable for everything that happens to her business, and she is the only one dependent upon supplying the necessities for the business to operate. These necessities include: the capital to start the business, property, and all other factors that are required to get a business started. By reaching out to her husband,…

-Case D267744 Exhibit A June 15, 2016 Selena Ives Attachment for Response Declaration My basis for this Writ of Execution for money judgments, is that Respondent, Mr. Hunter, has failed to comply with his court order regarding the medical co-pay for the past 16 months, pursuant to code 4062 and 4063. Exhibit A- The FOAH filed November 18, 2014 page 2-5 2.1-states starting July 1, 2014…

The defendant himself is quoted as having said “I just left it”1 implying blatant carelessness in his conduct. This solidifies the fact that his direct actions were the cause of the fire, which would support the prosecutors approach to building the case based on this failure to act. However, the decision to apply case law and create a case on the basis of omission is questionable. Alternatively, the prosecutors could have opted for an alternative and less ambiguous route of recklessness and…

When people set out to start a company, they do not realize that one of the biggest decisions that they will have to make is the one of the first, assuming that the product has been chosen. Not selecting the best type of ownership can have consequences for the owner as well as for the business itself. The types of ownership will change the cost the ease in which the company is set up, how liable the owners are, what happens when there is a death or withdrawal of an owner, the environment of…

The absence of life of an organism; permanent ending of vital processes in a cell or tissue; separation of the soul and the body; the cessation of breathing and the cessation of life, we have all heard one or more definitions of death. The real problem arises in assembling all the broken meanings of this feared state of our lives. Defining death is not merely an issue of describing this simple term; death has greater deep-rooted consequences in emergency rooms of hospitals where technology has…

Seamons v. Snow 206 F.3d 1021 (2000) Facts Brian Seamons, plaintiff, a student-athlete and member of the Sky View High School football team in Smithfield, Utah, was dismissed from the team as he refused to apologize to the team for reporting to the police and school administration of being assaulted by four teammates in the locker room. Seamons, claimed his First Amendment of free speech was violated because of his refusal to apologize to his teammates. Disciplinary action to the four…

A loved one 's heart no longer pumps blood and his brain no longer functions, yet he still lies on a frigid bed seemingly lost in the sea of hospital covers. An apathetic machine pumps blood for him, impersonating the warmth of life. Even though he looks alive, the patient is pronounced brain dead, a commonly devastating tragedy for families across the country. However, positive effects can come from this terrible disaster. A brain dead individual can donate his organs to save the life of…

Trial Summery Over the summer and fall of 2015 I Interned at the public defender’s office in Wake County. Throughout my time interning I have been working on two cases, neither of which have gone to trial neither of which have gone to trial at this stage. However, I was able to attend part of a trial for a rape case, in which our client was the defendant. By attending part of this case, I was able to experience first-hand courtroom procedures. Before discussing the trial, it is essential to…

Ever since I was six years old I knew that I wanted to become an attorney and that it would take many years of schooling. At this young age, I did not have a clue what an attorney did. All I saw was that the attorney would go to court and argue with a man. Some school days were rough. My parents both immigrants, with no education, could not help me with simple school work. I was mad and embarrassed because I felt like I did not have any support. Regardless, of their background my parents…