Sell v. United States

How did the Paramount Decision alter the direction of film making? United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., also known as the Hollywood Antitrust Case of 1948, greatly altered the future of filmmaking in several ways. This ruling was the result of all of the major studios being sued by the United States Department of Justice in 1938 for unfair trade practices. As the result of this ruling, the major movie studios were forced to do away with block-booking of short films, reduce the…

attack on Pearl Harbor, labor unions and farmers wanted the Japanese out of California; the bombing of Pearl Harbor and World War II provided the opportunity. As the Japanese Americans rushed to comply with the executive order, most were forced to sell their homes and businesses for a mere fraction of their actual value to Caucasians farmers. It is an interesting fact that the Nisei (second generation) and Issei (first generation) living in Hawaii and making up a third of the population were…

CONTRACTS After Forest Park filed the suit against USA Network, it argued that California law should govern the contract, while USA Network argued New York state law should apply. Under California law, “contracts created by conduct are just as valid as contracts formed with words” (California Civil Jury Instructions). However, New York State requires that an enforceable contract must have a specified and agreed upon price. After much discussion, the court decided that California had…

On the plus side of globalization, money is transferred quickly, news travels faster, and people are educated at the touch of a button with the advancements of the internet. At the same time, the text defines globalization as the interconnected web of contacts that extends across the globe giving ease to businesses in which they can communicate and transport goods (Schultz 2014). As for the negative side, I believe globalization has some effects on American businesses and on the environment that…

sections. The first section states the creation of the NPS and establishes…

to the United States already possessing the social and human capital that [enabled] them to exercise residential mobility, bypassing the ethnic enclaves others [had] to work their way out of” (Davis 169). Drawing heavily from the middle class, many Asians and Asian Americans possessed the economic funds to purchase acceptable housing (Davis 170). Unlike many Black and African American migrants already hindered as the descendants of slaves, Asian immigrants often came to the United States with…

The United States criminal justice system race has been a factor since the system’s beginning. The criminal justice is a system that was “created to keep communities safe, to respect and restore victims and to return offenders who leave prison to be self-sufficient and law-abiding” (DeRoche, 2012). The biggest problem in the United States criminal justice system is not only the offenders, but the criminal justice system itself. Racial discrimination in the criminal justice system “exits when…

censorship policies have impacted the production of war imagery in films during explicit conflict, especially in the United States. It dictated the amount of films produced, how they were produced, and where the films were distributed. Not only did it affect film, but it also affected photography and information the press released to the public. These censorship policies in the United States, furthermore, affected the film industry during both the Second World War and the Vietnam War; however,…

ADVERSE POSSESSION IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA William Shakespeare constructs his building some 5 feet into D.H.Lawrence’s land. D.H.Lawrence knowing this, made no objection. Can Shakespeare become the owner to D.H.Lawrence’s land? This question was asked by my law school professor in a seminar. And he said “if someone answers ‘yes’ to this question then he knows the key components of Adverse Possession.” The origin of adverse possession is based both in statutory actions and in common law…

According to an article on Ourdocuments.gov, "The speed of the evacuation forced many homeowners and businessmen to sell out quickly; total property loss is estimated at $1.3 billion, and net income loss at $2.7 billion". This shows that Japanese Americans lost not on property value, but company value as well. The government could never pay back all Japanese Americans…