Westover v United States: In Kansas City, Westover was arrested as a suspect in two Kansas City robberies. The FBI received a report that Westover was wanted in California on a felony charge. The night of the arrest and the next morning, Westover was questioned by local police. FBI agents also interrogated Westover for two and a half hours at the station. Westover signed two statements, which were prepared by one of the agents during the questioning, to both California robberies.
Arizona was Westover V. United states. Westover was arrested in Kansas City as the primary suspect for 2 robberies. When he got to the police station they also got a call from the FBI that he had a felony in California. He was interrogated both the night he was arrested and the next morning. Later on FBI agents showed up to interrogate him as well.
Holland v. Cheney Bros., Inc., 22 So.3d 648 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009) Appellant/Petitioner: Rafael Holland Appellee/Respondent: Cheney Bros., Inc. Facts: The claimant, Rafael Holland challenged the legal sufficiency of the Judge of Compensation (JCC) denying the request of temporary partial disability (TPD) benefits.
United States v. Place, 462 U.S. 696 (1983) Capsule Summary: Seizing a person’s luggage for an extended period until a warrant is obtained violates the Fourth Amendment as beyond the limits of a Terry stop, but, a sniff by a narcotics dog does not constitute a search for Fourth Amendment purposes. Facts: The respondent Raymond Place was stopped by Federal Agents (DEA) upon his arrival into LaGuardia Airport on a Friday afternoon. The respondent refused to consent to the search of his luggage. His luggage was seized by the agents under suspicion they contained narcotics. The respondent was informed the agents would be obtaining a search warrant from a judge.
Korematsu v. United States After the United States entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. Fred Korematsu was a natural born citizen to Japanese immigrant parents. Korematsu refused to obey the curfew and was charged and convicted of violating order 9066. He appealed this conviction and the Supreme Court took his case.
Worcester v. Georgia By Sydney Stephenson Worcester v. Georgia is a case that impacted tribal sovereignty in the United States and the amount of power the state had over native American territories. Samuel Worcester was a minister affiliated with the ABCFM (American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions). In 1827 the board sent Worcester to join its Cherokee mission in Georgia. Upon his arrival, Worcester began working with Elias Boudinot, the editor of the Cherokee Phoenix (the first Native American newspaper in the United States) to translate religious text into the Cherokee language. Over time Worcester became a close friend of the Cherokee leaders and advised them about their political and legal rights under the Constitution and federal-Cherokee treaties.
Worcester vs. Georgia Sam Worchester was an advocate for the Cherokees living within the confines of their sovereign nation in Georgia. Being an advocate he was helping the Cherokees understand their rights as an independent nation. As a result, Georgia passed a law restricting white people from living among the Cherokees without proper documentation from the government. Worchester feeling this was unfair decided to challenge the governments ruling, because of this he was arrested in Cherokee territory. Feeling wronged Worchester decided to take his case to the Supreme Court in 1832.
District of Columbia v. Wesby 583 U.S.___ (2018) Procedural HISTORY The district court said the police officers did not have the right to make an arrest because they were invited to someone and lacked evidence to prove that she didn’t have permission to be there. They said that the police had no knowledge of such. Party goers also had to know they were not supposed to be there. The court of appeals upheld both decisions of the district courts.
Heading: - Strickland v. Washington 466 US 668 (1984) II. Facts & Procedural History - In September 1976, during the course of ten days, the respondent, Strickland, planned and committed three groups of crimes, including three brutal stabbing murders, torture, kidnapping, severe assaults, attempted murders, attempted extortion, and theft. His two accomplices were arrested, and the respondent surrendered to police.
Igor Tutelman Bryan Ashkettle AP US Government 2 November 2015 District of Columbia v. Heller In San Diego, California on August 2, 2009 several members of the Lincoln Park gang opened fire on a rival gang in a drive-by shooting. Among these Lincoln Park members was David Leon Riley. After the shooting, Riley and his crew got in his Oldsmobile and fled the scene. Not one month later Riley was driving a different vehicle and was pulled over for having expired tags, this along with the fact that his license was suspended gave police the authority and obligation to impound the car and take Riley in. When a vehicle is impounded police perform a search to inventory everything in the vehicle to protect against future liability cases and to check
Business Law Case Study Essay: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, 573 U.S (2014) Facts: The Green family runs and owns Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a national arts and skills chain that has over 500 stores and they have over 13,000 employees. Other facts of the case are that the Green family has been able to organize the business around the values of the Christian faith and has explicitly expressed the desire to run the company as told by Biblical principles, one of which is the belief that the utilization of contraception is wicked. Also, the facts show that under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), occupation -founded group health care plans must offer certain sorts of preventative care, for example, FDA-accepted contraceptive approaches.
The Dred Scott v. Sandford case had the greatest impact on Race Relations in America because it created a legitimate definition of the citizenship. Scott, a former slave, stated that because of his occupancy in a free state, he is a free man. The other side argued that Scott was still a slave and according to the fifth amendment, no person (master) can be deprived of their property. The initial impact of the case was in favor of the slave owner but this decision was overturned by the adoption of the thirteenth and fourteenth amendment. The thirteenth amendment ended slavery and the fourteenth amendment granted citizenship to everyone born or naturalized in the United States included former slaves who had been freed after the Civil War.
Code section 731(a) controls the extent to which gain or loss shall be recognized to the partner by the partnership in a distribution of cash or other property. Any gain or loss recognized from a partner’s distribution is treated as gain or loss from the sale or exchange of a partnership interest, which is ordinarily a capital gain or loss. Beginning in 1995, marketable securities are treated as cash, which shall be taken into account at their fair market value as of the date of the distribution. Guidance to Taxpayer Taxpayer should have a better understanding about§721 so as to apply it more accurately and effectively. Firstly, gain shall be recognized to the partner to the extent that the money distributed exceeds the adjust basis in the
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right. ”(Martin Luther King, Jr.) Most people were racist but now since the civil rights have been established most have stopped being racist and moved on. Three supreme court case decisions influenced the civil rights movements by letting more and more poeple know what the Supreme Court was doing to African Americans,and of the unfair him crow laws:(Dred Scott v. Sanford,Plessy v. Ferguson,Brown v. Board of Education). Dred Scott v. Sanford Is a case that most people felt that Dred Scott had an unfair charge against him.
Case Brief Title & Citation: 1. Kent V United States 2. 383 U.S. 541 (1966) The Facts: The police detained and questioned 16-year old Morris A. Kent Jr., in connection with several incidents involving theft by force and rape. After admitting to having some involvement, the juvenile court canceled its legal control, allowing the court to try Kent as an adult.
In this paper I will be discussing the United States Supreme Court decision in Arizona v. Gant on automobile searches. I will discuss the case Implications for policy changes and practices of the 4th admendment. I will use comparative methods by using a legal analysis of prior cases similar to this. The paper will illustrate how this case changed settle case law on searches of automobiles incident to arrest. In this paper, I will also explain what the fourth admendment of the constitution reads, and how Arizona v. Gant limits police vehicle searches.