The purpose of this assignment is to review the case of the United States v. 2007 Custom Motorcycle. This case is about the ownership of a motor vehicle and who has the ultimate possession/control over it. This case was found in chapter 10, page 308 and 309 in the Sales and Lease Contracts section of the textbook. United States v. 2007 Custom Motorcycle The case of the United States v. 2007 Custom Motorcycle deals with a man by the name of Timothy Allen, who ordered a custom motorcycle from Indy Route 66 Cycles, Inc. (Miller, 2014, pg. 308). Indy Route 66 Cycles, Inc. built the motor vehicle and when Allen bought it, Indy issued the vehicle to him with a Certificate of Origin. Apparently Allen had a drug problem, which led to him getting arrested on drug related charges. Police then took away his home and other possessions (property). The arrest of Allen happened around two years after he had purchased his motorcycle, and since Indy issued a Certificate of Origin, they took back Allen’s motorcycle while it …show more content…
There are many different legal concepts throughout the textbook, but one that stands out is the concept of identification. It is defined as “a place when specific goods are designated as the subject matter of a sales or lease contract” (Miller, 2014, pg. 307). This legal concept is important because it gives the buyer the right to insure the goods and the right to recover from third parties who damage the goods” (Miller, 2014, pg. 307). Since this term is very broad and covers a lot of legal ground, it usually presents itself in sales cases. The motorcycle that Timothy Allen owned was the specific good in this case, in that he purchased the motor vehicle and it rightfully belonged to him. But when he committed the crime of using that motor vehicle when trafficking illegal drugs, that good was taken away. Obviously, the parties involved in this case had a difficult time identifying who really owned the motor vehicle, which led to a court
United States v. Leon was a U.S. Supreme Court case about drug trafficking, where the Supreme Court created the exception of ?good faith? to the exclusionary rule. In August 1981, in Burbank, California, the California Police Department received an anonymous tip, accusing Armando Sanchez and Patsy Stewart as drug dealers. Police began watching their homes and followed leads based on the cars that were regularly seen at the homes. The police identified Alberto Leon and Ricardo Del Castillo as also being involved in the trafficking operation. Based on this surveillance and information
It is often conceptualized that property is the rights of 'ownership'. In common law property is divided into real property, which is the interests in land and improvements there, and personal property, which are interests in anything other than real property. Personal property is divided into tangible property (such as a bike, car and clothse), and intangible property (such as bonds and stocks), which also includes intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks etc). The modern property rights conceive of possession and ownership as belonging to legal individuals, even if the individual is not a real person. Hence, governments, corporations and other collective forms of ownership are shown in terms of individual ownership.
Allstate insurance is the second largest property and casualty insurance company by premiums in the United States. Allstate insurance handles about 12% of the U.S home and auto insurance market. (Allstate, 2014). Many of Allstate’s customers fall under what one could refer to as a traditional selection of insurance for automobiles. Recently, Allstate has noticed a major shortcoming in lifestyle insurance, which includes coverage for motorcycles, boats, and other recreational vehicles, in comparison to its competitors. The motorcycle insurance sector is a 10.4 billion dollar industry and growing (PRWEB, 2012). The U.S. Department of Transportation website reports some astounding figures, including that 5,370,035 motorcycles were registered three years before the article, 7,138,476 motorcycles registered at the time of the article, and grew to 9,477,243 registered motorcycles at the end of 2012 (NHTSA, 2013). It is obvious as to why Allstate would identify motorcycle insurance as a worthy lifestyle product to devote marketing research dollars into in order to develop new strategies for cornering a share of the market.
Thorr Motorcycles is a company that manufactures 200,000 motorcycles a year. It also licenses T-shirts, shoes, leather goods, toys, and other consumer items. The company currently has a high-brand image manufacturing high-end motorcycles and owns approximately forty percent of market share.
This case involves suspect Terrell Wilson gaining entrance into Okuno Agencies Office located at 35 N. Arroyo Parkway. Once inside the business, Wilson stole a Phillips Heart Defibrillator, serial #A17I-00442, valued at $1,300.00. Wilson left the scene in an unknwon direction. On 11/08/17, Wilson was contacted for an unrelated reason and was found to be in possession of the stolen Phillips Heart Defibrillator, serial #A17I-00442. Wilson was arrested PC 496 – Receiving Stolen Property.
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At the Insurance Outfit, we understand how important your motorcycle is to you. As a result of that, we want to make sure that you have the right type and amount of motorcycle insurance on your bike before you hit the road. The following are three questions you should ask before you secure a motorcycle insurance policy with any company.
Despite their conception in 1903, Harley-Davidson and the motorcycle industry as a whole didn’t really take off until after the Second World War. Many people rode motorcycles during the war, with Harley-Davidson themselves supplying almost 90,000 motorcycles for the U.S. military during this time. Many veterans chose to purchase motorcycles upon returning home, as they enjoyed riding during the war and wanted to continue riding in their civilian life. This generation known as the "baby-boomers" quickly became the main target audience for many of Harley-Davidson’s marketing efforts. With sales increasing and the industry growing, many "motorcycle clubs" and "rallies" were introduced. Unfortunately, due to the lewd behavior displayed by most people associated with these clubs and rallies, bikers typically had an image of being disorderly and raucous. Harley-Davidson’s image itself took a big shot due to the Hells Angels. This was a motorcycle gang wishing to become notorious for "drug trafficking and other organized crime activities," who used only Harley-Davidson motorcycles. All of this combined to lead to a decline in demand and sales throughout the entire industry during the 1960’s. The industry was really helped out with the release of the Hollywood film Easy Rider in 1969. This film helped change the public’s perception of bikers and sparked an increase in motorcycle demand which has lasted to this day.
Harley Davidson had shown and brought great accomplishments to the table in its history as a very notable motorcycle manufacturer, wholesaler, and reproducer since the early 1900’s. In the early years of its time, the market accounted for 70% of all bikes sold that were bought from Harley Davidson. During the 1960’s, the invasion of Honda started to take its toll on the market of Harley Davidson here in the United States. Honda instituted a strategy that focused the approach directly on the new customer satisfaction toward a new customer. This would lead to multiple reactions, different motorcycles being made, and lastly a whole new way of marketing towards the customers’ demand and target market. With a new tariff law being passed on Japanese motorcycles, and acquiring a new leader named Vaughan Beals, from MIT’s Aeronautical Engineering School, meant taking a lead role in restoring confidence and quality in its products. With confidence being restored, Harley Davidson had asked that congress remove the tariff barriers more than a year earlier than originally planned. They believed their company could now compete with the Japanese head to head. With success, came many inevitable feats such as full potential not being realized, having more of a demand than what was being outputted, setting high goals, expanding to the international market, following your own path and not following the competition.
rider as being one who wore a leather jacket and went out to cause trouble.
can be found in the case of Hill v Baxter (1958) where a driver is
Nissan Motor Co. would be concerned about the use of the two domain names being used by Nissan Computer Corp for several reasons. Firstly, as the Web has become a major marketing tool, customers and potential customers of Nissan Motor Co. might have difficulties finding their information due to the two domain names currently owned by Nissan Computer Corp. Ultimately this could result in the company losing profits if customers are not able to access their website. Another concern would be in regards to the names of the companies and possible confusion of these names by customers. Evidently, persons could presume that there is a connection between these two companies especially taking into consideration the fact that Nissan Motor Co. started marketing cars in the US with the name Nissan in the late 1980s. Following this, in 1991, Nissan Computer Corp was formed with two domains names being acquired Nissan.com and Nissan.net in 1994 and 1996 respectively.
Do You Need Motorcycle Insurance to Protect Your Bike and Yourself? The Importance of having Insurance Outweighs Even the Price and Requirements.