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Case Citation The case I chose to do was Patrick Joseph Potter, Appellant, v. Green Meadows, Par 3, Appellee. The case was found in the Southern Reporter, volume 510 starting on page 1225. The District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District heard the case and made its decision on August 13, 1987; 510 So. 2d 1225 (Fla. App. 1 Dist. 1987). Summary of Facts The original case in question consisted of golfer being injured and filing charges of neglect against the owner of the Green Meadows Par 3 golf

Matthew Shepard Case Brief Facts: Twenty one year old, University of Wyoming college student, Matthew Shepard, died October 12, 1998 at 12:53 a.m. after spending five days in a comma due to massive injuries and head trauma in a robbery and hate crime assault (Matthew Shepard, 2000 [on-line]). Matthew Shepard met Aaron McKinney (22) and Russell Henderson (21) of Laramie in a local bar called Fireside Lounge. McKinney and Henderson had been drinking. The two led Shepard to believe they were gay and

Richard Arzu v. Frank Arzu and Estanisalo Arzu 597 N.Y.S. 2d 322 Brief PROCEDURAL HISTORY: Richard Arzu brought action against his father, Frank Arzu, and step-mother, Estanisalo Arzu, alleging misrepresentation and fraud in connection with a medical malpractice action settlement monies which Frank entrusted to his father; and seeking compensatory damages and related relief. The Supreme Court, Bronx County, Silver J. , vacated ex parte order of attachment against defendants’ real and personal property

Task 3: Self Evaluation of a Case Brief Question 1: Yes Question 2: Italic citing text was not applied. Little minor error in case name: apart from that everything should be excellent. In the future, I should make sure to follow instructions carefully, including checking with my lecturer what need to be included. Question 3: The structure of my case brief written was poor because I haven’t included some headings. To justify this reason was that the case brief of Stevenson Jacques and Co v McLean;

In forming a case brief, a legal professional or law student must be able to identify the key areas or elements of a case. These are normal sections of a typical case in no particular order; although many cases will follow some semblance of a “typical” format and make finding these elements less difficult. Facts: In most cases, the facts are decided at the trial level courts which are the lowest level and most familiar courts people use verses the intermediate or appellate level or the high court’s

Briefing a Case Case Name: Schindler v. Schiavo • Who is the plaintiff? The defendant? The plaintiffs are Robert Schindler and Mary Schindler. The defendant is Michael Schiavo. • What is the issue? Mr. Schiavo obtained permission to stop his wife’s life sustaining treatment after many years in a vegetative state. Her parents, however, are fighting to continue to keep their daughter alive and ultimately obtain guardianship over their daughter (Fla. App. 2001). • What court is this in? Court

Case Brief Case Citation: SOLORIO v. UNITED STATES 483 U.S. 435 (1987) (No. 85-1581) Procedural History: The petitioner, who was serving as an active member in the United States Coast Guard, was facing a general court martial in New York for sexually abusing the underaged daughters of fellow Coast Guard members while serving at his previous duty station in Alaska and at his current duty station in New York. Solorio filed a motion to dismiss the charges stemming from Alaska arguing the court

Brief History of Apple Macintosh The first Macintosh was the 128 K released first in 1984. Macintosh was first affordable computer to include a GUI (Graphical User Interface). It was built around the Motorola 6800 chip which was significantly faster than previous processors. It came in a small case with a black and white monitor built- in. It even came with a mouse and keyboard. Big progress from the Apple I which came out in 1976 which included only the circuit board, but here's the real kicker

Diane Lara Case Brief Template Case: COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER OF LAS COLINAS INC v. HOGUE III (2004) Facts: Who are the parties to the lawsuit, what is their dispute, and which court are they arguing in? In your own words, only include the few important facts necessary to understand the case; e.g. the time of day a defendant was arrested is usually not important, etc. Issue: The appellants are claiming that the court erred in determining that the Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act

Marijuana: Opponent's Factual Brief OPPONENT'S BRIEF Factual Proposition: Consuming marijuana is detrimental to one's health. Definition of key terms: 1. Consumption= Smoking or eating marijuana. 2. Marijuana= Psychoactive mind altering substance, also known as cannabis. 3. Detrimental= Serious harm. Primary Inference: Smoking or eating marijuana is likely to create serious health problems for most individual users or society. Overview: Since the 1920's supporters of marijuana prohibition

The Eastern European Jews had many troubles before immigrating to America. Jews are well known for overcoming hardships that are thrown at them. In A Bintel Brief, they weren’t exactly overcoming genocide, but they were having many hardships that would be tough for anyone including love, missing family members, poverty, and different religious problems. Many Jews had nothing but the clothes on their backs when they arrived in America. Few had money to bring along with them, all though some did have

Brief History and Introduction of Privacy and Human Rights From Article 21 of the Japan Constitution states, “Freedom of assembly and association as well as speech, press and all other forms of expression are guaranteed. No censorship shall be maintained, nor shall the secrecy of any means of communication be violated.” Article 35 states, “The right of all persons to be secure in their homes, papers and effects against entries, searches and seizures shall not be impaired except upon warrant

Brief History of the National Rifle Association The National Rifle Association in its simplest form is the largest gun club in the world. The organization was founded in 1871 by former Union Army officers to encourage sport shooting in order to have a fine tuned militia in case of emergency. The Union officers believed that a well regulated militia was integral for the security of a free state. It is an organization that opposes gun control, it believes in the individual defense of the

Brief History of Hybrid Vehicle Development First built in the early 1900s by inventors tinkering with combinations of the electric motor and the gasoline engine, hybrid vehicles were dropped when gasoline-fueled vehicles became more reliable and easier to start, and gasoline fuel more readily available. Research and development of hybrid vehicles was revived by concern about oil dependency in the1970s and about air pollution in the late 1980s. A number of hybrid vehicles have been built and tested

A Brief History of Personal Computers The electronic computer is a relatively modern invention; the first fully operable computer was developed about 50 years ago, at the end of World War II, by a team at the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Engineering. This team was headed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, who named the new machine ENIAC, for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator. ENIAC was hardly a personal computer, occupying a large room and weighing about 33 tons

and criminally culpable for a failure to deliver them to his purchaser. Appellants were indicted for larceny only, and of that they clearly were not guilty. Reference Schmalleleger, F. (2002). Criminal Law Today: An Introduction with capstone cases. (2nd edition) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall

Procedural History Defendant, Alfredo Orozco-Santillan, was convicted in a California District Court on three counts of threatening to assault a federal law enforcement officer; he appealed and the lower court’s decision was affirmed by the Appellate Court. Facts On June 17, 1987, defendant Alfredo Orozco-Santillan, was arrested and booked on immigration charges by Immigration Naturalization Service’s Agent, Daniel Vela. During his arrest, again at his booking, and in two subsequent phone calls made

A Brief History of Aesthetics Aesthetics is the theoretical study of the arts and related types of behavior and experience. It is traditionally regarded as a branch of philosophy, concerned with the understanding of beauty and its manifestations in art and nature. However, in the latter 20th century there developed a tendency to treat it as an independent science, concerned with investigating the phenomena of art and its place in human life. Yet, what in a field with a hazy line in between

A brief story Having lived in the United States for over four years, I find myself working harder and harder every day and not getting anywhere. Until finally I got a break of a lifetime, I have find a job that would not only pay me a few bucks more, and why not. Working at a fast food restaurant was not something I wanted to do for the rest of my life. So anyhow, that break came when I applied with a prestige airline. Who ever would think that I would’ve gotten such a job. This airline was looking

A Brief look at the Physiological Basis and Neurological Effect of Brain Tumors I've always been interested in medicine, and more specifically, in surgery, but I never really knew which realm of surgery appealed to me the most. So I set out on a quest to find where my future in medicine may lay. I spent time with an orthopedic surgeon and loved the carpentry-like style of the trade, and I spent a week with a general surgeon and watched him fix hernias and cut out moles. But the surgery that