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Following is the case brief for Everson v. Board of Education, Supreme Court of the United States, (1947) Case summary for Everson v. Board of Education: Everson challenged a state statute on First Amendment grounds, which equally allocated funding from tax payers to provide transportation to students who attend public in addition to students who attend parochial schools. The state […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Robinson v. California, Supreme Court of the United States, (1962) Case summary for Robinson v. California: Robinson was a drug addict who was convicted under a California state statute which criminalized being addicted to drugs. The trial judge instructed the jury that Robinson could be convicted regardless of whether or not he was in […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Ewing v. California, Supreme Court of the United States, (2003) Case summary for Ewing v. California: Ewing was charged and convicted for stealing three golf clubs. Ewing previously committed two offenses, ripe under the states “three strikes” law. After receiving a sentence of 25 years imprisonment, Ewing challenged the law’s constitutionality under the Eight […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Alabama v. White, Supreme Court of the United States, (1990) Case summary for Alabama v. White: Based on an informant tip, officers camped outside of Vanessa Rose White’s home as part of their investigation. Shortly after White left her address driving her car, both of which were described in the tip, officer’s stopped White’s […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Brendlin v. California, Supreme Court of the United States, (2007) Case summary for Brendlin v. California: Brendlin was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by police. Drugs were found inside of the car. Brendlin was arrested and charged with possession of drugs and paraphernalia, to which he filed a motion to suppress. The trial […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Hamdan v. Rumsfield, United States Supreme Court, (2006) Case summary for Hamdan v. Rumsfield: After being detained and brought to Guantanamo Bay, Hamdan was charged with conspiracy to be tried by a military commission and was granted habeas corpus to dispute his charge. Hamdan claimed that his trial by the U.S. military commission was […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Meinhard v. Salmon, New York Court of Appeals, (1928) Case summary for Meinhard v. Salmon: Morton Meinhard and Walter Salmon entered into a business venture together, where Salmon would manage and Meinhard would initially fund the business throughout the duration of a 20 year lease made with Hotel Bristol. With a few months left […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for United States v. Virginia, Supreme Court of the United States, (1996) Case summary for United States v. Virginia: Virginia’s Military Institute was only open to men for the purpose for teaching leadership skills through implementing the adversarial method in both civilian and military service life. After its male only policy was challenged, a court […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for California v. Acevedo, Supreme Court of the United States, (1991). Case summary for California v. Acevedo: Acevedo was spotted carry a bag out of a house that was under police surveillance. Officers had probable cause to believe the bag, which Acevedo placed in his trunk, contained contraband. Officers then pulled over Acevedo, recovering the […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, Supreme Court of the United States, (1942) Case summary for Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire: Chaplinsky was convicted under s New Hampshire statute for speaking words which prohibited offensive, derisive and annoying words to a person lawfully on a street corner. He later challenged his conviction, claiming the statute violated his […]
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