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Following is the case brief for Bush v. Gore, Supreme Court of the United States, (2000) Case Summary of Bush v. Gore: After Bush was declared victorious by a few hundred votes, reports surfaced of widespread ballot issues questioning the overall results. Gore sued Florida requesting a manual recount using the “reasonable probability” standard and lost. The state Supreme Court […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Arizona v. Gant, Supreme Court of the United States, (2009) Case Summary of Arizona v. Gant: Gant was pulled over and arrested for driving while license suspended. After being cuffed and secured in the back of a cop car, officers searched his car and found a gun and drugs. Gant moved to have the […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Dred Scott v. Sandford, Supreme Court of the United States, (1857) Case Summary of Dred Scott v. Sandford: Dred Scott was a slave who moved to a free state with the consent of his then master (Emerson). When Emerson died, Scott tried to purchase both the freedom of himself and his family, but the […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Texas v. Johnson, Supreme Court of the United States, (1989) Case Summary of Texas v. Johnson: Johnson was arrested for burning an American flag at a political rally in violation of a Texas statute which prohibited public desecration of the flag. Johnson then appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals, who reversed his conviction […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Griswold v. Connecticut, Supreme Court of the United States, (1965) Case Summary of Griswold v. Connecticut: Buxton and Griswold were the Director and Executive Director for Connecticut’s Planned Parenthood league. Both were arrested and convicted as “accessories” for providing information, advice and instruction to married couples on how to prevent conception in violation of […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for McCulloch v. Maryland, Supreme Court of the United States,(1819) Case Summary of McCulloch v. Maryland: Congress passed an act incorporating the Bank of the U.S. and opened up a branch in Maryland. Maryland passed a state law that would impose a tax on the federal Bank, which at the time was the only bank […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Gibbons v. Ogden, United States Supreme Court, (1824) Case Summary for Gibbons v. Ogden: Gibbons was granted permission from Congress to operate steamboats in New York. Ogden was granted a license by the state of New York to operate his steamboat in the same manner. Ogden filed suit for an injunction to prevent Gibbons […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989). Case Summary of Graham v. Connor Petitioner Graham had an oncoming insulin reaction because of his diabetes. Respondent Connor and other respondent police officers perceived his behavior as suspicious. In conducting an investigatory stop, the officers inflicted multiple injuries on Graham. The lower courts used a “substantive […]
Read moreThe Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached between the northern and southern states of the U.S. in 1787. The compromise was reached during a debate over whether or not slaves should be counted when a state was determining its total number of residents for legislative and tax purposes. If they were to be counted, then the next issue was to […]
Read moreExpropriation is the taking over of privately owned property by the government. The government may engage in expropriation for purposes that are said to be beneficial to the general public. The Fifth Amendment to the United States’ Constitution provides that private property cannot be expropriated without paying the owner of the property adequate compensation. To explore this concept, consider the […]
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