Gaite v. Fonacier Facts: Gaite was appointed by Fonacier as attorney-in-fact to contract any party for the exploration and development of mining claims. Gaite executed a deed of assignment in favor of a single proprietorship owned by him. For some reasons, Fonacier revoked the agency, which was acceded to by Gaite, subject to certain conditions, one of which being the transfer of ores extracted from the mineral claims for P75,000, of which P10,000 has already been paid upon signing of the agreement
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Week 4 Assignment 47.1 Gift For 12 years, Theodore Alexander Buder’s father made substantial gifts to his minor grandchildren. Theodore Buder and his wife divorced during this period. The cash gifts, typically in the form of checks made directly payable to the children, were given to Buder with the understanding that he would safeguard the money and invest it on behalf of the children. Buder invested various amounts of the children’s money in “blue chip” stocks traded over the New York and American
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MEMO Civil Rights Act 1964 (Constructive Discharge) Schedule Shift beginning on Jan 1, 2013 (Work on a Religious Holy Day) Date: March 10, 2013 Dear Mr. CEO, Pursuant to the claim made against Toy Company, LLC (“TCL”) regarding constructive discharge and working on a religious holy day, of which it is a legal concept put into practice in 1964 under the Civil Rights Act (“CRA”). I have located a few items of interest that will allow us to respond with understanding and basic knowledge. Understanding
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M International (“M”) and W Inc. (“W”) were involved in a class-action lawsuit regarding a patent infringement. W filed the original claim against M in May of 2007 and the lawsuit continued through the end of February 2011. Since the case is a timeline of facts, some aspects were difficult to determine and assumptions needed to be made. I can only imagine the amount of trouble a company has to go through to typically deal with this kind of an issue, since a lot is left to interpretation. According
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actually is V. other courts in the criminal justice system. The history of Georgia Court of Appeals; The Court of Appeals has statewide appellate jurisdiction of all cases except constitutional questions, land title disputes, the construction of wills, murder, election contests, habeas corpus, extraordinary remedies, divorce and alimony and cases where original appellate jurisdiction lies with the superior courts. The Court of Appeals of Georgia certifies legal questions to the Supreme Court. The first
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destroying endangered species habitats. Lower court decisions: The Trial Court found for petitioner, defendants appealed. The Appellate Court found for defendants, petitioner appealed Decision: The Supreme Court held that the definition of harm does include significant habitat modification where it actually kills or injures wildlife. They also specified that the Appellate Court was wrong by assuming that words in the definition of "take" only apply to actions involving direct contact with endangered
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with the defendant due to a special interrogatory that was the risk of injury by sticking a foot over or through a gate into a moving compactor open and obvious, which the jury affirmed. When appealed the intermediate appellate court reversed the trial court. In turn the appellate court held that the fact that a danger was open and obvious did not preclude a finding that the compactor was negligently
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CJS/200 Week 5 Discussion Questions How would you define the pretrial criminal process? How does the pretrial criminal process affect post arrest processes and trials? Is there a better solution to the current process? Explain. * * * * Pretrial process is when the prosecution and the lawyer provide all the evidence that will presented in the case. This would be a list of all the witnesses that will be call by either party or from one party. Both the prosecution and lawyer
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Prof Ed 12 Relevant Laws for Teachers . Submitted to: Professor Rodrigo Duque Submitted by: Abbie Irish M. Mendoza III-2 BECEd G.R. No. L-39275 December 20, 1933 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. RICARDO MENDOZA, Defendant-Appellee. In criminal case No. 4851 of the Court of First Instance of Pampanga, the provincial fiscal thereof filed an information against the herein appellee, which reads as follows: The undersigned provincial fiscal
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Assignment Introduction to Law) MOD6_ 1. What are the two basic functions of trial courts. The trial court's basic function is to resolve disputes by determining the facts and applying legal principles to decide who is right. The appellate court's task is to determine whether the law was applied correctly in the trial court. 2. What is the difference between a dissenting and a concurring opinion? So Majority opinion is called the "Opinion of the Court," this is the
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