The court case of Bennelong. Why were Bennelong and Colby captured? Bennelong and Colby were captured because the European Australians wanted to see how the Indigenous Australians lived. They also wanted to capture Bennelong & Colby, so that they could have them with them and they were hoping that by the presence of Bennelong & Colby living with them the rest of the native population warm up towards them, and not be so aggressive or hostile. They were not intending to kill them as the natives
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COURT CASE BRIEF Donald R. Schroerlucke, And Joyce D. Schroerlucke V United States 2011WL 4440599 (Fed.Cl) No. 09-772T FACTS Plaintiff Donald Schroerlucke is a former employee of WorldCom, Inc. His wife is Joyce D. Schroerlucke. In 1989, Mr. Schroerlucke was employed as Vice President of Operations at Long Distance Discount Services, Inc., the predecessor corporation to WorldCom. Pursuant to stock option agreements with Long Distance Discount Services, Inc., and then with WorldCom, Mr
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In the recent Supreme Court case, ROBERT INGERSOLL and CURT FREED v. ARLENE'S FLOWERS, INC, a florist, Barronelle Stutzman, refused to provide flowers for the marriage between Curt Freed and his husband Robert Ingersoll. Stutzman had sold the couple flowers before but refused to sell for their wedding, stating that it was against her religion. When taken to the lower court system, Stutzman was fined one thousand dollars on the decision that the “Public accommodations laws do not simply guarantee
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Desegregation or Segregation? The Brown v. Board Supreme Court ruling was made on May 17th, 1954. This Supreme Court case ruled that segregation of races in public schools were unconstitutional and therefore by law. California as part of the United States was no exception to being subjects of this law. Despite the unpopular support, desegregation plans were slowly implemented in the 1960s, as forced appointment of schools based on race was outlawed. Popular support did not prove to be quite supportive
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daughter home so that she could die there. But they were warned by Judge Charles E. Teel of the Jasper County Circuit Court, who was overseeing their guardianship, about they could be charged criminally if she died under their care. However, the Cruzan family claimed that Nancy would not have wanted to live in this manner. They then sought a judicial approval from the Missouri state court. Two amendments formed the basis for the Cruzans’ argument in favor of removing their daughter from life support,
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The Supreme Court has been hearing cases and passing laws about the discrimination against working women and pregnancy for years. The laws, acts, and clauses that are in place to protect women’s rights are debated, and left up for interpretation. The Supreme Court case of General Electric Company v. Gilbert in 1976, was one of the focusing factors in the case of Young v. UPS. This case along with the case of Geduldig v. Aiello is what lead Congress to create the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) established a frontal impact test protocol under the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208 (Occupant Crash Protection) in an effort to encourage manufacturers to build safer vehicles and for consumers to purchase them. FMVSS No. 208 also mandated the phasing in one of two types of passive restraints in automobiles: airbags and passive seatbelts. Prior to the deadline for complying with the standard, and after the election
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Court cases The first court case being discussed is Bethel School District v. Fraser in 1986. What happened includes Matthew Fraser using obscene sexual references in a speech in front of 600 students at a school assembly and being punished. The question in the case was whether the First Amendment protected students from being punished at school for using lewd speech. The court said no the First Amendment does not protect a student from being punished ("Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser."
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simplest, but it still has cases based around it. For example, the Tinker v Des Moines case. In the case of Tinker v Des Moines, two siblings, John and Mary Tinker, had worn armbands with peace signs on them to express their opinion to drop out of the Vietnam War. School staff had told them to take off the bands but the students had refused. The school had decided to suspend them since they didn’t listen to them. After that series of events, the parents sued the district and the case went all the way to
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Question1: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is applicable in this case. It is a federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion. In this case, the plaintiff think she suffered discrimination due to her personal religious beliefs that she needs to wear a headscarf during the month of Ramadan, which violated her company's dress code. Question2: Disparate treatment would have to be intentional discrimination
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