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  Legal case - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A civil case, more commonly known as a lawsuit begins when a plaintiff files a document called a complaint with a court, informing the court of the wrong that the plaintiff has allegedly suffered because of the defendant, and requesting a remedy.
A criminal case begins when a person suspected of a crime is indicted by a grand jury or otherwise charged with the offense by a government official called a prosecutor or district attorney.
Like a civil case, a criminal case may also be settled before a trial through a plea bargain, in which the accused confesses to the crime in exchange for a particular sentencing recommendation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Legal_case   (398 words)

  
 Horvitz & Levy LLP - Legal Malpractice Cases
Legal malpractice action arising from defendant attorney's failure to opt plaintiff client out of a class action lawsuit, which resulted in the release of plaintiff's claims against plaintiff's employer.
The Court of Appeal reversed, holding that "lost punitive damages" are not recoverable against an attorney in a legal malpractice action.
Before we were consulted on the case, the Court of Appeal affirmed, holding defendants owed a duty to nonclient third-party plaintiffs.
www.horvitzlevy.com /caselega.html   (1071 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals
Given that these two cases were decided by the Supreme Court of Alaska, it is safe to assume that other enforcement actions have recently been brought as well.2 Cryptically, the majority refers to the "notable " fact that the Foreman opinion does not reveal whether the Foremans were motivated by their religious beliefs.
In this case, as in Bland, the landlords find themselves between the rock of violating their religious beliefs and the hard place of violating the law.4 In this case, as in Bland, the plaintiffs allege that they must alter their conduct in order to comply with the statute.
For this case to be analogous to the "some day" environmental cases, it would have to involve a person who is not a landlord but might some day want to buy an apartment building, and if he did, would not want to rent to unmarried couples.
www.law.syr.edu /faculty/banks/conlawone/thomasvanchorag.html   (8025 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Legal Tender cases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
LEGAL TENDER CASES [Legal Tender cases] lawsuits brought to the U.S. Supreme Court involving the constitutionality of the Legal Tender Act of 1862, which was passed to meet currency needs during the Civil War.
Many cases concerning the greenbacks were entered in the courts, but it was not until 1870 that the Supreme Court attacked the constitutionality of paper money.
Single market myriad problems: The euro becomes legal tender in less than one month, but there are still many banking issues that remain unresolved.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/LegalT1en.asp   (445 words)

  
 Introduction to The Legal Aid Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Legal Aid’s fiscal budget is $140 million; 90% from public funding, principally for criminal defense work and representation of juveniles in child protective and delinquency matters.
Legal Aid is experienced in more practice areas on a larger scale than any comparable institution in the country.
As a result, Legal Aid is one of the few legal services organizations in the New York City area that can pursue immigration and welfare representation, prison litigation, and class actions.
www.legal-aid.org /DocumentIndex.htm?docid=98   (2211 words)

  
 Online Exclusive: Top Legal Cases: Know Your Risks
The “Legal Scan” is compiled from three sources: a written survey to state real estate commissions; a survey of key contacts in the real estate industry; and searches of legal databases to locate relevant cases, statutes, and regulations.
The “2005 Legal Scan” reported a total of 47 lawsuits filed for breach of contract in the last two years, which are 33 more than the 17 reported in the 2003 scan.
The “2005 Legal Scan” reported a total of 84 lawsuits filed for fraud issues in the last two years, which is 17 more cases than the 67 reported in the 2003 scan.
www.realtor.org /rmomag.NSF/pages/feat1sept05?OpenDocument   (1714 words)

  
 LEGAL MALPRACTICE CASES IN FLORIDA
What follows are legal malpractice cases that have been summarized by us, and considered to be some of the significant legal malpractice cases ruled on by Florida's appellate courts and supreme court for approximately the past year.
You should not attempt formal legal research on our website because we do not have full case databases nor are we able to keep our reports current on a day-to-day basis.
Finally, it should be remembered that all cases are fact specific, and even a slight change in the facts could change the outcome of the court cases described here.
legalmalpracticenetwork-florida.com /cases.htm   (296 words)

  
 Legal Cases involving PAS Allegations
Contrary to the popular myth that sexual allegations in custody cases are relatively common, between 1985 and 1987 the study found that only 2 to 6% of custody cases in the 12 states participating in the study involved allegations of sexual abuse.
However, in most of the cases which were not substantiated, the allegations were believed to have been made in good faith and based on genuine suspicions.
This study refutes the notion that sexual abuse allegations in the context of custody and visitation cases are now epidemic, as well as the idea that these cases are commonly motivated by a reporting parent who is vindictive or seriously impaired.
www.leadershipcouncil.org /1/pas/leg.html   (2771 words)

  
 The 20 Most Psychologically Intriguing Legal Cases - UB NewsCenter
Some cases -- like the one involving a dead naval officer accused of causing the accidental deaths of 46 fellow sailors on the USS Iowa -- show the limitations of psychology in the search for the truth and highlight conflicts that sometimes arise between psychology and the legal system.
The 20 cases were selected, the authors say, because they deal with extraordinary circumstances that defy human understanding, involve fascinating psychological issues that go to the heart of the search for truth or show how mental-health issues are central to the process of distributing justice fairly.
This case is famous for Hinckley's bizarre obsession with actress Jodie Foster, the number of expert witnesses who assessed his sanity and its role in toughening legal standards for insanity.
www.buffalo.edu /news/fast-execute.cgi/article-page.html?article=77960009   (1346 words)

  
 EFF: Legal Cases Archive
AOL case where the plaintiff was fired allegedly fired without cause by the Defendant and allowed the electronic publishing of a slanderous article by another person on the service.
In this anonymity case, EFF and ACLU-WA are asking the court to protect the identity of an anonymous Internet speaker where the "J. Doe" (who used the pseudonym "NoGuano") is not a party to the case, and no allegations of liability against Doe/NoGuano have been made.
The gist of the case is that an executive at a large corporation is attempting to abuse legal discovery under Ohio state law, to "out" an anonymous critic.
www.eff.org /legal/cases   (5012 words)

  
 Briefing Legal Cases
The rule of precedent states that similar cases must be dealt with in similar ways (treat like cases alike; unlike cases not alike).
Similar treatment of similar cases is determined authoritatively by decisions of a superior court which binds a lower court.
Similar treatment of similar cases is determined simply by the merits of judicial reasoning in such cases.
www.philosophy.ubc.ca /faculty/russellj/briefingcases.htm   (353 words)

  
 Copyright Court Cases
The following legal cases are of importance to ARL because of their relevance to the research library community.
In arguing the case, the publishers claimed that they would be forced to delete articles by freelance writers in their databases, and that it would not be feasible to remunerate the authors due to the large number of works involved as well as the expense of locating these contributors.
Although the case specifically deals with access to federal court case law that is binding on United States citizens, the lower court's ruling also provides important precedent for no fee public access to other information published by the United States Government.
www.arl.org /info/frn/copy/ctcases.html   (3566 words)

  
 CSWF - Setting Fees for Professional Time in Legal Cases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
They inform them of their customary billing procedures for copies of records, mailing costs, all time spent on a legal case, including reviewing records; preparing reports; discussing cases with attorneys or the attorneys' clients; traveling; waiting in court; and testifying in court, depositions, or other types of hearings.
This is because 1) legal cases are stressful; 2) practitioners have less control over their own time; 3) when practitioners must reserve time for a court hearings, clinical work is interrupted; 4) more knowledge is required to appear in court and to render opinions.
When practitioners have reserved time for a legal hearing that is then canceled and clients cannot be re-scheduled, practitioners may submit charges for lost clinical hours to the attorney who had requested their time.
www.cswf.org /www/mempub5.html   (400 words)

  
 Law Cases for Horsemen
This area consists of law cases from courts throughout the United States that deal with horses, horse people, the horse industry, and horse accidents.
The law cases in this area are provided as general information only and are not intended to be legal advice.
From reading these cases, one can also learn a great deal about the safety and business practices that the law demands of professionals and others engaged in the business of horses.
utopia.utexas.edu /explore/equine/cases/cases.htm   (128 words)

  
 Legal Cases — Research Famous Court Cases at VersusLaw
Searching for legal cases when you know one or more names of the parties involved is simple, regardless of whether they’re obscure or famous legal cases.
First, select the court or jurisdiction in which the legal case should be resident.
This search will bring up your legal case, as well as other legal court cases that cite to your court case and ones with the same party names.
www.versuslaw.com /features/tips3.htm   (185 words)

  
 Legal Cases
Includes correspondence, legal materials, financial reports, a City Council Agenda, notebooks, memorandums, brochures, newsclippings, and other materials relating to the public life and career of Marshall and the legal cases in which he was involved.
This landmark case against the U.S. government established a redefinition of water as a natural resource and brought about the need for better conservation measures for the Ogallala Aquifer.
Contains legal and court documents, a case procedure file, case and legal research, and related scientific research correspondence.
swco.ttu.edu /Reference/Collections/Bibliographies/legal.htm   (1715 words)

  
 Legal Referrals & Links
Legal assistance for those who cannot afford a private attorney is very limited due to a lack of funding for the organizations that serve low-income people, so the organizations listed may not be able to help every eligible person.
Typical cases are: making permanent plans for children; assisting clients in obtaining crucial benefits, such as Social Security disability and health insurance; assisting clients with end-of-life planning, by writing wills and powers of attorney; and advising clients in housing and employment discrimination cases.
Generally, the ACLU takes selected cases focusing "on instances where government has infringed upon a person's privacy, religion, or speech or where the government has not followed proper procedures." Visit the ACLU's instructions on how to submit a request for help.
www.law.duke.edu /publicinterest/legalRef.html   (1979 words)

  
 EM:DEF Laws, Legislation, Legal Cases
This case undoubtedly marked the end of casual harassment of raves and nightclubs, and the beginning of the "War on Clubs".
The first indictment and early history of the case demonstrate that a malicious assault was waged on an innocent nightclub management and promoter.
This precedent setting case is a major blow to federal prosecutors who for the second time tried to use a 1986 law designed to rid neighborhoods of crack houses against persons who manage nightclubs or concert venues.
www.emdef.org /laws_and_cases.html   (2438 words)

  
 Mediating Legal Malpractice Cases
He or she is therefore presently in the best possible position to compromise or waive a portion of his fee (if willing to do so), making a low dollar settlement viable where one might not be at a later time.
If his client’s case is later found to be lacking in probable cause, he could become the preferred target for the recovery of unnecessarily expended legal fees.
The advantage of bringing this forward at an early juncture rests in the fact that Plaintiff’s new counsel may still be in the process of evaluating whether this case represents an opportunity to recover significant damages or little more than an eventual offset against disputed legal fees from the underlying case.
www.mediate.com /articles/moscovitchG2.cfm   (720 words)

  
 Legal cases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
It is an undoubted legal principle that agreements which take place against the laws and constitutions or against good morals have no force.
To undertake the legal defence of someone else is a man's duty, and is agreed to be beyond the female sex.
In the case of a soldier's will, whether it was made by military or civilian law, and whether he was a centurion or tribune, the children cannot bring a "complaint of unduteous will".
www.lamp.ac.uk /~noy/romanse2.htm   (1296 words)

  
 Legal Tender cases
Legal Tender cases, lawsuits brought to the U.S. Supreme Court involving the constitutionality of the Legal Tender Act of 1862, which was passed to meet currency needs during the Civil War.
Single market myriad problems: The euro becomes legal tender in less than one month, but there are still many banking issues that......
The European Union's legal integration: a case study of living up to the Denver Summit of Eight.(Recent Rulings of the European Court......
www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0829273.html   (409 words)

  
 Legal
Judge Work ordered the sheriff of Imperial Court to provide the young man's physician with contraband supplies of marijuana; immunized the physician from criminal liability for possessing the marijuana and for dispensing it to the patient; immunized the patient from criminal liability for possessing the marijuana provided to him by his treating physician.
There is a pressing need for a more compassionate, humane law which clearly discriminates between the criminal conduct of those who socially abuse chemicals and the legitimate medical needs of seriously ill patients whose welfare and very lives may depend on the prudent therapeutic use of those very same chemical substances.
In April, 1991, the Florida Court of Appeals (follow link to decision) reversed the lower court, overturned the young couple's criminal conviction and ruled their use of marijuana was a "medical necessity" in the treatment of AIDS.
www.marijuana-as-medicine.org /Alliance/legal.html   (1108 words)

  
 Erowid Psychoactives Vault : Legal Updates Related to Psychoactives (May 2003)
While possession of these spores may be legal, growing psilocybin mushrooms is generally considered production of psilocybin or psilocin, an illegal act.
While these operations have been widely reported in the national media, one aspect of the cases which has received less attention is the "confiscation" or "seizure" of the domain names used by some of the vendors.
After nearly two years, a verdict has finally been reached in the case of Leonard Pickard and Clyde Apperson, who were accused in November 2000 of setting up an LSD manufacturing lab in a decommissioned missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
www.erowid.org /psychoactives/law/law_article1.shtml   (1562 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
An alphabetized list of active cases; click on the case name for a summary and links to legal papers, news and background on the case.
Cases that Lambda Legal has worked on in the past three decades; click on the case name for a summary and links to legal papers, news and background on the case.
Lambda Legal’s complaints, many of which you’ll find here, initiate lawsuits on a wide range of issues.
www.lambdalegal.org /cgi-bin/iowa/cases/index.html   (135 words)

  
 Bizarre legal cases / Funny legal cases / Humorous legal cases:
Nicolette Dioguardi, associate director of legal affairs for OSU, said her office will "try to do what is fair" and consider the price of the original bike versus a comparable used replacement.
The plaintiff's lawyer contends that the case goes beyond the jurisdictional issue, claiming that one of the defendants came to Gillespie's hometown and filed a change-of-address form to disrupt his mail service.
The majority in the case invoked the "risk contribution theory" in their decision to incorporate in the lawsuit all manufacturers of white lead carbonate, which was once commonly used in lead paint.
www.cfif.org /htdocs/legal_issues/legal_updates/jesters_courtroom/tales.html   (14541 words)

  
 Legal Cases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The DREDF brief argues that the promise of the ADA for enabling full citizenship for people with disabilities is just beginning to be realized, and both the law and the way in which federal courts have interpreted it are in keeping with the fundamental principles of equality embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment.
case, in which Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act is at stake.
DREDF authored the respondents' Supreme Court brief along with the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Michael Gottesman, Larry Gold and the Alabama law firm of Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins and Childs which represented former Alabama employees and respondents Patricia Garrett and Milton Ash.
www.dredf.org /cases/cases.shtml   (464 words)

  
 Legal Cases Decided Favorable to Paganism
P.S. Docket No. MD-45 (Jan 1989) In which there was a legal dispute argued before an U.S. Postal Service Administrative Judge, regarding the delivery of mail.
In the decision the postal service found that Y Dynion Mwyn was a religious tradition, that The Church of Y Dynion Mwyn (a Witchcraft Church) was a legal non-profit church.
U.S. Landmark case in which Wicca is recognized as a protected
www.tylwythteg.com /caselaw.html   (530 words)

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