Summary of Derek Bok's "Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus Derek Bok, writing in the Boston Globe in 1991, offered an argument against the First Amendment protecting free speech. Bok's view briefly is that although the First Amendment protects speech, it does not necessarily mean that ...
The following is a summary of James O'Connor v. ... After discovery, the District Court granted respondent's motion for summary judgment, and petitioner appealed. ... Finding that petitioner's claim could not survive a motion for summary judgment without benefit of the McDonnell Douglas presumption the Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of dismissal. ...
Summary Shouting Fire A parody in Hustler magazine owned by Larry Flint made for a disgruntled Reverend Jerry Falwell. Claiming the excerpt caused emotional distress, Mr. Falwell sought 200,000$ in punitive damages. After establishing the magazine's content was protected under the Constitution...
The Judge granted a preliminary junction to the Good News Club, permitting them to use the facilities, but in June 1998 a summary judgment was granted to Milford, and the club was found to be religious in nature, which is prohibited by the community use policy. ...
Bennett of the Maryland courts granted summary judgment to the defendants on one of the invasion of privacy claims (publicity given to private life) and on the defamation claim. ... Westboro moved for summary judgment and an appeal contending that the First Amendment protected the Church's speech from tort liability. ...
Shortly after Imperial Japan's infamous attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had to make a decision regarding how to handle the sizable Japanese-American population on the west coast. The problem was that while they weren't enemy combatants, the question...
Com Law In 1976 Carol Burnett called Barry Langberg, her lawyer, in tears. She was extremely upset about an article that had been published in the National Enquirer claiming that she was drunk at a Washington D.C. restaurant. Burnett was radically disturbed by the article because "her parents ...
