Chapter 1.3, Problem I.24E

Define agency and explain how an agency by ratification can arise. Illustrate your answer by reference to relevant cases.

A State statute empowered public school principals to suspend students for up to ten days without any notice or hearing. A student who was suspended for ten days challenges the constitutionality of his suspension on the ground that he was denied due process. Was due process denied? Explain.

The Supreme Court of State G decided that the U.S. Constitution requires professors to warn students of their right to remain silent before questioning the students about cheating. This ruling directly conflicts with a decision of the Federal Court of Appeals for the circuit that includes State G. a. Must the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals withdraw its ruling? b. Must the Supreme Court of State G withdraw its ruling?

Which of the following is true of patents?     Patent law is enacted by the Congress under the power given by Article V of the Constitution.   A patent gives an inventor exclusive rights to make, use, or sell an invention for twenty-five years.   Processes may be patented but not machines.   A composition of matter is found in nature and can be patented.   A design patent gives the owner exclusive rights to use the design for fourteen years.

Describe the doctrine of binding judicial precedent.

the major federal legislation in Canada that defines illegal practices, including price fixing, bid rigging, price discrimination, predatory pricing, double ticketing, resale price maintenance, bait and switch selling, and pyramid selling occurs when false or deceptive comparisons or distorted claims are made concerning a competitor's product, services, or property comprise principle and standards that guide behaviour in the world of business may be incurred when an unfair and untrue statement is made about a competitor in writing the statement becomes actionable when it is communicated to a third party and can be interpreted as damaging the company the foundation for partnering-style relationship, product, customer, and presentation strategies an attempt to influence the person receiving the "gift"prohibits joining a competing firm for a year after they leave mutual exchange of benefits, as when a firm buys products from its customer  the buyer wants to do business with an institution…

What is the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws?     A group of experts who develop laws for states to adopt so that laws on specific subjects will be the same from state to state     An organization made up of representatives from the legislatures in each state that negotiates changes to state laws intended to standardize state laws     A committee of the U.S. Congress whose purpose is to propose how differences in state laws can be resolved     A committee of the American Bar Association whose purpose is to recommend to the U.S. Congress how differences in state laws can be eliminated What is the legal concept that rulings made by the highest courts must be followed by lower courts in future cases?     Civil law     Model laws     Stare decisis     Restatement of the law

What is the Criminal Court of the City of New York?

Plaintiffs leased commercial space from the defendant to open a florist shop. After the lease was executed, the plaintiffs learned that they could not place a freestanding sign along the highway to advertise their business because the Deschutes County Code allowed only one freestanding sign on the property, and the defendant already had one in place. The plaintiffs filed this action, alleging that defendant had breached the lease by failing to provide them with space in which they could erect a freestanding sign. Paragraph 16 of the lease provides a follows: “Tenant shall not erect or install any signs visible from outside the leased premises with out [sic] the previous written consent of the Landlord.” Explain whether this evidence is admissible.