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Appellate Opinion Research Project By: LaVetra Speight ASCM 627 Legal Aspects of Contracting University of Maryland University College Due: November 9, 2014 Introduction In this country, it is estimated that more than 1 billion venipunctures or blood drawings are performed by phlebotomists each year. According to Ogden-Grable (2005), phlebotomy errors can cause serious harm to patients; up to and including death, either directly or indirectly. Therefore it is vital to establish, implement

precedent for a long line of “separate, but equal” decisions upholding racially driven separation of society. The separate facilities were usually vastly different in quality, despite the injunction of the Plessy case that they be equal. The Supreme Court ruling accepted separateness as long as it was “substantially equal. ” Thereby giving the Court’s stamp of approval to the idea that segregation and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment were compatible henceforward. Although the

Thurgood Marshall, First African- American Supreme Court Justice, Dies Thurgood Marshall - well known for his victory in the U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka - has died at the age of 84. Marshall’s education, determination, and appreciation for the United States Constitution and the rule of law are paramount factors which led him to become one of the most accomplished African Americans during the civil rights era. He played a key role in advancing equality for African-American

of Jones’s wife within 10 days and in the District of Columbia. On the 11th day, in a parking lot in Maryland, the government installed the GPS system on the vehicle. They tracked the vehicle’s movements for 28 days. Jones was later convicted in March 2007, and in that trial, the jury found him guilty and the District Court sentenced him to life imprisonment. Jones appealed to the appellate court, arguing that the use of

be taken by the employee with an injury. There are four states who do not grant coworkers the immunity protection when working with someone who becomes injured while at work. The following four states operate under this law. Arkansas Missouri Maryland Vermont The U.S. Virgin Islands also allows for coworkers to be

The struggle for gay rights was not always publicized due to fear for being “ill” for thinking that way. The fight for rights was known in the mental health community as an illness. In the courts where same-sex couples would be denied the right to marry, from the Stonewall riots to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on June 26 of this year, the evolvement and difficulty of those fighting. Homosexuality has had a long battle through America, the thought of homosexuality was a mental disorder according

determine their own laws on the issue. Some states have outlawed the death penalty while others still use this practice to this day. In the state of Maryland the death penalty was used for hundreds of years before it was recently outlawed in a bill passed by the state legislature. The passing of the Capital Punishment Repeal in the state of Maryland was a

Taliento with immunity in trade of his testimony against Giglio. During the trial, Taliento said that the prosecution never offered leniency for his testimony. Giglio was ultimately convicted. After filing an appeal, Giglio learned of Taliento’s offer from the prosecution. The Supreme Court held that the prosecution violated the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause when it failed to disclose exculpatory evidence to the defense, even if the individual prosecutors are unaware of the undisclosed

Introduction I was the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court, and served for 24 years. I once said, “None of us got here by solely pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody bent down and help us pick up our bootstraps.” I was a civil rights activist, attorney, and judge. I argued and won a variety of cases to end many forms of legalized racism that helped to inspire the American Civil Rights Movement. Some people say that I was instrumental in ending legal

The jurisdiction of the federal courts is defined in Article III, Section 2, of the Constitution, as extending in law and equity to all cases arising under the Constitution and federal legislation; to controversies to which the U.S. shall be a party, including those arising from treaties with other governments; to admiralty and maritime cases; to controversies between states; to controversies between a state, or its citizens, and foreign governments or their subjects; and to controversies between