You are still in the information-gathering phase. What you should be seeing is that document gathering is a large part of civil litigation. Lawyers want all the information possible. This week, you will be asking ABC Corporation to provide information. Please make sure you ask for everything you can think of! If the other side…
For the final project, you will study the Acme Corporation case and organize a trial notebook. A trial notebook is an outline that a trial attorney will follow during a trial. It contains case pleadings, motions, pre-trial orders, subpoenas and copies of the deposition transcripts that will be used at the trial, copies of documentary…
For the project, you will study the Acme Corporation case and organize a trial notebook. A trial notebook is an outline that a trial attorney will follow during a trial. It contains case pleadings, motions, pre-trial orders, subpoenas, copies of the deposition transcripts that will be used at the trial, copies of documentary evidence, trial…
Acme Corporation Case For the project, you will study the Acme Corporation case and organize a trial notebook. A trial notebook is an outline that a trial attorney will follow during a trial. It contains case pleadings, motions, pre-trial orders, subpoenas, copies of the deposition transcripts to be used at the trial, copies of documentary…
n 1803, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case of Marbury v. Madison, providing itself great power to judge the decisions of the other branches of government and opening the door to decisions consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Preparation Review the following U.S. Supreme Court cases: Marbury v. Madison.…
In the case of Ontario v. Quon, 560 U.S. 746 (2010), a city police department read personal text messages sent and received on a pager that the employer owned and issued to an employee, a police officer. Some of the text messages were to the employee’s wife and some were to a fellow officer with…
Contracts play an important part of all leasing, whether it be residential or commercial. It is important that the verbiage used on a contract be carefully examined in order to determine the rights and obligations of all parties. For this assignment, please carefully review the attached Residential Lease, and then answer the following questions on…
A landlord and a tenant wish to enter into a leasehold relationship under which the tenant will lease the premises Apartment 4A at 10 Oak Street, Central City, Any State for a period of 24 months, at an annual rental of $6,000. The landlord wants two months security and does not permit pets. Prepare a…
Week 3 Midweek Assignment: Survey Methods Memo Research surveys and answer these questions in a memo to your attorney: What is a survey? What is the role of survey in a real estate transaction? Explain each of these methods for describing real property: Government Rectangular System; Metes and Bounds Surveys; Platted Descriptions. . On a…
Albert Wilson is the owner in fee of a parcel of improved real estate located at 1 Main Street, Middletown, Frontier County, USA. It is a single-family residence, located in an R-1 (residential 1 family house) zone, and served by city water and sewer. The house was built in 1944. Robert Brown and Alice Brown,…