Agenda 17-34
Cases

LPR Summaries - Law 17 - Spring 2014
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Case Name |
Legal Principle (General Area of the law) |
Rule of the case |
specific "key words" |
2/26 |
Klayman v Obama
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con law 4th am - right to privacy metadata telephone numbers |
Smith v Maryland - phone record belongs to phone company, cannot expect privacy of your phone number - your phone number is not your thing, so no right to privacy - no viol of 4th am
POLICY - protection of society against terrorism vs. our right to privacy. EVIDENCE - GOVT - conversations, phone numbers can be linked to terrorist activities INDIVIDUAL - phone number is expression of your speech. |
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2/26 |
Stop and Frisk |
con law 4th am stop and frisk trespass based on race racial profiling
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Monelli v NY - In general, "[o]fficial municipal policy includes the decisions of a government's lawmakers, the acts of its policymaking officials, and practices so persistent and widespread as to practically have the force of law |
"deliberate indifference" |
3/5 |
Hispanic Interest Coalition |
con law 14th am EP citizenship lllegal documentation |
sec 28 HB56 - citizen protection act - required proof of citenship court found it to be unconstitutional
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"state enjoys no power with respect to the classification of aliens" only congress has power |
3/5 |
Little v State of Florida |
criminal law self defense deadly force if justified 2nd degree murder
activity was unlawful
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immunity under section 776.012(1) - 776.032(1) Stand your Ground |
to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm if justified |
3/12 |
Snyder v Phelps |
1st AM freedom of speech tort - harm 0- IIED
picket on public property
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matter of public concern |
4/2/14 |
Illnois v Melongo
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1st am DP criminal statute
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intermediate scrutiny of criminal statute. - does not substanitallly burden freedom of speech more than necessary
due process - criminal statute must be clear and give fair warning about what is the criminal conduct - cannot be vague, or ambiguos or overly broad.
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