Citron V. California Gambling Cases

Throughout the course of America's History, there have been decisions in law that have defined the America as a country, that have reinvented laws for better or for worse, and have affected the lives of millions. Some of these impactful decisions fell under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court like Marbury v. Madison, Dred Scott v. Sandford, and Plessy v. Ferguson. Of course without the judgment of the Supreme Court Justices, none of the decisions could have been made. Earl Warren was a Supreme Court Justice who served from 1953 to 1969. During this period Earl Warren was truly able to leave a lasting impression on America’s history by helping decide court cases that were extremely important to the lives of millions in America then and now.

The case of California v. Greenwood involves police who were investigating a potential drug trafficker, Greenwood. The police, who were acting on information that suggested that Greenwood could possibly be engaged in narcotics trafficking, obtained trash that Greenwood had left on the curb in front of his home. Considering the trash included items indicative of narcotics use, the police then obtained warrants to search Greenwood’s home, discovered controlled substances during their searches, and subsequently arrested respondents on felony narcotics charges.

Facts: The Green family runs and owns Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a national arts and skills chain that has over 500 stores and they have over 13,000 employees. Other facts of the case are that the Green family has been able to organize the business around the values of the Christian faith and has explicitly expressed the desire to run the company as told by Biblical principles, one of which is the belief that the utilization of contraception is wicked. Also, the facts show that under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), occupation -founded group health care plans must offer certain sorts of preventative care, for example, FDA-accepted contraceptive approaches.

The court ruling of the Madrigal v. Quilligan case further illustrated injustice. Dr. Rosenfeld had met with Antonia Hernandez, a new lawyer, and discussed the crimes being committed at the LAC+USC hospital. She assembled ten women that were victims of the forced sterilizations, leading to a class action lawsuit against the hospital. The argument was that the women's’ rights were violated as their constitutional right to bear children had been violated. Furthermore, the women’s consent forms were signed under stressful conditions, some not even being informed of what was being signed, so actual consent could not be given. However, the judge’s ruling favored the county hospital, stating there was no way the doctors would have known the women

Bankruptcy is a time of turmoil and uncertainty in any company, in addition to employees leaving and a loss of confidence from vendors and customers, management is restricted in their ability to make decisions and navigate the company. Because of the heightened uncertainty, many investors abandon the company, greatly reducing the value of the company, making the process even more difficult. However, savvy investors can generate large returns by entering the company at the right time as it begins to rebuild, so long as they can determine which companies will fail, and which will recover. H Partners is currently engaged in this process with Six Flags, having already gathered substantial returns on Six Flags’ senior debt, H Partners is determining

The case of Mapp vs. Ohio is a case of illegal search and seizure. It went to the Supreme Court in 1961. It is important to today’s society because it might mean the difference between guilty and innocent. I agree with the Supreme Court because it is illegal to access private property without a warrant or consent. The case lasted until June 19, 1961.

In the case of Riley V. California, Mr. Riley was stopped on a traffic violation, which led to his arrest on weapons charges. The officer searching Riley’s incident to arrest seized a cell phone form Riley’s possession. There was information on the phone and repeated use of a term associated with a street gang. Hours later a gang detective examined the phone’s digital contents and based in part on photographs and videos found, the State charged Riley in connection with a shooting that occurred a few weeks earlier. They sought an enhanced sentence based on Riley’s gang membership. He was ultimately charged with connection to an earlier shooting, firing at an occupied vehicle, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and attempted murder. Riley

The people of the State of California vs Conrad Murray was a very high profile case due to the celebrity status of the victim. On June 25 2009 legendary singer Micheal Jackson died of a drug overdose from a heavy sedative called propofol, this mixed with other drugs found in Jackson system caused the overdose to happen. While this occurrence looked to be a tragic accident the fault of this accident only pointed to one person. Conrad Murray was Michael Jackson personnel physician that travel with him during the preparation of the This Is It tour. Murray was charged with the involvement of Jackson death due to his misuse of prescription drugs that he would administer to Jackson. The trail started on September 27, 2011 and was televised for the

The case of Buck v. Bell was presented to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1927. It involved a young woman, Carrie Buck, who was diagnosed as being feeble minded and instituted to the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble Minded.

Facts: The incident occurred on October 31st 1963 at approximately 2:30pm in the afternoon. The police officer who was dressed in plain clothes was attracted by Terry and Chilton who were casing a store. With 30 years of prior experience in the area. The officer knew casing when he saw it. He had been assigned to that area specifically in search for shoplifters and pick pockets. It was apparent that these men are in fact casing. It is stated that they were pausing to stare in the same window about 24 times all followed by the same route. There was a third man associated with it as well. The officer had noticed the petitioner who kept talking with another individual on the street corner and then

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase" —Martin Luther King, Jr.This statement implies that if someone 's current situation is not good or where they would expect it to be. And they don 't know what is to happen and they don 't want to take a risk in life if they kept moving forward. People need to learn not to be judgmental and have faith in themselves. People have to be willing to put them self out there. Everything is not guaranteed to always work perfectly. What is life without the experience. All three of these cases influenced the civil rights movement by making blacks equal to whites: Loving v. Virginia, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, and University of California v.

Facts: After obtaining a warrant for stolen items from an armed robbery, a California police officer searched petitioner Horton’s home. The officer had described both the weapons used and property stolen in the affidavit for the search warrant, but the Magistrate issuing the warrant only authorized a search for the stolen property. Even though the police did not discover the stolen property, weapons matching the officer’s description were found in plain view and seized. Horton ended up being convicted of armed robbery after a motion to suppress the seized evidence was denied by the trial court.

The first major court case to influence our treatment of juveniles today was the Kent v. United States. The case overall, made an impact on the treatment of juveniles today because now juveniles have a right to an attorney, the parents must be notified and either parents or a lawyer must be present during an interrogation, and juveniles must be reminded of his or her right to silence. The main thing that this case influenced was that courts must allow juveniles the right to defend themselves and to be heard when transferring a juvenile over to the adult system.

The court cases Goldberg and Wheeler do not stand for the proposition that only welfare benefits for people in extreme circumstances are entitled to pre-termination hearings. However, this is one situation where cutting off benefits with little or no notice could affect the well-being of the family or person. Any programs that offer they type of assistance people rely on to survive could benefit from pre-termination hearings, not just the welfare program.

Rosengren begins his article “Losing It All” by introducing a man named Scott Stevens. Stevens, at age 52, was consumed by his addiction to casino gambling, forcing him to end his own life. This man, as Rosengren explains, couldn’t control himself from gambling away up to $4 million; most of this money was from stealing company funds (Stevens worked at an investment firm). Rosengren tells the story of Scott Stevens to emphasize the destructiveness of gambling addiction.