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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"court case"”.
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An Analysis of the Importance of the Treasury Regulations and Other Factors on Section 482 Court Case Outcomes (Transfer Pricing)
… in determining Section 482 transfer pricing court case outcomes. The examination included those factors set out in the 1968 Treasury Regulations plus additional factors cited in the literature. All Section 482 cases (22 cases) involving the establishing of an appropriate transfer price for …
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The rhetoric of protest in the Supreme Court case of Hansberry v. Lee and Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
… examines the rhetoric of protest in the legal case involving Carl Hansberry and his struggle to keep the home he had purchased for his family in a previously all-White neighborhood in Chicago. He filed a lawsuit when his family was going to be evicted from the home because the area was covered …
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THE ONE EXHIBITION THE ROOTS OF THE LGBT EQUALITY MOVEMENT ONE MAGAZINE & THE FIRST GAY SUPREME COURT CASE IN U.S. HISTORY 1943-1958
… and ends in 1958 with the first gay Supreme Court case in U.S. history.</p> <p>Central to the story is ONE The Homosexual Magazine, and its founders, as they embarked on a quest for LGBT equality by establishing the first ongoing nationwide forum for gay people in the U.S., and challenged the …
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Social Production of Intellectual Disability and the Mechanics of Moral Exclusion: Past, Present, and Future
… work within segregated environments. An entire court case was conducted about whether a man labeled as intellectually disabled was able to engage in a consensual relationship or whether he was the victim of sexual assault without ever allowing him to express his desires and lived experiences. …
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Case Study of the Structures of Criminal and Drug Courts
… and organizations working in criminal and drug courts. Specifically, the dissertation examines the structure (as defined by the interactions and relationships of players) of a criminal court and a drug court operating under a state trial court system in the United States. Recent reforms to trial …
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Heien v. North Carolina and Significant Interpretive Court Cases: An Empirical Examination of Police Officers’ Perceptions and Knowledge
… to the recent, landmark United States Supreme Court case of <em>Heien v. North Carolina</em>. In <em>Heien</em>, the Court found that objectively reasonable mistakes of law by police can support traffic stops. By doing so, it extends the permissible margin of error for stops by law enforcement …
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Outcomes of sexual assault court cases involving people with intellectual disabilities within the Western Cape: the association between conviction of the perpetrator and the complainants level of intellectual functioning
… and conviction rates of sexual offenders in cases involving complainants with ID. There is limited information available about specific factors that predict a court case outcome of sexual abuse cases involving PWID. This correlational study reviewed archival data of alleged survivors of …
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"If I am not for myself, who is for me?" : an examination of legal and ethical considerations concerning LGBTQ+ populations and collections in museums.
… minorities. Following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, museums nationwide began acquiring LGBTQ+ collections. With this new surge of collecting, this paper seeks to examine and analyze the ethical and legal protections being afforded to collections related to …
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Pretrial Supervision’s Prediction for Probation
… determine what is most beneficial for both the Courts and defendants to ensure public safety and court appearance. This study is one of the first to examine the impact of pretrial interventions (jail and community supervision) and post-conviction community supervision outcome. It was found that …
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Legal Perspectives on Channel Migration of Wandering Gravel-Bed Rivers in Southern Alberta
… developed here to the 2000 Robertson v Wallace court case supports the judge’s rulings in all three disputed reaches.
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The case for education as a fundamental right of citizenship in the United States
… were inherently unequal. Although the Supreme Court eradicated the “separate” premise of the “separate but equal” doctrine in the Brown decision, the ever elusive goal of providing equal educational opportunities to all of America’s students remains ephemeral. It is this notion of a right to …
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"Reasonable Person" vs. "Reasonable Woman": An Evaluation of the Standards Used in Determining Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment
… behavior. However, the historical 1991 federal court case Ellison vs. Brady introduced the "reasonable woman" standard due to the belief that the traditional standard may unwittingly be biased toward men. Most research to date has focused on the benefits and/or disadvantages of utilizing one …
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Diversity and Opportunity: A New Paradigm for Elite Public Universities
… California vs. Bakke has been the only Supreme Court case to rule upon affirmative action in university admissions. Bakke established the legal standard that under Equal Protection analysis, the facilitation of student body diversity for educational reasons was of compelling legal interest. This …
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Cognitive Ability Testing and Selection: A Review of Court Decisions Since 1991
… their relationship to the findings of the courts in cases involving cognitive ability tests. The factors examined were gender of the plaintiff, reason for the lawsuit, workplace setting, group or individual plaintiffs, standardadized versus unstandardized tests, validation of the tests, …
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Third-party effects and labor entitlements: an economic perspective
… is traced from the earliest recorded labor court case in 1806 through the present. In examining the dialogue surrounding changes in labor entitlements, it is found that the ubiquity of external effects in the labor relation has been historically recognized by lawmakers as they grappled with …
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Defending women who kill
This dissertation undertakes a case review of South African court case judgments (between 1994 and 2021) in which women are charged with killing their abusive intimate partners. The dissertation examines how evidence of their abuse is used in respect of legal defences and mitigation of sentence. In …
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An Historical Analysis of the Chicago Public Schools Desegregation Consent Decree (1980 - 2006): Establishing Its Relationship with the Brown v. Board Case of 1954 and the Implications of Its Implementation on Educational Leadership
… also provides an account of the Brown v. Board case of 1954, defining the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as the conduits between the landmark case and the Chicago Public School Desegregation Consent Decree.</p><p>The dissertation answers five …
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Modern-Day Judicial "politics": An Analysis Of Federal District Court Decision Making In Contemporary, Politically Divisive Issue Areas
… and racial and gender equality by U.S. District Courts have illuminated how these lower federal courts are increasingly becoming important policymakers in our political system. However, research to date has only scratched the surface on district court decision making in cases involving …
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Investigation of California Physician-Owned Hospitals Profitability and Payor Mix Compared to Other Hospital Ownership Types: 2009 to 2015
… v. Texas being decided by the US Supreme Court in 2021, the ACA, including the provisions regarding POHs, hangs in the balance. What has happened to POHs in California since passage of the ACA? How do POHs compare to other hospitals in California?</p> <p>Employing quantitative methods with …
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Hazel Brannon Smith: a portrait of the journalist as a young woman
… memoirs, documentaries, government files, court case transcripts, personal interviews, and personal correspondence and papers. Videotaped interviews along with face-to-face encounters, and telephone conversations also contributed. I was able to examine the original editions of the …
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