Issue and Answer,
Summary of Law,
Impact on Client
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
Writing exercise ss 3.
1)
In March 2000, Gilbert Spaulding applied to the
Workforce Commission for extended unemployment benefits. Because those benefits were not available
during the period for which he sought eligibility, the Workforce Commission
denied Spaulding’s request and the lower court correctly affirmed the denial.
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M. Answer) In March 2000, Gilbert Spaulding applied to the Workforce Commission for extended unemployment benefits. The commission denied the request because those benefits were not available during the period for which he sought eligibility. The trial court affirmed.
2)
The plaintiff, Pilsen Corporation, had only
requested a partial summary judgment on the discrete issue of fraud. The intermediate appellate court affirmed the
lower court’s grant of the summary judgment.
However, the state supreme court reversed the affirmation.
M. Answer) Plaintiff, Pilsen Corporation, moved for a partial summary judgment on the discrete issue of fraud. The trial court affirmed the motion, and the court of appeals affirmed. On further appeal, however, the state supreme court reversed.
3)
For three years Davis Energy has had a guard . .
. own property. Under these circumstances, the issue is
whether …
M. Answer) Davis Energy owns a fuel-storage yard that can be reached only by a private road. For seven years, owners of adjacent lots have used the road to reach their property. For the past three years, Davis has had a guard at the road's entrance but has posted no other notice about private property or permission to enter. Has Davis, through its actions or silence, granted its neighbors an easement to use the road?
4)
Before 1958, the plaintiff Los Angeles Dodgers,
the owner of a professional baseball team, played baseball in Brooklyn, New
York, under the name “the Brooklyn Dodgers.”
In 1958, the plaintiff had offices in Los Angles, California, where it has
played baseball since then.
M. Answer) Plaintiff Los Angeles Dodgers, a corporation owning a professional baseball team, began in New York as the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1958, the team moved the site of its home games from New York to California and changed its names to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The organization's principal corporate offices are now in Los Angeles.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
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