Reports on the rulings of the United States Supreme court relating to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's violation policy in two cases. Basis of the court's decision in the case involving three employees of S.A. Healy Company who died from a methane explosion in Milwaukee; ...
double jeopardy, inlaw, protection against the use by the state of certain multiple forms ofprosecution. In general, in countries observing the rule of double jeopardy, a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime based on the same conduct. If a person robs a bank, that individual ca...
In cases where the cause of death is unclear, the insurance company need not pay the proceeds until the accidental nature of death is sufficiently established by aPreponderance of Evidence. A beneficiary of such a policy may sue an insurance company for breach of contract to enforce his or her...
life is filled with a lot of Fridays,” wrote United Methodist City Society Executive Director the Rev. Bill Shillady in an email to Clinton obtained by CNN. “Friday is the day that it all
For the first time in its history, the Second Amendment Foundation today issued a “travel advisory” to firearms owners to avoid going to California, warning law-abiding armed citizens that their civil rights could be in jeopardy due to that state’s restrictive gun control laws. ...
Inability of the Jury to Agree Where the jury is unable to agreeon a verdict, it is well-settled that jeopardy does In the lower court, the judges were dividedOrfield, Lester BCal.w.l.rev
Does double jeopardy apply to labour cases?Lavery Modise
Supreme Court Takes Up a Pair of Double Jeopardy CasesRuth Marcus
WHEN DOUBLE JEOPARDY SHOULD BAR RETRIAL IN CASES OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT: A CALL FOR BROADER STATE PROTECTIONSMcEvoy, EmilyColumbia Law Review
The subject of prosecutorial appeals involves such fundamental legal issues as former jeopardy, justification for the dismissal of a jury before verdict, the finality of judgments, and the reviewability of interlocutory orders. The piecemeal evolution of doctrines in these areas from the English common...