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United States Vs. Williams

Court : US Supreme Court

..... ed. 2007). promotes, in a list that includes solicits, distributes, and advertises, is most sensibly read to mean the act of recommending purported child pornography to another person for his acquisition. see american heritage dictionary 1403 (4th ed. 2000) (def. 4: to attempt to sell or popularize by advertising or publicity ). similarly, presents, in the context of the other verbs with ..... which it is associated, means showing or offering the child pornography to another person with a view to his acquisition. see id. , at 1388 (def. 3a: to make a gift or award of ). (the envisioned acquisition, of course, could be an electronic one, for example reproduction of the image on the recipient s computer screen.) to be clear .....

Riegel Vs. Medtronic, Inc.

Court : US Supreme Court

Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. - 06-179 (2008) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2007 RIEGEL V. MEDTRONIC, INC. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES RIEGEL, individually and as administrator ofESTATE OF RIEGEL v . MEDTRONIC, INC. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the second circuit No. 06179.Argued December 4, 2007Decided February 20, 2008 The Medical Device Amendments of 1976 (MDA) created a scheme of federal safety oversight for medical devices while sweeping back state oversight schemes. The statute provides that a State shall not establish or continue in effect with respect to a device intended for human use any requirement (1) which is different from, or in addition to, any requirement applicable under [federal law] to the device, and (2) which relates to the safety or effectiveness of the device or to any other matter included in a requirement applicable to the device under relevant federal law. 21 U. S.C. 360k(a). The MDA calls for federal oversight of medical devic...

Acit Vs. Goldmine Shares and Finance Pvt.

Court : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ITAT Ahmedabad

Reported in : (2008)113ITD209(Ahd.)

..... does not have any other source of income. in the result, the losses, depreciation and investment allowance of earlier years in respect of the new industrial undertaking, ship or approved hotel will be taken into account in determining the quantum of deduction admissible under the new section 80i even though they may have been set off ..... i) the basis of computing the "tax holiday" profits is being changed from capital employed to a percentage of the taxable income derived from the new industrial unit, ship or approved hotel. in the case of companies, 25 percent of the profits derived from new industrial undertaking etc., will be exempted from tax for a period of seven ..... sub-section (1) for the assessment year immediately succeeding the initial assessment year or any subsequent assessment year, be computed as if such industrial undertaking or a ship or the business of a hotel or the business of repair to ocean going vessels or other powered craft were the only source of income of the assessee .....

Crawford Vs. Marion County Election Bd.

Court : US Supreme Court

Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd. - 07-21 (2008) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2007 CRAWFORD V. MARION COUNTY ELECTION BD. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES CRAWFORD etal. v . MARION COUNTY ELECTION BOARD etal. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit No. 0721.Argued January 9, 2008Decided April 28, 2008* After Indiana enacted an election law (SEA 483) requiring citizens voting in person to present government-issued photo identification, petitioners filed separate suits challenging the laws constitutionality. Following discovery, the District Court granted respondents summary judgment, finding the evidence in the record insufficient to support a facial attack on the statutes validity. In affirming, the Seventh Circuit declined to judge the law by the strict standard set for poll taxes in Harper v. Virginia Bd. of Elections , 383 U. S. 663 , finding the burden on voters offset by the benefit of reducing the risk of fraud. Held: The judgm...

Kennedy Vs. Louisiana

Court : US Supreme Court

Kennedy v. Louisiana - 07-343 (2008) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2007 KENNEDY V. LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES KENNEDY v . LOUISIANA certiorari to the supreme court of louisiana No. 07343.Argued April 16, 2008Decided June 25, 2008 Louisiana charged petitioner with the aggravated rape of his then-8-year-old stepdaughter. He was convicted and sentenced to death under a state statute authorizing capital punishment for the rape of a child under 12. The State Supreme Court affirmed, rejecting petitioners reliance on Coker v. Georgia , 433 U. S. 584 , which barred the use of the death penalty as punishment for the rape of an adult woman but left open the question which, if any, other nonhomicide crimes can be punished by death consistent with the Eighth Amendment. Reasoning that children are a class in need of special protection, the state court held child rape to be unique in terms of the harm it inflicts upon the victim and society and concluded that, short of fi...

Stoneridge Investment Partners, Llc Vs. Scientific-atlanta, Inc

Court : US Supreme Court

Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc - 06-43 (2008) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2007 STONERIDGE INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC V.SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES STONERIDGE INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC v .SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC., etal. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the eighth circuit No. 0643.Argued October 9, 2007Decided January 15, 2008 Alleging losses after purchasing Charter Communications, Inc., common stock, petitioner filed suit against respondents and others under 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rule 10b5. Acting as Charters customers and suppliers, respondents had agreed to arrangements that allowed Charter to mislead its auditor and issue a misleading financial statement affecting its stock price, but they had no role in preparing or disseminating the financial statement. Affirming the District Courts dismissal of respondents, the Eighth Circuit r...

Kentucky Retirement Systems Vs. Eeoc

Court : US Supreme Court

..... to younger than to older employees and thus violates the act. see id., at 627:0010. these statements, while important, cannot lead us to a different conclusion. see national railroad passenger corporation v. morgan , 536 u. s. 101 , 111, n. 6 (2002) (noting that compliance manuals are entitled to respect under our decision in skidmore v. swift & co. , 323 u. s .....

Meadwestvaco Corp. Vs. Illinois Dept. of Revenue

Court : US Supreme Court

..... and collections, purchasing, and marketing departments. mead s involvement was generally limited to approving lexis annual business plan and any significant corporate transactions (such as capital expenditures, financings, mergers and acquisitions, or joint ventures) that lexis wished to undertake. in at least one case, mead procured new equipment for lexis by purchasing the equipment for its own account and then leasing ..... income as income arising from transactions and activity in the regular course of the taxpayer s trade or business, as well as income from tangible and intangible property if the acquisition, management, and disposition of the property constitute integral parts of the taxpayer s regular trade or business operations. ill. comp. stat., ch. 35, 5/1501(a)(1) (west 1994). this .....

Hc Rohtash Singh Vs. Government of Nct of Delhi Through

Court : Central Administrative Tribunal CAT Delhi

1. Delhi Police (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1980 (hereinafter to be referred as the Rules of 1980) envisage both preliminary and regular departmental enquiries. A preliminary enquiry is a fact-finding enquiry. Its purpose is to establish the nature of default and identity of defaulter, to collect prosecution evidence, to judge quantum of default, and to bring relevant documents on record to facilitate a regular departmental enquiry. Resort to preliminary enquiry is made when/where specific information covering the points mentioned above does not exist. In other words, if specific information covering above mentioned points exists, a preliminary enquiry need not be held at all and departmental enquiry can be straightway ordered. However, when resort is made to a preliminary enquiry and that discloses commission of a cognizable offence by a police officer of subordinate rank in his official relations with the public, departmental enquiry shall be ordered after obtaining prior approva...