FAMOUS LAWSUITS
Paternity laws became more widespread across America after what famed silent film comedian and director was declared the legally responsible father of Joan Barry’s daughter in a 1945 case, despite a negative blood test?
Who is Charlie Chaplin
In San Francisco, it is illegal to walk your elephant down Market Street unless they are wearing what? Other pets wear them sometimes.
What is a leash?
Jurors are asked individually how they vote after a verdict is rendered.
What is Polling?
What 13-letter "P" word typically means a greater or weightier part? It is often used in civil lawsuits when determining the amount of evidence required for conviction.
What is Preponderance
Many people think her lawsuit was frivolous, but Stella Liebeck needed skin grafts for the third-degree burns the drive-thru disaster caused. She just wanted McDonald’s to pay $20,000 to cover her medical bills. When they said no, the case picked up steam. Which menu item was involved in the famous 1994 product liability suit?
Coffee?
Known in the U.S. as the Intolerable Acts and in the UK as the Coercive Acts, this series of restrictive laws was passed in response to what iconic, rebellious American event that occurred on December 16, 1773?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
When someone is accused and needs to go to a trial
What is Prosecution?
While it’s perfectly acceptable to have an American bison or a llama as a pet in this Southern U.S. state, it’s illegal to own an exotic animal such as a pet kangaroo or a pet ape in what “Peach State,” according to its exotic animal laws?
What is Georgia?
What 1896 Supreme Court decision upheld a Louisiana law forbidding a Black man to board a whites-only train car, with a "separate but equal" doctrine that perpetuated Jim Crow laws thereafter?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Named for Judiciary Chairman Andrew Volstead, the 1919 Volstead Act overrode President Woodrow Wilson’s veto to what national act that was later repealed by the 21st amendment?
What is the Prohibition Act?
You are said to be __ ___ when you are being asked questions by the person that required yo to come to Court.
What is under direct?
What professional basketball player filed a lawsuit against Nike in 2019 over the ownership of his "Klaw" logo which features his stylized initials KL and a massive hand, reflecting the player's own unusually large hands?
Who is Kawhi Leonard?
As dramatized in the 2016 film "Loving," the 1967 Supreme Court case that prohibited laws banning interracial marriage was instigated by the Lovings, a couple who sought to have their marriage recognized by what state?
What is Virginia?
State laws allowing homeschooled students to participate in extracurricular activities like athletics have been nicknamed after what homeschooled NFL quarterback?
Who is Tim Tebow?
Counsel leads the witness.
What is Cross Examination?
What type of laws refer to state-level securities regulations aimed at protecting investors from fraud and ensuring fair and honest securities transactions?
What are Blue Sky Laws
What short-lived New York City-based tech startup launched in 2016 as a musical talent booking app, yet is better remembered for its ill-fated promotional music festival in Great Exuma, Bahamas that led to numerous lawsuits and federal fraud charges against CEO Billy McFarland?
Who is Frye?
Although Washington has had a locally elected mayor and a 13-member council since 1973, technically what political body maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws?
Who is Congress?
In a Criminal trial, this happens at the end of the presentation of both cases in Chief
What is request a directed verdict?
What is a more technical term for public laws, which include all acts of Congress and laws enacted by the president?
What are Statutes?