misc.legal.moderated

I live in an apartment in los angeles and have musicians as nieghbors. when i signed the year lease i also signed a form stating that there is to be no noise after 10 pm. my neighbors make lots of noise after 10 pm. i have spoken to the landlady and we

Does anyone know when the "compelling government interest" argument was first used to override Constitutional rights here in the U.S.? -- Yours In Liberty, Melissa - Colorado, U.S.A. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3573997517

Jim Thorp <thorp_jim@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<t9c3uvcitolfdba8o8b11ofj6rdt28khpb@4ax.com>... > Parents divorced 20 years ago, state of jurisdiction is North Carolina. > > Lifetime alimony paid to wife from ex-husband. > > In addition, lif

It is my understanding that a landlord who rents a third apartment in a 2-family house in New York City in violation of the building's certificate of occupancy is legally prohibited from collecting rent both from the tenant in the illegal apartment AND

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:58:44 -0500 Sherri <servicestaffer@cox.net> whittled these words: > I found a company called Liberty Property Damage > (www.libertypropertydamage.com) they were awesome! I don't know how > but the got titan to pay for everyth

Stuart O. Bronstein wrote: > There's a scotch distillery in southern Scotland, which was > purchsed by Heublein, apparently to eliminate competition. > They closed it and then sold the property with a covenant > in the deed that said

David Chesler <chesler@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message news:<d1putvcp2futhv87ejj6pd18kr7uf07amt@4ax.com>... > According to my bank, I did order it, since I authorized the charge. > And I did have to pay for it, since it was a debit card. You

I am a property owner in CT. My property has frontage along a dirt road on the southerly border. This road has not been engineered properly and has hit and miss drainage. In the winter after a heavy rain or heavy snow and subsequent melting, the

nx0404a@hotmail.com (J Bimford) wrote in message news:<2miqtv0bdqshfsdt3ng4hs1ja7t864g6hd@4ax.com>... > For the last several years, I have worked, through fanfiction and > Internet-based RPGs (one of which I actually run), on an existing, > copyrighte

I got to watch part of a criminal case and I've been on jury duty a lot, but I've never seen anything like this. The person was convicted, but I think it happened because everyone hated the attorney or thought he was nuts. This attorney couldn't figu

I called a real estate agency to sell a three week timeshare. An agent for the agency answered my call. When we spoke over the phone, the agent mentioned that the cost for advertising the timeshare would be "four ninety-nine" for the first week and "

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:58:34 -0500, "Stuart O. Bronstein" <spamtrap@lexregia.com> wrote: >"Daniel R. Reitman" <dreitman@spiritone.com> wrote: >> Actually, Oregon has abolished joint tenancy -- but it retains >> entireties. The Oregon court has up

This is a charge my ex-landlord says I am responsible to pay. It is for $400.00! What is it? He and his apts. are in Missouri; I now live in Calif.

Is it legal for a company in California to force employees to use all of their accrued vacation before the end of the year each year? Example, say a person gets 2 weeks of vacation a year. The company accrual max is 3 weeks. Is it legal to force an

Quoted from a Reuters article Online gamer sues, wins over virtual theft 20.12.2003 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3540410&thesection=news&thesubsection=world http://tinyurl.com/2z3mj A Chinese court has ordered an online vide

Hi all I fell on ice at a friends house helping her unload her car, breaking my wrist. On a "right/wrong" point I guess she was wrong - she could have parked the car elsewhere in her driveway which was totally clear. Rather, she chose to park it as

>>>>> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:58:22 -0500, Barry Gold ("Barry") writes: Barry> I have to disagree here. A state or city will generally *not* have Barry> immunity. An illegal search is a violation of the US Constitution Barry> About the only time

If someone cached your personal web site, page by page and copies it with all your personal pictures of your family, friends and self. And then puts it on their hosting site is there anything you can do about this? Keep in mind they are pretty much sta

Okay, I have a, er, theoretical question regarding probate. Say a woman dies. She is single, and she has three single adult children, named equal beneficiaries in her will. One of her children is the executor, and he gets full authority. He can

jfc@mit.edu (John F. Carr) wrote: > > In a split decision published today (December 16), the Ninth > Circuit Court of Appeals held that the federal Controlled > Substances Act, as applied to medical marijuana users, exceeds > Congress' power under

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:58:38 -0500, enigmatic300@yahoo.com (The Enigma) wrote: [snip] >Here is my question. Considering that I am an exempt employee, is it >unlawful for my company to deduct pay for time missed, yet not pay me >extra for overtime

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:58:35 -0500, "Stuart O. Bronstein" <spamtrap@lexregia.com> wrote: >ptsc <ptsc@nowhere.com> wrote: >> cj.green@worldnet.att.net (Christopher Green) wrote: >> Is it possible to fulfill this rule by simpler means, though, >>

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, David Chesler <chesler@post.harvard.edu> wrote: > [T]here is a reasonable Constitutional basis for > questioning government actions which may seem > to promote a religion, as being contrary to the > establishment clause. Th

Ripley7173 <ripley7173@aol.com> wrote: >How can the landlord have documentation, if I didn't sign a walk-through? I >remember my last landlord being SUPER nitpickey about the walk-through, and >telling me it was the only way she could protect herself.

David Martel <marte005@earthlink.net> wrote: > I don't find your story very coherent. Perhaps if I summarize my >understanding you will be able to better relate your story to others. > You developed a system for capturing and processing data from f

In article <9fc3uvgjsugr691opnhdm3ksqs06teba4c@4ax.com>, Stuart O. Bronstein <spamtrap@lexregia.com> wrote: >ptsc <ptsc@nowhere.com> wrote: >> If so, could it be the subject of an expansive clause such as >> "in the lifetimes of everyone now living

What is Hinckley's legal status with respect to his apparently involuntary hospitalization? He was found not guilty by reason of insanity, correct? Given that, what is the basis for keeping him incarcerated? I am not a lawyer, and I don't actua

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:58:29 -0500, D Barry <google@dcbarry.com> wrote: > HI folks: > > I will be filing suit against one of those "big computer chains", for > breach of contract. In a nutshell, I purchased a notebookcomputer > along with their "Pe

William Penrose <wpenrose@customsensorsolutions.com> wrote in news:2jc3uvoluvl0iengf01mt9sft50uhg3e51@4ax.com: > `On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:02:27 -0500, mjacobslaw@comcast.net (Michael > Jacobs) wrote: > >>nx0404a@hotmail.com (J Bimford) wrote in me

sankra wrote: > My friend was laid off in the US a couple of months ago, he was > unforturnately carried with unpaid loans which he was unable to pay > them off. > questions are, 1>> if he go to Canada and get a Canadian Driver License wit

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:58:18 -0500, Default User <first.last@boeing.com.invalid> wrote: >William Penrose wrote: > >> The problem is with trademarks, not copyright. That's a much broader >> area, one which allows McDonald's hamburgers to sue a littl

In article <pec3uvgmsopcfctgntme2kcuojtvvc3lpe@4ax.com>, Ripley7173 <ripley7173@aol.com> wrote: > >The problem is that you did not do a formal walk-through, and thus > >do not have formal proof of the condition of the house. When you go > >to court

Seth Breidbart wrote: > What about a Certificate of Mailing? .... > The IRS claims it isn't good enough; Not exactly. They claim (correctly) that the law and regulations put the burder of proof on the taxpayer to show that the return was f

Hi, I need a bankruptcy attorney in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. I signed my divorce about 2 years ago with no contest because we had a verbal agreement that he would pay half the debt or half the cost of bankruptcy, as just about everything was in

"Arthur L. Rubin" <ronnirubin@sprintmail.com> wrote: >I thought THOSE cases were thrown out, even in the US. In Scotland, >Clan McDonald owns the "trademark" on the name McDonald -- >McDonalds (not McDonald's) runs under license from the Clan. I

Barry Gold wrote: > Could one register a trademark and then declare it "public domain"? > I'm not sure. It seems unlikely, as you have to protect a trademark in order to keep it. Just look at Aspirin! -- This account is subject to a persiste

Len Oil wrote: > > "Ian Montgomerie" <ian@ianmontgomerie.com> wrote: > [re: question on Copyright of universes/settings] > > This is way too vague to tell anything. "Basic universe mechanics" > > can't be copyrighted. But if (for example) you've g

In article <jec3uvc02i25orukc16rof7fas3e7l44c4@4ax.com> in misc.legal.moderated, David Martel wrote: > I could be wrong but it seems to me that failing to obey the instruction >to ignore this issue and continuing to raise it may be grounds for >dis

In article <gfc3uvome790v7lqje01fu69jlfr3n2jm4@4ax.com> in misc.legal.moderated, The Enigma wrote: >Considering that I am an exempt employee, is it >unlawful for my company to deduct pay for time missed, yet not pay me >extra for overtime work? I