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conversion, unjust enrichment, restitution, the right to an accounting, human rights violations and violations of international law: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: In re American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Litigation: violations of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986), is a US labor law case, where the United States Supreme Court, in a 9–0 decision, recognized sexual harassment as a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case was the first of its kind to reach the Supreme Court and would redefine sexual harassment in the workplace. [1] [2]
The law responds to each of them by imposing an obligation to pay compensatory damages. Restitution for wrongs is the subject which deals with the issue of when exactly the law also responds by imposing an obligation to make restitution. Example. In Attorney General v Blake, [25] an English court found itself faced with the following claim. The ...
A former Fresno IRS employee who also worked as a private tax preparer was sentenced Thursday for 13 felonies related to identity theft and wire and tax fraud.
Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution (2006) is a book edited by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell, which outlines the key cases in English unjust enrichment law and restitution. Content [ edit ]
The following is an excerpt about the change of position defence at work. The Change Of Position Issue. 76 As Mr Howe correctly observed in the course of argument, “change of position” is what this case is really all about. 77 In Lipkin Gorman (above) the House of Lords recognised change of position as a defence to restitutionary claims. In ...
The type of legal remedies to be applied in specific cases depend on the nature of the wrongful act and its liability. [1] In international human rights law, there is a right to an effective remedy. In the legal system of the United States, there exists a traditional form of judicial remedies that serve to combat juror biases caused by news ...
It is subject to several qualifications. In such cases, the claimant may still be entitled to restitution. Examples include: Where, properly construed, the benefit received by the defendant did not form part of the bargained-for counter-performance; Where the claimant has only received an "incidental" benefit; [41]