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Case of the Day: Moore v. Bertuzzi
The case of the day is Moore v. Bertuzzi, 2014 ONSC 1318. In a February 2004 hockey game, Steve Moore, who played for the Colorado Avalanche, checked Markus Näslund of the Vancouver Canucks, causing some injuries. No penalty was called, and after the game, several Canucks players, including Todd Bertuzzi, as well as the Canucks’……
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Case of the Day: Minis v. Thomson
The case of the day is Minis v. Thomson (D. Mass. 2014). According to the applicants’ brief, Loserian Minis, Joshua Makko, and Lotha Nyaru were plaintiffs in an action in the High Court of Tanzania, Mondorosi Village Council v. Tanzania Breweries Ltd. The claim was that the plaintiffs, “Maasai pastoralists who have historically resided in……
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Case of the Day: St. Philip Catholic Church v. Kubicek
The case of the day is St. Philip Catholic Church v. Kubicek (Cal. Ct. App. 2014). Josef Kubicek borrowed 19 million Czech crowns from three parishioners of St. Philip’s church in 1992, promising to repay them by 1995. When he defaulted, the Church, which had guaranteed the loans, repaid the parishioners and then sued Kubicek……
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Belfast Project: Gerry Adams Arrested In McConville Murder Case
Gerry Adams, member of the Irish parliament for Louth and president of Sinn Féin, was arrested yesterday in connection with the investigation of the murder of Jean McConville in 1972. The exact procedural posture of the case is a little unclear to me: on the one hand, the news reports make it clear that Mr.……
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Beethoven, Bach, and Me
Readers, if you’re in town on May 17, come and hear a concert of music by Beethoven and Bach! My choir, the Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline, under the direction of Dr. Lisa Graham, will be performing Beethoven’s Mass in C major and Bach’s Cantata 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. Here are the details:……