The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 10BCP

(a)

Summary Introduction

Case summary: The person MT is a Muslim inmate incarcerated at WCI in Wisconsin. During the month of Ramadan, a core religious practice required him to undertake sunrise to sunset fast. This was accommodated by the prison through the provision of “meal bags” at sunset to each Muslim prisoner. The eligibility criteria were decided by the prison’s chaplain. On two specific days, the person MT was denied meal bags by guard L even though the person MT was on the list maintained, and was further informed by two other guards that his name had been removed by Captain H, which was false. If he wanted to consume food, he had to go to the cafeteria. He was later provided with meal bags till the end of Ramadan. The person MT sued the guards later for breaching his First Amendment rights.

To explain :The cause as well as the clause of the US Constitution that had been violated in the given case.

(b)

Summary Introduction

Case summary: The person MT is a Muslim inmate incarcerated at WCI in Wisconsin. During the month of Ramadan, a core religious practice required him to undertake sunrise to sunset fast. This was accommodated by the prison through the provision of “meal bags” at sunset to each Muslim prisoner. The eligibility criteria were decided by the prison’s chaplain. On two specific days, the person MT was denied meal bags by guard L even though the person MT was on the list maintained, and was further informed by two other guards that his name had been removed by Captain H, which was false. If he wanted to consume food, he had to go to the cafeteria. He was later provided with meal bags till the end of Ramadan. The person MT sued the guards later for breaching his First Amendment rights.

To find:The reason for how the rule of law had been breached.

(c)

Summary Introduction

Case summary: The person MT is a Muslim inmate incarcerated at WCI in Wisconsin. During the month of Ramadan, a core religious practice required him to undertake sunrise to sunset fast. This was accommodated by the prison through the provision of “meal bags” at sunset to each Muslim prisoner. The eligibility criteria were decided by the prison’s chaplain. On two specific days, the person MT was denied meal bags by guard L even though the person MT was on the list maintained, and was further informed by two other guards that his name had been removed by Captain H, which was false. If he wanted to consume food, he had to go to the cafeteria. He was later provided with meal bags till the end of Ramadan. The person MT sued the guards later for breaching his First Amendment rights.

To find:The reasoning behind the court’s conclusion that there was a violation of right.

(d)

Summary Introduction

Case summary: The person MT is a Muslim inmate incarcerated at WCI in Wisconsin. During the month of Ramadan, a core religious practice required him to undertake sunrise to sunset fast. This was accommodated by the prison through the provision of “meal bags” at sunset to each Muslim prisoner. The eligibility criteria were decided by the prison’s chaplain. On two specific days, the person MT was denied meal bags by guard L even though the person MT was on the list maintained, and was further informed by two other guards that his name had been removed by Captain H, which was false. If he wanted to consume food, he had to go to the cafeteria. He was later provided with meal bags till the end of Ramadan. The person MT sued the guards later for breaching his First Amendment rights.

To find:The decision of the federal appellate court regarding the allegations as well as the court’s view for the post order stage.

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