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Johnson, president of the First National Bank of A, believes that it is appropriate to employ only female tellers. Hence, First National refuses to employ Ken Baker as a teller but does offer him a
Section 103 of the Federal Public Works Employment Act establishes the MBE (Minority Business Enterprise) program and requires that, absent a waiver by the Secretary of Commerce, 10 percent of all
Worth H. Percivil, a mechanical engineer, was employed by General Motors (GM) for twenty-six years until he was discharged. At the time his employment was terminated, Percivil was head of GM’s
On May 26, the trial examiner issued his Intermediate Report finding that the respondent (Sailers’ Union) had not engaged in unfair union practices under Section 8(b) in its dispute with Samsoc.
The defendant, Berger Transfer and Storage, operated a national moving and transfer business employing approximately forty persons. In May and June, Local 705 of the International Brotherhood of
The City of Richmond, Virginia, adopted a Minority Business Utilization Plan requiring prime contractors awarded city construction contracts to subcontract at least 30 percent of the dollar amount of
Burdine, a female, was hired by the Texas Department of Community Affairs as a clerk in the Public Service Careers (PSC) Division. The PSC provides training and employment opportunities for unskilled
Ms. Wise was fired from her job at the Mead Corporation after she was involved in a fight with a coworker. On four other unrelated occasions, fights occurred between male coworkers. Only one of the
The United Steelworkers of America and Kaiser Aluminum entered into a master collective bargaining agreement covering terms and conditions of employment at fifteen Kaiser plants. The agreement
At Whirlpool’s manufacturing plant in Ohio, overhead conveyors transported household appliance components throughout the plant. A wire mesh screen was positioned below the conveyors to catch
John Novosel was employed by Nationwide Insurance Company for fifteen years. Novosel had been a model employee and, at the time of discharge, was a district claims manager and a candidate for the
During the years prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Duke Power openly discriminated against African Americans by allowing them to work only in the labor department of the plant’s
Michelle Vinson was an employee of Meritor Savings Bank for approximately four years. Beginning as a teller-trainee, she ultimately advanced to the position of assistant branch manager. Her
Plaintiff, Beth Lyons, a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society (Legal Aid) brought suit against her employer, alleging that Legal Aid violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the
The Steamship Clerks Union has approximately 124 members, 80 of whom are classified as active. Members serve as steamship clerks who, during the loading and unloading of vessels in the port of
Mark Hunger was the safety director at Grand Central Sanitation. On September 7, Hunger ‘‘became aware’’ that hazardous materials consisting of blasting caps were being deposited into garbage
Acme Realty, a real estate development company, is a limited partnership organized in Georgia. It is planning to develop a two hundred- acre parcel of land for a regional shopping center and needs to
Bigelow Corporation has total assets of $850,000, sales of $1,350,000, and one class of common stock with 375 shareholders, and a class of preferred stock with 250 shareholders, both of which are
Capricorn, Inc., is planning to ‘‘go public’’ by offering its common stock, which previously had been owned by only three shareholders. The company intends to limit the number of purchasers
The boards of directors of DuMont Corp. and Epsot, Inc., agreed to enter into a friendly merger, with DuMont to be the surviving entity. The stock of both corporations was listed on a national stock
Farthing is a director and vice president of Garp, Inc., whose common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Farthing engaged in the following transactions in the same calendar year: on
Intercontinental Widgets, Inc., had applied for a patent for a new state-of-the-art widget, which, if patented, would significantly increase the value of Inter-continental’s shares. On September 1,
Nova, Inc., sought to sell a new issue of common stock. It registered the issue with the Securities and Exchange Commission but included false information in both the registration statement and the
Tanaka, a director and officer of Deep Hole Oil Company, telephoned Romani for the purpose of buying two hundred shares of Deep Hole Company stock owned by Romani. During the period of negotiations,
Venable Corporation has 750,000 shares of common stock outstanding, which are owned by 640 shareholders. The assets of Venable Corporation are valued at more than $10 million. In March, Underhill
Dirks was an officer of a New York broker-dealer firm that specialized in providing investment analysis of insurance company securities to institutional investors. On March 6, Dirks received
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company (TGS) was a corporation engaged in exploring for and mining certain minerals. A particular tract of Canadian land looked very promising as a source of desired minerals, and
W. J. Howey Company and Howey-in-the-Hills Service, Inc., were Florida corporations under direct common control and management. Howey Company owned large tracts of citrus acreage in Florida. The
Basic, Inc., was a publicly traded company engaged in the business of manufacturing chemical refractories for the steel industry. Beginning in September, Combustion Engineering, Inc., and Basic
Baldwin Corporation made a public offering of $25 million of convertible debentures and registered the offering with the SEC. The registration statement contained financial statements certified by
Ingram is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) employed by Jordan, Keller and Lane, CPAs, to audit Martin Enterprises, Inc., a fast-growing service firm that went public two years ago. The financial
Girard & Company, Certified Public Accountants, audited the financial statements included in the annual report submitted by PMG Enterprises, Inc., to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Dryden, a certified public accountant, audited the books of Elixir, Inc., and certified incorrect financial statements in a form that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Shortly
Johnson Enterprises, Inc., contracted with the accounting firm of P, A & E to perform an audit of Johnson. The accounting firm performed its duty in a non-negligent, competent manner but failed to
The accounting firm of T, W & S was engaged to perform an audit of Progate Manufacturing Company. During the course of the audit, T, W & S discovered that the company had overvalued its inventory by
J, B & J, Certified Public Accountants, has audited the High credit Corporation for the past five years. Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has commenced an investigation of High
On February 1, the Gazette Corporation hired Susan Sharp to conduct an audit of its books and to prepare financial statements for the corporation’s annual meeting on July 1. Sharp made every
John P. Butler Accountancy Corporation agreed to audit the financial statements of Westside Mortgage, Inc., a mortgage company that arranged financing for real property, for the year ending December
Arthur Young & Co., a firm of certified public accountants, was the independent auditor for Amerada Hess Corporation. During its review of Amerada’s financial statements as required by Federal
Equisure, Inc., was required to file audited financial statements when it applied to have its stock listed on the American Stock Exchange (AmEx). It retained an accounting firm, defendant Stirtz
Atlantic Cement operated a large cement plant. Neighboring landowners sued for damages and an injunction, claiming that their properties were injured by the dirt, smoke, and vibrations coming from
Seindenberg and Hutchinson (the site owners) leased a fouracre tract of land (the Bluff Road site) to a chemical manufacturing corporation (COCC). While the lease initially was for the sole purpose
The State of Y submits a plan under the Clean Air Act to attain national ambient air quality standards. Can the Environmental Protection Agency administrator deny approval of the State plan because
Kennecott Copper Corp. brings a challenge to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) order that rejected a portion of the State of Nevada’s implementation plan dealing with the control of
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator issued an order suspending the registration of the pesticides heptachlor and chlordane under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
The U.S. Department of the Interior filed an environmental impact statement (EIS) with regard to its proposal to lease approximately eighty tracts of submerged land, primarily located off the coast
When considering an application for a special use permit to develop and operate a ski resort at Sandy Butte, a mountain in Washington that is part of a national forest, the Forest Service prepared an
Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) and four companies that manufacture chemicals challenged a test rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances
National-Southwire Aluminum Company (NSA) owns and operates a plant that emits fluoride. When its wet scrubbers were turned off as part of its regular maintenance program, NSA discovered no
The city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, received an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-issued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the discharge of sewage into a stream
Three banks that are wholly owned by the Republic of Costa Rica had issued promissory notes, payable in U.S. dollars in New York City. The notes are now in default due solely to actions of the Costa
Six U.S. manufacturers of broad-spectrum antibiotics derived a large percentage of their sales from overseas markets, including India, Iran, the Philippines, Spain, the Republic of Korea, Germany,
After reading attractive brochures advertising a package tour of the Dominican Republic, a U.S. family decided to purchase tickets for the family vacation plan. The tour was a product of four
A privately owned business in a developing country determines that current computer technology could solve many of the problems faced by its country’s private and public sectors. This business,
King Faisal II of Iraq was killed on July 14, 1958, in the midst of a revolution in that country that led to the establishment of a republic subsequently recognized by the U.S. government. On July
A business entity incorporated under the laws of one of the European Union (EU) member nations contracts with the government of a developing nation to form a joint venture for the mining and refining
A Panamanian corporation lends money to a Turkish enterprise, which issues a promissory note. The loan contract specifies that payment on the interest and principal shall be made to the Chemical Bank
New England Petroleum Corporation (NEPCO), a New York corporation, was in the business of selling fuel oil in the United States. PETCO, a refinery incorporated in the Bahamas, was a wholly owned
Nigeria, experiencing an economic boom due to exports of high-grade oil, embarked on an infrastructure development plan. Accordingly, Nigeria entered into at least 109 contracts with 68 suppliers for
Prior to 1918, a Russian corporation had deposited sums of money with August Belmont, a private banker doing business in New York City. In 1918, the Soviet government nationalized the corporation and
A Federal grand jury handed down an indictment naming as a defendant Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (NPI), a Japanese manufacturer of facsimile paper. The indictment alleged that five years
The stock in Hotel Management, Inc., a hotel management corporation, was divided equally between two families. For several years, the two families had been unable to agree on or cooperate in the
(a) When may a corporation sell, lease, exchange, mortgage, or pledge all or substantially all of its assets in the usual and regular course of its business?(b) When may a corporation sell, lease,
The Cutler Company was duly merged into the Stone Company. Yetta, a shareholder of the former Cutler Company, having paid only one-half of her subscription, is now sued by the Stone Company for the
Smith, while in the course of his employment with the Bee Corporation, negligently ran the company’s truck into Williams, injuring him severely. Subsequently, the Bee Corporation and the Sea
The Johnson Company, a corporation organized under the laws of State X, after proper authorization by the shareholders, sold its entire assets to the Samson Company, also a State X corporation.
Zenith Steel Company operates a prosperous business. The board of directors voted to spend $20 million of the company’s surplus funds to purchase a majority of the stock of two other
Mildred, Deborah, and Bob each own one-third of the stock of Nova Corporation. On Friday, Mildred received an offer to merge Nova into Buyer Corporation. Mildred, who agreed to call a shareholders’
Tretter alleged that his exposure over the years to asbestos products manufactured by Philip Carey Manufacturing Corporation caused him to contract asbestosis. Tretter brought an action against Rapid
Wilcox was chief executive officer, chairman of the board of directors, and owner of 60 percent of the shares of Sterling Corporation. When the market price of Sterling’s shares was $22 per share,
All Steel Pipe and Tube is a closely held corporation engaged in the business of selling steel pipes and tubes. Leo and Scott Callier are its two equal shareholders. Scott, Leo’s uncle, is one of
The shareholders of Endicott Johnson who had dissented from a proposed merger of Endicott with McDonough Corporation brought a proceeding to fix the fair value of their stock. At issue was the proper
Ray fell from a defective ladder while working for his employer. Ray brought suit in strict tort liability against the Alad Corporation (Alad II), which neither manufactured nor sold the ladder to
Kemp & Beatley was a company incorporated under the laws of New York. Eight shareholders held the corporation’s outstanding 1,500 shares of stock. Petitioners Dissin and Gardstein together owned
In early 1984, Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (Royal Dutch), through various subsidiaries, controlled approximately 70 percent of the outstanding common shares of Shell Oil Co. (Shell). On January 24,
Victor sells to Bonnie a refrigerator for $600 payable in monthly installments of $30 for twenty months. Bonnie signs a security agreement granting Victor a security interest in the refrigerator. The
On January 2, Burt asked Logan to loan him money ‘‘against my diamond ring.’’ Logan agreed to do so. To guard against intervening liens, Logan received permission to file a financing
Joanna takes a security interest in the equipment in Jason Store and files a financing statement claiming ‘‘equipment and all after acquired equipment.’’ Berkeley later sells Jason Store a
Finley Motor Company sells an automobile to Sara and retains a security interest in it. The automobile is insured, and Finley is named beneficiary. Three days after the automobile is totally
On September 5, Wanda, a widow who occasionally teaches piano and organ in her home, purchased an electric organ from Murphy’s music store for $4,800, trading in her old organ for $1,200 and
On May 1, Lincoln lends Donaldson $200,000 and receives from Donaldson his agreement to pay this amount in two years and takes a security interest in the machinery and equipment in Donaldson’s
Anita bought a television set from Bertrum for her personal use. Bertrum, who was out of security agreement forms, showed Anita a form he had executed with Nathan, another consumer.Anita and Bertrum
Aaron bought a television set for personal use from Penny. Aaron properly signed a security agreement and paid Penny $125 down, as their agreement required. Penny did not file, and subsequently Aaron
Jones bought a used car from the A–Herts Car Rental System, which regularly sold its used equipment at the end of its fiscal year. First National Bank of Roxboro had previously obtained a perfected
Standridge purchased a Chevrolet automobile from Billy Deavers, an agent of Walker Motor Company. According to the sales contract, the balance due after the trade-in allowance was $282.50, to be paid
National Cash Register Company (NCR), a manufacturer of cash registers, entered into a sales contract for a cash register with Edmund Carroll. On November 18, Firestone and Company made a loan to
National Acceptance Company loaned Ultra Precision Industries $692,000, and to secure repayment of the loan Ultra executed a chattel mortgage security agreement on National’s behalf on March 7,
Allen, Barker, and Cooper are cosureties on a $750,000 loan by Durham National Bank to Kingston Manufacturing Co., Inc. The maximum liability of the sureties is as follows: Allen, $750,000; Barker,
Peter Diamond owed Carter $500,000 secured by a first mortgage on Diamond’s plant and land. Stephens was a surety on this obligation in the amount of $250,000. After Diamond defaulted on the debt,
Paula Daniels purchased an automobile from Carey on credit. At the time of the sale, Scott agreed to be a surety for Paula, who is sixteen years old. The automobile’s odometer stated fifty-two
Stafford Surety Co. agreed to act as the conditional guarantor of collection on a debt owed by Preston Decker to Cole. Stafford was paid a premium by Preston to serve as surety. Preston defaults on
Campbell loaned Perry Dixon $7,000, which was secured by a possessory security interest in stock owned by Perry. The stock had a market value of $4,000. In addition, Campbell insisted that Perry
Pamela Darden owed Clark $5,000 on an unsecured loan. On May 1, Pamela approached Clark for an additional loan of $3,000. Clark agreed to make the loan only if Pamela could obtain a surety. On May 5,
Patrick Dillon applied for a $10,000 loan from Carlton Savings & Loan. Carlton required him to obtain a surety. Patrick approached Sinclair Surety Co., which insisted that Patrick provide it with a
On June 1, Smith contracted with Martin doing business as Martin Publishing Company to distribute Martin’s newspapers and to account for the proceeds. As part of the contract, Smith agreed to
Diggitt Construction Company was the low bidder on a well-digging job for the Village of Drytown. On April 15, Diggitt signed a contract with Drytown for the job at a price of $40,000. At the same
Elizabeth Tilleraas received three student loans totaling $3,500 under the Federal Insured Student Loan Program (FISLP) of the Higher Education Act. These loans were secured by three promissory notes
New West Fruit Corporation (New West) and Coastal Berry Corporation are both brokers of fresh strawberries. In the second half of 2009, New West’s predecessor, Monc’s Consolidated Produce, Inc.,
James Koontz purchased a Plymouth Sundance from Chrysler Credit Corporation (Chrysler) in exchange for sixty payments of $185.92. Koontz soon defaulted, and Chrysler notified Koontz that, unless he
(a) Benson goes into bankruptcy. His estate is not sufficient to pay all taxes owed. Explain whether Benson’s taxes are discharged by the proceedings.(b) Benson obtained property from Anderson on
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