Part 1. Definition
In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision. Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. The four incorrect answers are other holding statements. You should find the correct option. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.
Part 2. Example
Drapeau's cohorts, the cohort would be a "victim" of making the bomb. Further, firebombs are inherently dangerous. There is no peaceful purpose for making a bomb. Felony offenses that involve explosives qualify as "violent crimes" for purposes of enhancing the sentences of career offenders. See 18 U.S.C. 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) (defining a "violent felony" as: "any crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year ... that ... involves use of explosives"). Courts have found possession of a'bomb to be a crime of violence based on the lack of a nonviolent purpose for a bomb and the fact that, by its very nature, there is a substantial risk that the bomb would be used against the person or property of another. See United States v. Newman, 125 F.3d 863 (10th Cir.1997) (unpublished) (<HOLDING>); United States v. Dodge, 846 F.Supp. 181,, Holding statements: (A) holding that possession of a pipe bomb is a crime of violence for purposes of 18 usc 3142f1 (B) holding that bank robbery by force and violence or intimidation under 18 usc 2113a is a crime of violence (C) holding that sexual assault of a child qualified as crime of violence under 18 usc 16 (D) holding for the purposes of 18 usc 924e that being a felon in possession of a firearm is not a violent felony as defined in 18 usc 924e2b (E) holding that a court must only look to the statutory definition not the underlying circumstances of the crime to determine whether a given offense is by its nature a crime of violence for purposes of 18 usc 16
Answer: (A)
Explanation: It's a good example. Based on the given prompt, option (A) is correct.
Part 3. Exercise
OF THE REVENUES OR EXPENSES IN THE ATTACHED." 44 F.Supp.2d at 1260. The merger and integration clause in the Franchise Agreement stated that: "It is understood and agreed that neither McDonald's not anyone acting on behalf of McDonald's has made any representations, inducem tatements had superior knowledge. Predictions or statements that are only promissory in nature or only express what will happen in the future are not actionable as fraud, unless the representing party has exclusive knowledge and should have been aware that the other party would rely heavily on their assertions. See Miller v. Premier Corp., 608 F.2d 973, 981 (4th Cir.1979); see also Payne v. McDonald's Corp., 957 F.Supp. 749, 760-61 (D.Md.1997); see Burger King Corp. v. Austin, 805 F.Supp. 1007, 1024 (S.D.Fla.1992) (<HOLDING>). Some courts believe that "superior knowledge"
Holding statements: (A) holding that in texas future predictions and opinions especially those regarding the future profitability of a business cannot as a matter of law form a basis for fraud (B) holding that defendants failure to anticipate future events did not constitute securities fraud (C) holding that projections of future profits or business success may constitute fraud if declarant had exclusive or superior knowledge of the facts (D) holding that future predictions and opinions especially those regarding future profitability of business cannot form basis for fraud as matter of law (E) holding that mere statements of opinion or prediction such as future profits or how well a business will do in a particular market may not be a basis for a fraud or misrepresentation action because predictions are not past or present material facts
Answer:
(C)