The number of degree days applied to any particular day of the week is determined by calculating the mean temperature for the day and then comparing the mean temperature to a base value of 65 degrees F. (The mean temperature is calculated by adding together the high for the day and the low for the day, and then dividing the result by 2.)
Carrie E. Garrow is a member of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. She is a visiting assistant professor at Syracuse University College of Law and the Chief Appellate Judge for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Court. She also is a judicial consultant and currently works for Tribal Law and Policy Institute.
The Supreme Court: Landmark Cases (Continued) Mapp v. Ohio, 1961 Evidence that is illegally obtained by the state may not be used against a defendant in court. Until Mapp, only the federal government was barred from using illegally obtained evidence.he Court struck down the law, making it a landmark case in which the Court read the Constitution to protect individual privacy. This was to be the foundation of further privacy rulings, including the right to privacy in matters of abortion.