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United States Vs. Dotterweich

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Nov 22, 1943

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  1. United States Vs. Gradwell US Supreme Court · Apr 09, 1917
  2. United States Vs. Wiltberger US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1820
  3. United States Vs. Balint US Supreme Court · Mar 27, 1922
  4. United States Vs. Lacher US Supreme Court · Apr 14, 1890
  5. U.S. 277 (1943) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Dotterweich
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  6. U.S. 277 (1943) United States v. Dotterweich
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  7. which was not accorded to Dotterweich, is not a prerequisite to prosecution. This Court so held in United States v. Morgan
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  8. running the business of the corporation, is immaterial. Juries may indulge in precisely such motives or vagaries. Dunn v. United
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  9. treated as a working instrument of government, and not merely as a collection of English words. See Hipolite Egg Co. v. United
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  10. States, 220 U. S. 45 , 220 U. S. 57 , and McDermott v. Wisconsin
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  11. at hazard upon a person otherwise innocent but standing in responsible relation to a public danger. United States v. Balint
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  12. United States v. Johnson
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  13. only way in which a corporation can act is through the individuals who act on its behalf. New York Central & H. R Co. v. United
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  14. makes all those responsible for it equally guilty, United States v. Mills
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  15. establish criminal liability also for a corporation, and not merely for its agents. See New York Central & H. R. Co. v. United
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  16. could not be held culpable for conduct which was indubitably outlawed by the 1906 Act. See, e.g., United States v. Mayfield
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  17. and allow its agents to escape. In very exceptional circumstances, it may have required this result. See Sherman v. United
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  18. United States v. Union
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  19. Nash v. United
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  20. even when the consequences are far more drastic than they are under the provision of law before us. See United States v. Balint
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  21. within the confines of the statute. United States v. Lacher
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  22. or actually done so. Congress alone has the power to define a crime and to specify the offenders. United States v. Wiltberger
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  23. specify with reasonable certainty those individuals it desires to place under the interdict of the Act. United States v. Harris
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  24. Sarlls v. United
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  25. even when the policy and purpose of the enactment were consistent with personal liability. United States v. Harris
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  26. officers and proved unnecessary in view of the clarity of the law to that effect. New York Central & H. R. Co. Co. v. United
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  27. Page 320 U. S. 292 We cannot presume that this omission was inadvertent on the part of Congress. United States v. Harris
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  28. Compare United States v. Cooper
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  29. Corp., 312 U. S. 600 , 312 U. S. 606 , and Davis v. Pringle
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  30. did not include the United States. But, in Georgia v. Evans
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  31. U. S. 159 , and Ohio v. Helvering
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  32. In Park Bank v. Remsen
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  33. U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Dotterweich
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  34. United States v. Morgan
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  35. Dunn v. United
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  36. See Hipolite Egg Co. v. United
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  37. and McDermott v. Wisconsin
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  38. New York Central & H. R Co. v. United
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  39. See New York Central & H. R. Co. v. United
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  40. United States v. Mayfield
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  41. See Sherman v. United
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  42. See United States v. Balint
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  43. of the Act. United States v. Harris
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  44. United States v. Harris
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  45. New York Central & H. R. Co. Co. v. United
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  46. of Congress. United States v. Harris
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  47. and Davis v. Pringle
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  48. Georgia v. Evans
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  49. and Ohio v. Helvering
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  50. United States v. Mills
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