Environmental Practicum:
Class Readings for April 1, 2014

Responsible Corporation Office Doctrine

Please pay particular attention to the Ahmad and Hanousek cases.

1.    United States v. Johnson & Towers, Inc., 741 F.2d 662 (3d Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1208 (1985).

2.    U.S. v. Dotterweich, 320 U.S. 277 (1943).

3.    U.S. v. Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975).

4.    United States v. McDonald & Wilson Waste Oil Co., 933 F.2d 35 (1st Cir. 1991).

5.    United States v. Self, 2 F.3d 1071 (10th Cir. 1993).

6.    United States v. Iverson, 162 F.3d 10155 (9th Cir. 1998)

7.    United States v. Hansen, 262 F.3d 1217 (11th Cir. 2001)

 

Mens Rea and the Public Welfare Doctrine

1.    Ahmad v. United States, 101 F.3d 386 (5th Cir. 1996).

2.    United States v. Wilson, 133 F.3d 251 (4th Cir. 1997).

3.    United States v. Kelly, 167 F.3d 1176 (7th Cir. 1999).

 

Criminal Negligence

United States v. Hanousek, 176 F.3d 1116 (9th Cir. 1999).

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