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Case:   UNITED STATES V. A & P TRUCKING CO.
EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER DANGEROUS ARTICLES.  PP. 121-127.
COVERAGE OF THESE STATUTES.  PP. 125-126.
FROM THE PARTICIPATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PARTNERS AS INDIVIDUALS.
UNITED STATES V. A & P TRUCKING CO. ET AL.
THIS CASE RAISES ISSUES SIMILAR TO THOSE INVOLVED IN UNITED STATES V.
INFORMATION CHARGING A PARTNERSHIP ENTITY WITH VIOLATIONS OF 18 U.S.C.
SEC. 835 WAS AFFIRMED BY AN EQUALLY DIVIDED COURT.
ASSOCIATION; ..  .""  49 U.S.C. SEC. 303(A).
SOCIETIES, AND JOINT STOCK COMPANIES, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS; ..  .""
TO INCLUDE PARTNERSHIPS "UNLESS THE CONTEXT INDICATES OTHERWISE."
TO BE DOUBTED.  SEE UNITED STATES V. ADAMS EXPRESS CO., 229 U.S. 381.
THROUGH THE DOCTRINE OF RESPONDANT SUPERIOR.  THUS IN UNITED STATES V.
COMMON CARRIERS IN CASE THOSE DUTIES ARE NOT PERFORMED  ..  .
AS TO COLLECT A FINE BY PROCEEDING AGAINST IT BY THE COMPANY NAME.
THAT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT CONGRESS INTENDED TO DO  ..  .""
INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS, WHO MIGHT BE COMPLETELY FREE OF PERSONAL GUILT.
ONLY TO A FINE LEVIED ON THE FIRM'S ASSETS.  REVERSED.
THE METHANOL AS REQUIRED BY 49 CFR SEC. 77.817.
PROVIDED FOR ITS VIOLATION.  SEE 49 U.S.C.  (SUPP. V) SEC. 322(A).
FN2  IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT THE DEFINITION OF "WHOEVER" IN 1 U.S.C.
WHICH ENACTED INTO POSITIVE LAW THE REVISED CRIMINAL CODE.  62 STAT.
"WHOEVER" IS TO BE LIBERALLY INTERPRETED.
39 STAT. 729, 46 U.S.C. SEC. 801; TARIFF ACT, 46 STAT. 708, 19 U.S.C.
SUPPLY CO., 215 U.S. 50.
THE OFFENSES CHARGED WERE NOT INADVERTENTLY COMMITTED.
ACTS OF THEIR AGENTS.  CF.  UNITED STATES V. DOTTERWEICH, 320 U.S.
PARTNERS, BUT ONLY THE PARTNERSHIPS AS ENTITIES.
FRANKFURTER, AND MR. JUSTICE WHITTAKER CONCUR, DISSENTING IN PART.
STATUTE WHICH SHOULD BE NARROWLY CONSTRUED.
LEGISLATIVE, NOT IN THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT."
PARTNERSHIP.  JUDGE LEARNED HAND SUMMARIZED THE HISTORY IN HELVERING V.
MERCANTILE OR ENTITY THEORY OF THE PARTNERSHIP WOULD HAVE PREVAILED.
PLURALISTIC SENSE.  THE UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT, 63 U. OF PA. L. REV.
CRIMINAL LIABILITY WHERE NO PARTNER IS CULPABLE.
CASE UNDER THE MOTOR CARRIER ACT.

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