Apex Oil Company v. United States
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
530 F.2d 1291 (1976)
- Written by Sara Adams, JD
Facts
Apex Oil Company (defendant) was a business that transported and stored fuel oil. Apex was convicted as a person in charge on two counts of failing to notify a proper government agency of an oil spill in violation of the Water Pollution Control Act (the act), 18 U.S.C. § 1321(b)(5). The act explicitly included corporations in its definition of person. Apex appealed, arguing that a corporation was not a person in charge that may be prosecuted under the act, and that prosecution was limited under the act to natural persons and individuals.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Haney, J.)
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