UNITED STATES v. SANI-PINE CORPORATION

No. 208.

153 F.2d 1015 (1946)

UNITED STATES v. SANI-PINE CORPORATION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 4, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Nussbaum, of New York City, for appellant.

T. Vincent Quinn, U. S. Atty. for Eastern District of New York, of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Vine H. Smith, Maurice Z. Bungard, and Mario Pittoni, all of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before SWAN, CLARK and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


FRANK, Circuit Judge.

Defendant argues that the information stated no crime because it did not charge the corporation with "knowingly" or "wilfully" committing the acts. But this statute does not require proof of any awareness of wrongdoing. United States v. Dotterweich, 320 U.S. 277, 280-281, 64 S.Ct. 134, 88 L.Ed. 48.1 In any event, an information pleading in the words of the statute is sufficient. United...

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