UNITED STATES v. HAYES INTERN. CORP.

No. 84-7796.

786 F.2d 1499 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAYES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION and Louis H. Beasley, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Carol Williams, Dept. of Justice, Appellate Section, Land and Natural Resources Div., Dirk D. Snel, Judson W. Starr, Director, Environmental Crimes Unit, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

David B. Byrne, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for Hays Intern. Corp.

L. Drew Redden, Redden, Mills & Clark, Birmingham, Ala., for Beasley.

Before KRAVITCH and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

The degree of knowledge necessary for a conviction under 42 U.S.C. § 6928(d)(1), unlawful transportation of hazardous waste, is the principal issue in this appeal. The district court granted judgments of acquittal notwithstanding the jury verdicts. The court held that the government had not presented sufficient evidence of knowledge to support convictions of Hayes International Corp. and L.H. Beasley. A decision of the district court...

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