COMMONWEALTH v. L.A.L. CORPORATION


400 Mass. 737 (1987)

511 N.E.2d 599

COMMONWEALTH vs. L.A.L. CORPORATION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry P. Carroll, Deputy City Solicitor (Richard T. Egan, City Solicitor, & John A. Rasmussen with him) for the Commonwealth.

James M. Smith for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


O'CONNOR, J.

This case requires us to consider the circumstances in which a close corporation may be criminally liable for the criminal acts of its employee. Here, the defendant corporations, which we assume to be close corporations, as explained below, are charged in the District Court with violating G.L.c. 138, § 34 (1984 ed.), which provides in material part that "[w]hoever makes a sale or delivery of any alcoholic beverages or alcohol to any person under...

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