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PEOPLE v. ROSCOE

No. C055801.

169 Cal.App.4th 829 (2008)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN F. ROSCOE et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

December 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernheim, Gutierrez & McCready and William S. Bernheim for Defendant and Appellant John F. Roscoe.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Brett H. Oberst and Patrick W. Dennis for Defendant and Appellant Ned F. Roscoe.

Jan Scully, District Attorney, Albert C. Locher, Assistant District Attorney, Charles Gonzales and Elise Sumnicht, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Gordon Burns, Deputy State Solicitor General, Mary E. Hackenbracht, Assistant Attorney General, Sara J. Russell and Tracy L. Winsor, Deputy Attorneys General, for State Water Resources Control Board as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

ROBIE, J.—

The responsible corporate officer doctrine was developed by the United States Supreme Court to hold corporate officers in responsible positions of authority personally liable for violating strict liability statutes protecting the public welfare. (Hustis & Gotanda, The Responsible Corporate Officer: Designated Felon or Legal Fiction? (1994) 25 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 169, 176, citing United States v. Dotterweich...

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