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Citation421 U.S. 658,95 S. Ct. 1903, 44 L. Ed. 2d 489,1975 U.S. Brief Fact Summary. Defendant charged with a violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for failing to rectify unsanitary conditions in his company’s warehouse. Synopsis of Rule of Law.
Park. United States v. Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975) Argued: March 18, 1975. Argued: March 19, 1975. Decided: June 9, 1975. Annotation. Primary Holding. Strict liability applies to a corporate officer charged with a public welfare offense under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, even if they did not engage in affirmative wrongdoing.
initiated by the states or their subdivisions will be invalidated. Restrictive covenants had a start similar to that of the segrega-tion ordinance. In Gandolfo v. Hartmnan 13 a covenant which pro-vided that certain property should not be rented to Chinamen was found to violate the Fourteenth Amendment and "the most favored
Jennifer B. Davis, Esq., Of Counsel at Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C., is the principal author of this presentation. A criminal liability theory named after the United States Supreme Court decision in United States v. Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975). Also called the “Responsible Corporate Officer” (RCO) Doctrine.
May 5, 2017 · Under the theory derived from the U.S. Supreme Court case of United States v. Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975), a progeny of United States v. Dotterweich, 320 U.S. 277 (1943), a corporate official can be convicted of a misdemeanor based solely on his position of responsibility and control to prevent the underlying violation of the FDCA.
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United States v. Park , 421 U.S. 658 (1975), was a case in the Supreme Court of the United States which held the Chief Executive Officer of a company may be criminally liable for contaminating food in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
