Legal Opinion
Apex Oil Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1976No. 75--1775PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Apex Oil Company, a Missouri corporation whose business includes the transportation and storage of various types of fuel oil, appeals from a final judgment of conviction on two counts of a three-count indictment 1 for failing to notify an appropriate agency of the United States government of a known oil spill in violation of the Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1321(b)(5). It was fined a total of $20,000 and placed on probation for three years. The execution of $15,000 of the fine was stayed on the condition that the corporation not violate any law relating to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- The Wilderness Society v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- United States v. a & P Trucking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Parker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942
- United States v. Hilton Hotels Corporation, Western International Hotels CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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- State of Idaho v. Bunker Hill Co.District Court, D. Idaho · 1986
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