150 Pa. Commw. 455 - Downs v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 2000
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harmelin v. Michigan · Rummel v. Estelle · Commonwealth v. Koczwara · Commonwealth v. Stoyko · 315 Pa. Super. 256 - Commonwealth v. Holmes
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“mere employees,” unreasonable and absurd results would occur. All employees in this Commonwealth would risk criminal sanction when handling solid waste if their employers failed to obtain necessary permits. Moreover, because the SWMA imposes absolute criminal liability, see Section 606(i) of the SWMA, 35 P.S. § 6018.606(i) and Baumgardner Oil Co., it.would be no defense to employees that their employers explicitly told them that the necessary permits had been obtained. 9 . We note the conspicuous absence of criminal prosecutions of”
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