Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Dugas v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.

414 U.S. 823

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1973-10-09
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • dual sentences upheld where single conspiracy violated both § 174, proscribing an importation conspiracy, and 18 U.S.C.A. § 371 (the general conspiracy statute), as applied to 26 U.S.C.A. § 4704 (proscribing certain narcotics possession conspiracies)
  • plaintiff entitled to benefit of res ipsa inference notwithstanding specific proof of negligent acts
  • noncompliance by defendant with bargain

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.