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· 6/1/1971

United States v. International Minerals & Chemical Corp.

Citations

  • 402 U.S. 558
  • 91 S. Ct. 1697
  • 29 L. Ed. 2d 178
  • 1971 U.S. LEXIS 37

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the use of the word “knowingly” did not evince a legislative intent to “earv[e] out an exception to the general rule that ignorance of the law is no excuse”

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Judges: Douglas, Burger, Black, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stewart, Harlan, Bren-Nan

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