Conspiracy. Knowingly and willfully entering into a conspiracy to: (a) knowingly discharge and dispose in the navigable waters of the United States oily mixtures, including oily bilge water and slops from bilges, that accumulated in the machinery spaces of the Caribbean Princess without the operation of oily water separating equipment and oil content monitor, in violation of Title 33, United States Code, Section 1908(a) and Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 151.10(b)(4); (b) knowingly fail to maintain an accurate Oil Record Book in which all overboard discharges and disposals otherwise of oily mixtures, including oily bilge water and slops from bilges that accumulated in the machinery spaces of the Caribbean Princess were fully recorded in violation of Title 33, United States Code, Section 1908(a) and Title 33, Code of Federal Regulation, Section 151.25(d)(4); (c) knowingly conceal, cover up, falsify and make false entries in the Oil Record Book of the Caribbean Princess with the intent to impede, obstruct, and influence the investigation and proper administration of a matter within the jurisdiction of the United States Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security, and in relation to and in contemplation of such matter, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1519; and (d) knowingly obstruct agency proceedings, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1505, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. Counts 2-5: Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. To knowingly fail to maintain an accurate Oil Record Book for the Caribbean Princess in which all overboard discharges and disposals otherwise of oily mixtures, including oily bilge water and slops from bilges, that accumulated in machinery spaces were fully recorded, in violation of Title 33, United States Code, Section 1908(a) and Title 33, Code of Federal Regulation, Section 151.25(d)(4).
Conspiracy. Literary scholars have dissected The Crucible for decades. A majority of this criticism focuses on the witch trial’s effects, symbolism, and moral implications. Given its rather skeptical portrayal of Puritanism, many scholars find interest in the play’s morality and religiosity. Xxxxxx does not provide an explicit critique of Puritanism in the play, but Puritan codes foreground the action. Puritan values created strict absolutism in Salem. The Puritan theologian Xxxx Xxxxxxx said, “all men are divided into two ranks, either they are good or bad... there is no middle sort of men in the world.”1 Scholars consistently identify Salem’s absolutism, stressing the contentions it creates between accused and accuser. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx notes “Puritan predestination...sweeps away any idea of degrees of good and evil.”2 This adherence to absolute morality results in a “construction of human pride [that] makes devils of the opponents of orthodoxy and destroys individual freedom.”3 Xxxx Xxxxxxx is a favorite of critics. As the main character of the play, Xxxxxxx is endlessly studied by literary scholars. Many interpret him a victim of guilt, seeing his downfall as a byproduct of his individual indiscretion. Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx notes Xxxxxxx’x guilt “renders him powerless,” saying it induces him to “belie himself.”4 This guilt is regularly expanded into a discussion of Xxxxxxx as Xxxxxx’x tragic hero. Xxxxxx often adhered to Aristotelian axioms of “the blameless, unspotted hero” being “an inadequate protagonist.”5 As such, Xxxxxx dramatized Xxxxxxx as an adulterer. Giving Xxxxxxx these failings situates him in a complicated, yet sympathetically remorseful state. Some go so far as to identify Xxxxxxx a martyr—Xxxxx Xxxxxxx 1 Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx. “Precision and Pseudo Precision in ‘The Crucible.’” Journal of American Studies, vol 1, no 1, Apr 1967. Pp 87-98. 2 Fender 90 3 Xxxxx, Xxxxx. “Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx in Recent Fiction and Drama.” Review of The Crucible by Xxxxxx Xxxxxx. The New England Quarterly, vol 28, no 4, 1955. Pp 538-542. 4 Bigsby xiii 5 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx. “Xxxxxx Xxxxxx’x ‘The Crucible.’” College English, vol 26, no 2, 1964. Pp 139-146. sees Xxxxxxx as “a man of essential purity,” who by the “gesture of his commitment is putting himself on the stake, secure in the knowledge that his cause is righteous and a great reward.”6 Xxxxxxx’x downfall is commonly framed against the linguistic style of The Crucible. Xxxxxx chose to keep the play’s language that of 17th century Salem...
Conspiracy. Khoobehi Properties alleges that “Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Baronne Development, KFLP and Kailas Properties, and others acting by or on behalf of the foregoing, acted and wrongfully conspired to suppress the truth and withhold material information from Khoobehi Properties regarding the interrelated business affairs of Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Baronne Development, KFLP and Kailas Properties regarding the new plans for the development, renovation and use of the 210 Baronne Property…” Under La. C.C. art. 2324, “[h]e who conspires with another person to commit an intentional or willful act is answerable, in solido, with that person, for the damaged caused by such act.” Furthermore, the actionable element of a conspiracy claim is not the conspiracy itself; rather, it is the tort that the conspirators agree to perpetrate and actually commit in whole or in part. Xxxxxx x. North 40 Land Dev., Inc., 04-0610 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1/26/05), 894 So.2d 1160, 1174. As previously noted, limited liability companies such as Baronne Development are fictional legal entities that can only act through their members or managers. Khoobehi Properties’ petition essentially alleges that Xx. Xxxxxx, acting on behalf of Baronne Development, conspired with Xx. Xxxxxx, acting on behalf of himself and/or KFLP and/or Kailas Properties, to fraudulently induce Xx. Xxxxxxxx into selling Khoobehi Properties’ interest in Baronne Development to KFLP. Since Xx. Xxxxxx, as the sole natural person alleged to have acted on behalf of himself and the corporations, cannot conspire with himself, we find that the facts alleged are insufficient to maintain a cause of action for conspiracy against Baronne Development.
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