Fact Pattern 24-1
Mountaintop Clearview Corporation authorizes Niles, its employee, to oversee its timber operation. In the course of his employment, Niles disposes of the operation’s waste illegally. Orson is a Mountaintop shareholder.

-Refer to Fact Pattern 24-1.With respect to Mountaintop and Niles,liability for this crime most likely rests with

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Fact Pattern 24-1 
Mountaintop Clearview Corporation authorizes Niles, its employee, to oversee its timber operation. In the course of his employment, Niles disposes of the operation’s waste illegally. Orson is a Mountaintop shareholder.

-Refer to Fact Pattern 24-1.With respect to Mountaintop and Niles,liability for this crime most likely rests with

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Both Mountaintop and Niles can be held liable for the crime because they acted in concert to commit the crime. Mountaintop provided the weapon and Niles actually used it to kill the victim. Under the principle of accomplice liability, both parties can be held responsible for the crime.