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Supreme Court of the United States, 1955

Williams v. United States

Williams v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 17, 1955
350 U.S. 857; 76 S. Ct. 100; 100 L. Ed. 761; 1955 U.S. LEXIS 273 (United States Reports)

Williams v. United States

Opinion of the Court

Certiorari, 348 U. S. 926, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Argued October 13,1955. Decided October 17, 1955.

Per Curiam:

This case is controlled by the California doctrine of respondeat superior. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded for consideration in the light of that governing principle.

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