The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 1IS
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Case summary:The person D, without the permission of her roommate, took her credit card to pay for the expenses of a vacation. She used the same card in a gas station to pay for gas.
To explain:The crime committed by the person D with respect to the gas station.
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