 | United States. Supreme Court - 1926 - 1156 str.
...presented; and it, therefore, becomes our duty, as this court has frequently said, to construe it, "if fairly possible, so as to avoid not only the conclusion...unconstitutional, but also grave doubts upon that score." Panama R. Co. v. Johnson, 264 US 375, 68 L. ed. 748, 44 Sup. Ct. Rep. 391. Shortly stated, the statute... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1926 - 810 str.
...Tax Case, 259 US 20. In the light of these principles and not forgetting the familiar rule, that " a statute must be construed, if fairly possible, so as to avoid not only the conclusion that it is Opinion of the Court. 268 US unconstitutional but also grave doubts upon that score," the provisions... | |
 | Francis Bowes Sayre - 1927 - 1192 str.
...because he would not stay to be burnt.' " And in United States v. Jin Fuey Moy, 241 US 394, 401, we said: "A statute must be construed, if fairly possible,...unconstitutional but also grave doubts upon that score." * ... Final order affirmed* B. NATURE OF ACT REQUIRED STATE v. ASHER SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS. 1887... | |
 | Henry Campbell Black - 1927 - 856 str.
...720. 70 Lopez v. State Highway Com'n, 27 NM 300, 201 P. 1050. can be done without extravagance.7* And a statute must be construed, if fairly possible, so...that it is unconstitutional, but also grave doubts on that score.78 Thus, where a law, if applied to a certain class of cases, would be unconstitutional,... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1930 - 908 str.
...Great Northern Ry. Co., 57 Fed. (2) 385*. 118. Preservation of constitutionality. — A statute should be construed, If fairly possible, so as to avoid not...unconstitutional, but also grave doubts upon that score. — Interstate Commerce Commission v. Oregon-WR & Nav. Co., 288 US 14 (40)*. The commission will continue... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1931 - 1000 str.
...punishment. If an exaction be clearly a penalty, it cannot be converted into a tax by calling it such. Id. 5. A statute must be construed, if fairly possible, so...conclusion that it is unconstitutional but also grave doubt* upon that score. P. 574. UNITED STATES v. LA FRANCA. 569 568 Opinion of the Court. 6. In §... | |
 | 1924 - 358 str.
...be presented; and it, therefore, becomes our duty, as this Court has frequently said, to construe it 'if fairly possible so as to avoid not only the conclusion...that it is unconstitutional but also grave doubts on that score.' * * * "Shortly stated, the statute provides that wilful disobedience of any lawful... | |
 | 1927 - 1050 str.
...in harmony with the constitutional provisions touching that power. A. statute must be interpreted, "if fairly possible, so as to avoid not only the conclusion that It Is unconstitutional, but also grave doubts'upon that score." United States v. Jin Fuey Moy, 241 US 394, 401, 36 S. Ct. 658, 659 (60 L.... | |
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A statute must be construed, if fairly possible, so as to avoid not only the conclusion that it is unconstitutional, but also grave doubts upon that score. 
