 | United States. Supreme Court - 1920 - 996 str.
...Ct. 1П08.] Statutes — construction — favoring constltutionality. 4. A congressional enactment must be construed, if fairly possible, so as to avoid not only the conclusion that it was unconstitutional, but also grave doubts upon that acore. [For other caso«, see Statutes, II. a,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1959 - 710 str.
...well-established canon of construction that it is the duty of the courts "to construe the statute, if fairly possible, so as to avoid not only the conclusion...that it is unconstitutional, but also grave doubts vipon that score." 1J As stated by Mr. Justice Jackson in United States v. Five Gambling Devices, 346... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1972 - 2040 str.
...Justice Cardozo's statement for the Court, in Moore Ice Cream Co. \. Roue, 289 US 373, 379 (1933) : " 'A statute must be construed, if fairly possible,...unconstitutional, but also grave doubts upon that score.' . . . But avoidance of a difficulty will not be pressed to the point of disingenuous evasion. Here... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1972 - 734 str.
...Justice Cardozo's statement for the Court in Moore Ice Cream Co. v. Rose, 289 US 373, 379 (1933) : " 'A statute must be construed, if fairly possible,...unconstitutional, but also grave doubts upon that score.' . . . But avoidance of a difficulty will not be pressed to the point of disingenuous evasion. Here... | |
 | 1926
...Allen v. Louisiana, 103 US 80, 26 L. Ed. 318. "A statute must be so construed, if fairly possible, as to avoid not only the conclusion that it is unconstitutional, but also grave doubt upon that score." United States v. Jin Fuey Moy, 241 US 394, 36 S. Ct. 658, 60 L. Kd. 1061, Ann.... | |
 | Leslie Friedman Goldstein - 1994 - 356 str.
...366, 408, and United States v. Jin Fuey May, 241 US 394, 401, developed the corollary doctrine that "[a] statute must be construed, if fairly possible,...unconstitutional but also grave doubts upon that score." Jin Fuey May, supra, at 401. This canon is followed out of respect for Congress, which we assume legislates... | |
 | Christopher A. Anzalone - 2000 - 422 str.
...Judicial power Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes United States v. Jin Fuey Moy, 241 US 394, 401 (1916) A statute must be construed, if fairly possible, so...unconstitutional, but also grave doubts upon that score. Keywords: Constitutionality, Statutory interpretation Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, dissenting Southern... | |
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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. 
