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Statutory Interpretation
508 published works
California Corporate & Securities Law Blog
Was "Principal Executive Office" A Grave Tautology?
Last week, I wrote about legislation, 2022 Cal. Stats. ch. 617, that among other things eliminated the word "executive" from the numerous sections of the California Corporations Code containing the…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
The meaning of “and”
I am on a great American road trip for the next two weeks, so I am sharing this post on statutory interpretation from 2020.Almost three years ago, I posted about a statutory…
PrawfsBlawg
(Guest post): Complex Textualism and the Foreign Litigant in U.S. Court After Abitron and WesternGeco
Main Friday, July 07, 2023(Guest post): Complex Textualism and the Foreign Litigant in U.S. Court After Abitron and WesternGecoThe following post is by my FIU colleague Hannibal Travis, to whom…
PrawfsBlawg
Interpretive Divergence
Main Thursday, April 20, 2023Interpretive DivergenceI've posted my case study of the New York Court of Appeals on SSRN, showing how the Court sustains formalism in contract interpretation whilst embracing…
Zalma on Insurance
Exclusion for Vehicles with Less than Four Wheels Invalid in Oregon
By Barry Zalma
UM/UIM Statute Makes a Motorcycle Into an Automobile See the full video at https://rumble.com/v2hknb6-exclusion-for-vehicles-with-less-than-four-wheels-invalid-in-oregon.html and at https://youtu.be/WTZBOKaoIHE Progressive Classic Insurance Company contested the trial court’s entry of summary judgment in…
TortsProf Blog
Amicus Brief in NSSF v. Platkin
Scholars of tort law and statutory interpretation filed an amicus brief in the Third Circuit appeal of NSSF v. Platkin—a case brought by the firearms industry’s trade association against the…
PrawfsBlawg
Is the ham green?
Main Saturday, March 18, 2023Is the ham green?A break for something non-serious. Although Rick and Paul still might believe me wrong:"I do not like green eggs and ham." What color…
PrawfsBlawg
“Any”
Main Tuesday, March 14, 2023"Any"Jim Brudney and I have uploaded our latest, Any:Our statute books use the word “any” ubiquitously in coverage and exclusion provisions. As any reader of the…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Textualism and Waters of the United States
On New Year’s Eve, EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers released their latest effort to define “the waters of the United States,” a key phrase from the Clean Water…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Especially for federal drug sentencing statutes, it "turns out that 'and' has more meanings than one might suppose"
A couple of weeks ago in this post, I noted the notable Eleventh Circuit en banc ruling in US v. Garcon giving a broad reading to the FIRST-STEP-amended statutory safety…