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Statutory Interpretation
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Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS inYatesrejects broad interpretation of federal criminal statute via fascinating 5-4 split (with Justice Alito as swing vote)!!
Main February 25, 2015SCOTUS in Yates rejects broad interpretation of federal criminal statute via fascinating 5-4 split (with Justice Alito as swing vote)!!I often tell students that one of many…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
The Tenth Circuit applies the art of sentence diagramming
The Tenth Circuit recently interpreted a statute so confusing that the court decided to diagram some of its language. In United States v. Rentz, the court observed that “Few statutes…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Florida Court Asked to Decide if Gay Sex Constitutes ‘Intercourse’
By John Kang
From the NYT:TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday on the definition of sexual intercourse in a test of a law requiring HIV-positive people to…
The Faculty Lounge
Green Bag Micro-Symposium on Scalia & Garner’s “Reading Law”
The always informative, entertaining, and just plain awesome Green Bag has published its most recent micro-symposium, this one focused on Reading Law by Justice Antonin Scalia and Prof. Bryan Garner…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS on Misinterpreting Statutes
By Tracy Thomas
I was cited recently by the Second Circuit in Central States SE & SW Areas Health & Welfare Fund v. Gerber Life Ins., 771 F.3d 150 (2d Cir. Nov. 14,…
Supreme Court of Nevada Law Library
Research Tip: Use Notes of Decisions to Quickly Find Relevant Cases Interpreting a Statute or Regulation
By Paula Doty
This is a good tip from the Westlaw Legal Solutions blog: Have you ever searched in cases for a procedural issue and come up empty? Are you not sure how…
North Carolina Appellate Practice Blog
When Does “Or” Mean “And”?
I’ve previously blogged about cases that remind me of the bar exam or law school exams. In reading a case released by the Court of Appeals yesterday, however, I was…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS hears argument on application of mandatory minimum sentencing provision inWhitfield
Main December 2, 2014SCOTUS hears argument on application of mandatory minimum sentencing provision in WhitfieldThe Supreme Court has another notable criminal justice case on tap for oral argument this morning,…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Shopping for Possible Meanings of “Established by a State”
By BDG
I went grocery shopping today, and as I looked up at the Star Market sign I realized another reason the government should win King v. Burwell, the ACA subsidies case. Like…
The Faculty Lounge
Try a Different Analogy
In Paul Krugman’s Monday column in the New York Times, he draws an analogy between the issue in King v. Burwell (whether the tax subsidies for Obamacare are available only…