 | R. Shep Melnick - Political Science - 2010 - 372 pages
...forthcoming."24 The words of the statute are only "the starting point" for interpretation. The judge must then "look to the provisions of the whole law, and to its object and policy."25 What a statute says, Justice John Paul Stevens maintained in a recent case, is not always... | |
 | United States. Environmental Protection Agency - Environmental law - 2000 - 894 pages
...the statute is fully consistent with the purpose of the statute. "Over and over we have stressed that 'in expounding a statute, we must not be guided by...of the whole law, and to its object and policy.'" United States Nat't Bank of Oregon v. Indep. Ins. Agents, 508 US 439, 455 (1993) (citations omitted).... | |
 | the late Bernard Schwartz - Law - 1996 - 501 pages
...v. Schultz, 487 US , (1988); see Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc., 472 US 491, 500, n. 9 (1985). " 'In expounding a statute, we must not be guided by...of the whole law, and to its object and policy.'" Philbrook v. Glodgett, 421 US 707, 713 (1975), quoting United States v. Heirs ofBoisdore, 8 How. 113,122... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Judges - 2003 - 836 pages
...Congress. As a unanimous Supreme Court has explained, however, "Over and over we have stressed that *[I]n expounding a statute, we must not be guided...of the whole law, and to its object and policy."' United States National Bank of Oregon v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, 508 US 439, 455 (1993)... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Judges - 2003 - 748 pages
...Congress. As a unanimous Supreme Court has explained, however, "Over and over we have stressed that '[I]n expounding a statute, we must not be guided...of the whole law, and to its object and policy.'" United States National Bank of Oregon v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, 508 US 439, 455 (1993)... | |
 | John M. Hyson - Hazardous waste sites - 2003 - 340 pages
...relied upon Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Ass'n, 505 US 88, 99, 22 ELR 21073, 21076 (1992) ("[W]e must not be guided by a single sentence or...sentence, but look to the provisions of the whole law.") (citation omitted). 59. The majority's approach to interpreting the first and fourth sentences of §1... | |
 | Robert Force, Athanassios N. Yiannopoulos, Martin Davies - Law - 2005 - 524 pages
...importance of uniformity of admiralty law. See Mastro Plastics Corp. v. NLRB, 350 US 270, 285 (1956) ("'In expounding a statute, we must not be guided...provisions of the whole law, and to its object and policy") (quoting United States v. Heirs of Boisdore, 8 How. 113, 122 (1849)). These references persuade us... | |
 | Robert Force, A. N. Yiannopoulos, Martin Davies - Law - 2006 - 752 pages
...importance of uniformity of admiralty law. See Mastro Plastics Corp. v. NLRB, 350 US 270, 285 (1956) ("'In expounding a statute, we must not be guided...of the whole law, and to its object and policy'") (quoting United States v. Heirs of Boisdore, 8 How. 113, 122 (1849)). These references persuade us... | |
 | Jr. Henry H. Perritt - 308 pages
...198 la in isolation. See Gode v. National Solid Wastes Management Assn., 505 US 88, 99, 3 (1992) (" '[W]e must not be guided by a single sentence or member...sentence, but look to the provisions of the whole law' "). When § 1981a is read as a whole, the better interpretation is that front pay is not within the... | |
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In expounding a statute, we must not be guided by a single sentence or member of a sentence, but look to the provisions of the whole law, and to its object and policy. 
