Allen v. Geneva Steel Company

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that courts must interpret an unambiguous statute “according to its plain meaning,” considering legislative history and statutory purpose only “[i]f a statute is ambiguous”
• “Ambiguous text can . . . be decoded by knowing the purpose behind the statute.”
• “[U]nsecured creditors stand ahead of investors in the receiving line and their claims must be satisfied before any investment loss is compensated.” (citations omitted)
• “[U]nsecured creditors stand ahead of investors in the receiving line and their claims must be satisfied before any investment loss is compensated.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).