Andrew Nitkewicz v. Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York

How courts have described this case

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• stating that, “unless otherwise defined, words will be interpreted as taking their ordinary, contemporary, common meaning at the 19 time Congress enacted the statute”
• requiring interpretation of public land statutes “in light of the condition of the country” at the time of enactment (cleaned up)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).