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· 5/27/1980

Andrus v. Glover Construction Co.

Citations

  • 446 U.S. 608
  • 100 S. Ct. 1905
  • 64 L. Ed. 2d 548
  • 1980 U.S. LEXIS 38

How courts have described this case

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

  • referring to “canon that expressing one item of a commonly associated group or series excludes another left unmentioned”
  • relying on the interpretive canon that where a broad statutory term includes enumerated exceptions, courts should not imply unwritten ones
  • “Where Congress explicitly enumerates certain exceptions to a general prohibition, additional exceptions are not to be implied, in the absence of a contrary legislative intent.”
  • where statute specifically enumerates certain exceptions, additional exceptions are not to be implied, absent a contrary legislative intent
  • where Congress explicitly enumerates certain exceptions to a statute, additional exceptions are not to be implied
  • “Where Congress explicitly enumerates certain exceptions to a general prohibition, additional exceptions are not to be implied, in the absence of evidence of a contrary legislative intent.”

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Judges: Stewart

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