Bank Leumi Trust Co. v. Marine Midland Bank

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that we apply “the ordinary tools of statutory interpretation” when interpreting the Sentencing Guidelines
• consulting English language dictionaries from the late 1980s and 1990s to discern the ordinary meaning of “loss” when interpreting U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1
• “[C]ases are not precedential for propositions not considered, or for matters that are simply assumed.” (cleaned up)
• “if a prior case does not raise or consider the implications of a legal argument, it does not constrain our analysis” (quotation omitted)
• “In interpreting the Guidelines, we apply the ordinary tools of statutory interpretation[.]”
• “[A]n appellant generally waives any argument not raised in the opening brief.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).