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Supreme Court· 11/4/1997

Bates v. United States

Citations

  • 522 U.S. 23
  • 118 S. Ct. 285
  • 139 L. Ed. 2d 215
  • 1997 U.S. LEXIS 6704

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that courts “ordinarily” should “resist reading words or elements into a statute that do not appear on its face.”
  • holding that courts \ordinarily\ should \resist reading words or elements into a statute that do not appear on its face\
  • holding that courts “ordinarily” should “resist reading words or elements into a statute that do not appear on its face”
  • holding that courts “ordinarily” should “resist reading words or elements into a statute that do not appear on its face.”
  • holding that courts “ordinarily” should “resist reading words or elements into a statute that do not appear on its face”
  • holding that courts “ordinarily” should “resist reading words or elements into a statute that do not appear on its face.”

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Judges: Ginsburg

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Cites

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