· 10/12/1983
Bucks County Schools, Intermediate Unit No. 22 v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 77 Pa. Commw. 460
- 466 A.2d 262
- 1983 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 2012
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[I]n certain extraordinary cases, both separation of powers principles and a practical understanding of legislative intent make us ‘reluctant to read into ambiguous statutory text’ the delegation claimed to be lurking there.”
- “It is a fundamental canon of statutory construction that the words of a statute must be read in their context and with a view to their place in the overall statutory scheme.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
- requiring “clear congressional authorization” for “extraordinary” assertions of regulatory authority
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Judges: Barbieri, Rogers, Williams
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