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· 11/19/2018

Dastmalchian v. Dep't of Justice

Citations

  • 139 S. Ct. 573
  • 202 L. Ed. 2d 405

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that the absurdity doctrine “does not justify judicial revision of a statute simply to make the statute more reasonable in the judges’ view”
  • DCS policy on sentence calculation method was not rule or regulation under APA provision allowing declaratory claims as to validity of rule or regulation
  • “A case is not authority for any point not necessary to be passed on to decide the case or not specifically raised as an issue addressed by the court.”

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