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· 3/26/2002

Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker

Citations

  • 535 U.S. 125
  • 122 S. Ct. 1230
  • 152 L. Ed. 2d 258
  • 2002 U.S. LEXIS 2144

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the doctrine of constitutional avoidance \has no application in the absence of statutory ambiguity\
  • holding that the doctrine of constitutional avoidance “has no application in the absence of statutory ambiguity”
  • concluding that Congress is “presumed to be aware” of a statute’s interpretation when it amends another part of the same statute without addressing the part at issue
  • concluding that Congress is \presumed to be aware\ of a statute's interpretation when it amends another part of the same statute without addressing the part at issue
  • observing that “‘any’... has an expansive meaning, that is, one or some indiscriminately of whatever kind” (some internal quotation marks omitted)
  • noting that \the canon of constitutional avoidance ... `has no application in the absence of statutory ambiguity'\

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Judges: Rehnquist

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