Fox v. Standard Oil Co. of NJ

How courts have described this case

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

• rejection of proposed amendment as relevant factor in statutory interpretation
• rejection of proposed amendment as relevant factor in statutory interpretation
• “[D]efinition by the average man or even by the ordinary dictionary with its studied enumeration of subtle shades of meaning is not a substitute for the definition set before us by the lawmakers with instructions to apply it to the exclusion of all others.”
• rejection of amendment evidence of intent
• rejection of amendment evidence of intent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).