Galvez Rodriguez, Alfredo David v. Velez Rivera, Janice M

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 use of the words \any person\ was insufficient, under \the ordinary dignities of speech\ to authorize an action by the federal government for treble damages under the Sherman Act
• noting in a criminal antitrust action that “in common usage, the term ‘person’ does not include the sovereign”
• noting in a criminal antitrust action that “in common usage, the term ‘person’ does not include the sovereign”
• \It is hardly credible that Congress used the term `person' in different senses in the same sentence\
• “It is hardly credible that Congress used the term ‘person’ in different senses in the same sentence”
• United States not a \person\ under the Sherman Act for purposes of suing for treble damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).