Green v. Hess

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that “indi- vidual” refers to human beings and not animals, based in part on Mohamad
• “When a statute does not define a term, we typically ‘give the phrase its ordinary meaning.’” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “When a statute does not define a term, we typically ‘give the phrase its ordinary meaning.’” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “[W]e are not at liberty to override congressional intent and read a statutory term contrary to its plain meaning.”
• “When a statute does not define a term, we typically give the phrase its ordinary meaning.” (quoting FCC v. AT&T Inc., 562 U.S. 397, 403 (2011))
• “When a statute does not define a term, we typically give the phrase its ordinary meaning. To determine the ordinary meaning of a word, ‘consulting common dictionary definitions is the usual course.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).