Hafling v. Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific

How courts have described this case

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

• the legislature is presumed to be indicating a substantive change in the law when it amends a statute
• letter of intent accompanying bill to amend statute considered indicative of amendment’s meaning
• “Legislative intent is the key and if the inconsistency between the two enactments is not fatal to the operation of either, the two may stand together and there will be no implied repeal”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).