Supreme Court· 5/15/1995

Hubbard v. United States

Citations

514 U.S. 695
115 S. Ct. 1754
131 L. Ed. 2d 779
1995 U.S. LEXIS 3184

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holding that a defendant's criminal conviction under a particular statute must be reversed as his conduct fell outside the scope of the statute, but not finding that the underlying statute was unconstitutionally vague
noting that “[c]ourts should not rely on inconclusive statutory history as a basis for refusing to give effect to the plain language of an Act of Congress”
noting that the term “department” is commonly used “to refer to a component of the Executive Branch”
reexamining interpretation of 18 U. S. C. § 1001 set forth in United States v. Bramblett, 348 U. S. 503 (1955)
reexamining interpretation of 18 U. S. C. § 1001 set forth in United States v. Bramblett, 348 U. S. 503 (1955)
stating that “absent any ‘indication that doing so would frustrate Congress’s clear intention or yield patent absurdity, our obligation is to apply the statute as Congress wrote it.’ ”

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