Supreme Court· 3/1/1926
Iselin v. United States
Citations
- 270 U.S. 245
- 46 S. Ct. 248
- 70 L. Ed. 566
- 1926 U.S. LEXIS 411
- 1 C.B. 365
- 5 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 5852
- 1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) 163
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- holding that the courts will not read language into a statute where it would result in “an enlargement of [the statute] by the court, so that what was omitted ... may be included within its scope”
- reasoning that to supply an omission in a statute whose language was plain and unambiguous would transcend the judicial function
- noting that supplying inadvertent omissions to a statute \transcends the judicial function\
- noting that supplying inadvertent omissions to a stat- ute \transcends the judicial function\
- noting that the court is not “allowed to add or subtract words from a statute” that may better serve a certain policy and underscoring that a court’s “task is merely to apply statutory language, not to rewrite it”
- reasoning that adding words to statutes “transcends 4 The Court declines to opine on Williams’s use of the word “yet” and his imposition of some sort of temporal aspect on “when” sexual orientation will be actionable. the judicial function”
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- Rotkiske v. KlemmSupreme Court· 2019-12-10· cited 350×
- Bodinson Manufacturing Co. v. California Employment CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court· 1941-02-07· cited 284×
- Sale v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc.Supreme Court· 1993-06-21· cited 282×
- Mabel A. King v. James F. Palmer, Director, D.C. Department of Corrections Mabel A. King v. James F. Palmer, Director, D.C. Department of CorrectionsD.C. Circuit· 1991-12-13· cited 233×
- Biddle v. CommissionerSupreme Court· 1938-01-10· cited 186×
- Whitcomb Hotel, Inc. v. California Employment CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court· 1944-08-18· cited 185×
- Logan v. United StatesSupreme Court· 2007-12-04· cited 164×
- District of Columbia v. ThompsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-06-17· cited 126×
- Amalgamated Casualty Insurance v. HelmsCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1965-07-28· cited 111×
- Gair v. PeckNew York Court of Appeals· 1959-05-28· cited 108×
- In Re Joseph A. Vause and Virgie L. Vause, Debtors. Joseph A. Vause and Virgie L. Vause v. Capital Poly Bag, Inc.Sixth Circuit· 1989-09-25· cited 97×
- Harris v. ShanahanSupreme Court of Kansas· 1963-12-05· cited 92×
- Byrd v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-10-15· cited 92×
- in Re Ford Motor CompanyTexas Supreme Court· 2014-07-03· cited 92×
- United States Parole Commission v. NobleDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-04-17· cited 91×
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