Mapp v. Saenger Theatres, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• providing that the legislature uses “a,” as an indefinite article, to refer to an unidentified, undetermined, or unspecified object and uses “the” to indicate the intention to refer to a definite object
• observing that the legislature uses “a,” as an indefinite article, to refer to an unidentified, undetermined, or unspecified object and uses “the” to indicate the intention to refer to a definite object
• explaining that the legislature uses “a,” as an indefinite article, to refer to an unidentified, undetermined, or unspecified object and uses “the” to indicate the intention to refer to a definite object
• explaining that the legislature uses “a,” as an indefinite article, to refer to an unidentified, undeter- mined, or unspecified object and uses “the” to indicate the intention to refer to a definite object
• distinguishing definite article “the” from indefinite article “a”; the latter could indicate any future payment as opposed to a specific one
• distinguishing definite article “the” from indefinite article “a”; the latter could indicate any future payment as opposed to a specific one

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).