Northcross v. Memphis Board of Education

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a similarity of language and a “common raison d’etre” indicate that two statutes should be interpreted in the same way
• noting that “similarity of language” in two different statutes was “strong indication that the two statutes should be interpreted” the same
• noting that the “similarity of language” in two statutes is an indicator that the statutes “should be interpreted pari passu,” particularly when they “share a common raison d’etre” (internal quotations omitted)
• noting that similarity of language between two statutory provisions “is, of course, a strong indication that the two statutes should be interpreted pari passu,” adding that a shared “raison d’etre” between the statutes creates an even stronger indication
• applying Piggie Park standard to § 718 of the Emergency School Aid Act
• similarity in wording of two statutory fee-shifting provisions is a “strong indication that the two statutes should be interpreted pari passu ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).