Pericles v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• stating preference for construing statute to accomplish purpose for which it was intended
• statutes are entitled to reasonable construction, but it is essential that interpretation not be such that will render statute ineffective or lead to irrational consequences
• statutes are entitled to reasonable construction, but it is essential that interpretation not be such that will render statute ineffective or lead to irrational consequences
• Court will construe statute so as to give effect to the purpose for which it was enacted
• statute should not be construed so as to render it ineffective or to lead to irrational consequences
• if it can be fairly done, statute should be construed to accomplish purpose for which it was intended; construction should not render statute ineffective or lead to irrational results

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).