Supreme Court· 12/7/1953

United States v. Five Gambling Devices

Citations

346 U.S. 441
74 S. Ct. 190
98 L. Ed. 2d 179
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2531
98 L. Ed. 179

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“The principle is old and deeply imbedded in our jurisprudence that this Court will construe a statute in a manner that requires decision of serious constitutional questions only if the statutory language leaves no reasonable alternative.”
\The principle is old and deeply imbedded in our jurisprudence that this Court will construe a statute in a manner that requires decision of serious constitutional questions only if the statutory language leaves no reasonable alternative.\

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Judges: Jackson, Black, Clark, Douglas, Reed, Burton

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