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· 2/27/1872

United States v. Obermeyer

Citations

  • 27 F. Cas. 211
  • 5 Ben. 541
  • 15 Int. Rev. Rec. 83
  • 1872 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48

How courts have described this case

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

  • where a statute is unambiguous, “it is not the function of this Court to substitute its judgment for that of the Legislature”
  • “... it is not the function of this Court to substitute its judgment for that of the Legislature.”
  • “statutes should not be construed and applied in such a way that would result in injustice or absurd consequences” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • identifying Superior Court judges as “officers”
  • interpreting 33 V.I.C. § 3080(f)(a)-(c)

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Judges: Benedict

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