· 9/15/1878
United States v. One Copper Still
Citations
- 27 F. Cas. 256
- 8 Biss. 270
How courts have described this case
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- stating that the standard of review is whether there is substantial evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the government to support the jury’s verdict”
- providing that general statute and a later-enacted specific statute should be construed to avoid any conflict, unless “such a construction is absolutely necessary in order that the words of the later statute shall have any meaning at all”
- “repeal by implication . . . should occur only when the later statute expressly contradicts the original act”
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Judges: Dyer
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