United States v. Theophilatos

How courts have described this case

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

• “It is ... the duty of a court to disregard a construction ... of the words in a statute, when such construction would lead to injustice and absurdity.” (quoting Syl. pt. 2, in part, Click v. Click, 98 W.Va. 419, 127 S.E. 194 (1925))
• “It is . . . the duty of a court to disregard a construction . . . of the words in a statute, when such construction would lead to injustice and absurdity.”( quoting Syl. pt. 2, in part, Click v. Click, 98 W. Va. 419, 127 S.E. 194 (1925))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).