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· 4/22/1946

Utah Junk Co. v. Porter

Citations

  • 328 U.S. 39
  • 66 S. Ct. 889
  • 90 L. Ed. 1071
  • 1946 U.S. LEXIS 2496

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  • “All construction is the ascertainment of meaning. And literalness may strangle meaning.”
  • Judge Learned Hand writing for the court

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Judges: Frankfurter, Jackson

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