W. K. Niver Coal Co. v. Cheronea S. S. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “it is regular and proper to leave alternative arguments unresolved after a court finds a dispositive basis for resolving an issue” even if jurisdictional deficiencies may exist
• criticizing Gadbois for “noting...but” not addressing” the textual argument against the conclusion reached and thereby failing to “give sufficient weight to the plain language of 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(5), which the Fourth Circuit has emphasized”
• “The effect on Defendants’ substantive rights appear incidental here ... and the substantive right of repose is ... minimal in this case.”
• so holding and collecting cases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).