| United States. Supreme Court - 1953 - 874 lapas
...doctrine of construction is in accord with the long-heeded admonition of Mr. Chief Justice Marshall that "an act of congress ought never to be construed...nations if any other possible construction remains . . . ." The Charming Betsy, 2 Cranch 64, 118. See The Nereide, 9 Cranch 388, 423; MacLeod v. United... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 444 lapas
...prohibited, unless that intent be manifested by express words, or a very plain and necessary implication. It has also been observed that an act of congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of na- Murray tions if any other possible construction remains, and, charming consequently, can never... | |
| Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd - 1846 - 708 lapas
...Fairf. 118; 9 Greenl. 140; 6 Greenl. 112; 3Greenl.326; 3 Venn. 507; 3 S. & R. 1«9 ; 4 Greenl. 140. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to...'law of nations, if any other possible construction remain. Murray v. The Charming Betsey, 2 Cranch, 64. In construing the statutes of a state, the Supreme... | |
| United States - 1850 - 906 lapas
...Supreme Court entirely concurs 'in that opinion. Grant v. Naylor, 4 Cranch, 224 ; 2 Cond. Rep. 95. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to...remains ; and consequently can never be construed to viotate neutral rights, or to affect neutral commerce, further than is warranted by the law of nations,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - 1858 - 868 lapas
...43, and Murray vs. Schooner Charming Betsy, 2 Cr. R., 118, the Supreme Court lay it down as a rule, that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations ifany other possiWeconstructionremaius. This rule commends itself both by its wisdom and its justice,... | |
| United States. Court of Claims - 1858 - 1096 lapas
...43, and Murray w. Schooner Charming Betsy, 2 Cr. R., 118, the Supreme Court lay it down as a rule, that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate thelaw of nations if any other possiMeconstruction remains. This rule commends itself both by its wisdom... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1882 - 758 lapas
...prohibited, unless that intent be manifested by express words, or a very plain and necessary implication. It has also been observed that an act of Congress ought never to be construed lo violate tinlaw of nations if any other possible const ruction remains, and, consequently, can never... | |
| Henry Sumner Maine - 1888 - 282 lapas
...contrary be expressly prescribed. An Act of the Federal Congress ought never to be construed so as to violate the Law of Nations if any other possible construction remains, nor should it be construed to violate neutral rights or to affect neutral commerce, further than is... | |
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