...thc admonition of Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in The Charming lictsy, 2 Cranch 64, 118 (1804). that "an act of congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains . . . ." \Ve therefore conclude, as we did in Him. that for us to sanction the exercise of local sovereignty...

...mind the admonition of Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in The Charming Bctty, 2 Cranch 64, 118 (1804), that "an act of congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains . . . ." VVI' therefore conclude, as we did in Hem, that for us to sanction the exercise of local sovereignty...

...the admonition of Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in The Cliariniinj llrlty, 2 Cranch 64. 118 (1804). that 'an act of congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if my other possible construction remains . . . ." We therefore conclude, as we did in Hem, that for us...

...international obligation. As early as 1804, Chief Justice Marshall said: "It has also been observed that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains.... These principles are believed to be correct, and they ought to be kept in view in construing the act...

...the US Supreme Court stated in Murray v. The Schooner Charming Betsy, 6 US (2 Cranch) 64, 118 (1804), "an act of congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains." In this same vein, Chief Justice Dickason of the Canadian Supreme Court, in speaking for the majority...

...Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co., 494 F. Supp. 1161, 1178 (ED Pa. 1980), the Supreme Court has said that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains." Murray v. The Schooner Charming Betsy, 6 US (2 Cranch) 64, 118, 2 L. Ed. 208 (1804). 10The Rose Mary,...

...nations"738. It was against that backdrop that the Court declared, in the Charming Betsy case that "an act of congress ought never to be construed to...law of nations if any other possible construction remains"739. Unlike modern United States judges, who lack "the diplomatic expertise of early Justices...

...which involved the rights of neutral shipping, Chief Justice Marshall staked out the position that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...law of nations if any other possible construction remains.19 There seems to be an even broader point here. What goes for a federal statute must, under...

...The starting point for this 'reconciliation' was the well-established Charming Betsy" principle, that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains". Only if the Congress had clearly stated that its intention was indeed to violate the Headquarters Agreement...

...Gay-Straight Alliances" section. M" When interpreting statutes, the courts follow the principle that "an Act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains . . . ." Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy, 6 US (2 Cranch) 64, 1 18 (1804) (Marshall, CJ). M12Mass....