...have officers who can make the prescribed reports? It is no less a cardinal principle of construction that "a thing may be within the letter of the statute...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers : " Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 459. It is also settled that "a tax law cannot...

...decision in United Steelworkers of America v. Weber, 443 US 193, 201 (1979), quoting an 1892 case, 'that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers'. See also the Supreme Court's other reading of statutes, eg, as with the 1968 federal wiretapping statute...

...to provide meaningful guidance to consumers in *° This Court has frequently relied on the principle that "a thing may be within the letter of the statute...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 459 (1892). See, eg, Steelworkers v. Weber, 443 US...

...carbons." However, it is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. Church of the Holy Trinity \. United States, 143 US 457, 459 (1892). Moreover, tariff acts are not usually drafted in the terms...

...judicious application of traditional legal canons of statutory construction may signify that an instrument "may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within the spirit, nor within the intention of its makers."5 1 Marine Bank v. Weaver, 455 US 551, 555, 102...

...wages did not occur during a voyage and was the result of an oral contract. 1 "It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the STEVENS, J., dissenting 458 US Qualifying language in 46 USC §596 supports a much narrower construction...

...would result in an absurd outcome contrary to the clear intent of Congress: It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. ... If a literal construction of the words be absurd, the Act '.,iust be construed to avoid the absurdity.79...

...legislative history and historical context. As to the language of the PDA, "[i]t is a 'familiar rule, that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...spirit, nor within the intention of its makers.'" Steelworkers v. Weber, 443 US 193,201 (1979) (quoting Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States,...

...Network v. Federal Communications Commission, 107 F. 2d 212, 219 (DC Cir. 1939). "It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor the intention of its makers," Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457 (1892), and "all laws...

...Court declined to enforce the plain meaning of the statute. The Court reasoned from the familiar rule "that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers."29 The Court substantially relied on the statute's legislative history (mainly a committee...