Topic: when interpreting statutes we start with the plain language. · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 27 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States Department Of Labor v. North Carolina Growers Association.

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1 United States Department Of Labor v. North Carolina Growers Association Anchor
ca4 · 2004
green “when interpreting statutes we start with the plain language.” 13
2 North Carolina Ex Rel. Cooper v. Tennessee Valley Authority
ca4 · 2008
green “ordinary, contemporary, common meaning, absent an indication congress intended it to bear some different import.” 7
3 United States v. Carlos Alberto Ossa-Gallegos
ca6 · 2007
green “the fact that congress explicitly allows for tolling only when a defendant is imprisoned indicates that congress does not intend for district courts to toll the period of supervised release under any other circumstance.” 4
4 United States v. Carlos Alberto Ossa-Gallegos
ca6 · 2007
green “the continuation of supervised release is not contingent on tolling; rather, tolling describes the existing state of supervised release - that is, whether or not the period of supervised release is running.” 3

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