Topic: we should not read such laws so as to put in what is not re… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 9 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 v. Hood.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 United States v. Hood Anchor
scotus · 1952
green “we should not read such laws so as to put in what is not readily found there.” 5
2 United States v. Wells
scotus · 1997
green “first criterion in the interpretative hierarchy, is a natural reading of the full text” 4

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