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6 Cited authorities

  1. Holy Trinity Church v. United States

    143 U.S. 457 (1892)   Cited 923 times
    Holding that although the Alien Contract Labor Act made it a crime to contract with or encourage any alien to migrate to the United States "to perform labor or service of any kind," a cleric who emigrated from England to serve as a pastor of a New York church and thus technically fell within the letter of the Act, was exempt from the Act's reach because of the absurd results that would follow from giving such broad meaning to words of the statute

  2. Commr. of Immigration v. Gottlieb

    265 U.S. 310 (1924)   Cited 45 times
    In Commissioner of Immigration v. Gottlieb, 265 U.S. 310, 313, 44 S.Ct. 528, 68 L.Ed. 1031, the court said: "The case, as the evidence shows, is one of peculiar and distressing hardship, and it is not unnatural that any appropriate canon of construction should be laid hold of to justify a conclusion favorable to respondents.

  3. Bayonne Textile v. American Silk Wkrs

    116 N.J. Eq. 146 (N.J. 1934)   Cited 68 times

    Submitted February term, 1934. Decided May 4th, 1934. 1. It is fundamental that the intention and policy of congress us expressed in the National Industrial Recovery act, should be effectuated, and that the act should receive a sensible construction and not one leading to injustice, oppression or an absurd consequence. There is no expression in the Recovery act of a congressional purpose to deprive employes of the right to strike where, as here, their demands for a wage increase are not complied

  4. Taylor v. United States

    207 U.S. 120 (1907)   Cited 45 times
    In Taylor v. United States, 207 U.S. 120, 28 S. Ct. 53, 54, 52 L. Ed. 130, a sailor had deserted his ship while on shore leave.

  5. United States Lines Co. v. Shaughnessy

    101 F. Supp. 61 (S.D.N.Y. 1951)   Cited 5 times

    June 20, 1951. Kirlin, Campbell Keating, New York City, Delbert M. Tibbetts, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff. Irving H. Saypol, U.S. Atty., New York City, John M. Cunneen, New York City, of counsel, for defendant. SUGARMAN, District Judge. The plaintiff United States Lines Company commenced this action against W.F. Watkins, Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service of New York, for a declaratory judgment, an injunction, and money damages. Subsequently, by stipulation entered into

  6. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,720 times   91 Legal Analyses
    Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status