Interpretation - Judgment Search Results

United States Vs. Santos

Court: US Supreme Court

..... punished elsewhere in the criminal code to radically increase the sentence for that crime interpreting proceeds to mean profits eliminates the merger problem transactions that normally occur during ..... proceeds and knowledge elements of the federal money laundering offense under the profits interpretation will unquestionably require proof that is more difficult to obtain essentially the government .....

R Vs. Asfaw (Appellant) (on Appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal ...

Court: House of Lords

..... course of a flight from persecution even after a short stopover in transit this interpretation is consistent with the convention jurisprudence to which i have referred consistent with the ..... of subsequent state practice establishing the meaning of the parties regarding the convention 8217 s interpretation although reference was made to views expressed by the united nations high commissioner for .....

District of Columbia Vs. Heller

Court: US Supreme Court

..... codified venerable widely understood liberties d we now address how the second amendment was interpreted from immediately after its ratification through the end of the 19th century before proceeding ..... offered by the court therefore is like article vii itself of limited use in interpreting the very differently worded and differently historically situated second amendment what is important about .....

Dcit, Spl. Range-i Vs. Jindal Photo Films Ltd.

Court: Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ITAT Delhi

..... circumstances by virtue of this reason itself cannot be stretched to include entry 10 the interpretation that photographic apparatus and goods cannot include photo films cannot be accepted being of the ..... function as such should be given exemption the photographic films are relatable and relevant for interpretation as goods related to photographic apparatus and is so understood by a layman in common .....

Medellín Vs. Texas

Court: US Supreme Court

..... may be obligated by treaty to comply with the judgment of an international tribunal interpreting that treaty despite the absence of any congressional enactment specifically requiring such compliance see ..... of each signatory nation in this nation the supremacy clause as long and consistently interpreted indicates that icj decisions rendered pursuant to provisions for binding adjudication must be .....

Florida Dept. of Revenue Vs. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc.

Court: US Supreme Court

..... exemption for preconfirmation transfers the various substantive canons on which piccadilly relies for its interpretation most notably that a remedial statute should be construed liberally are inapposite in this ..... history of reducing the cost of asset transfers in that vein piccadilly contends that interpreting 1146 a to apply solely to postconfirmation transfers would undermine chapter 11 s twin .....

Cbocs West, Inc. Vs. Humphries

Court: US Supreme Court

..... may place greater emphasis on statutory language than did sullivan any arguable change in interpretive approach would not justify reexamination of well established prior law under s tare ..... or in the surrounding circumstances suggests any congressional effort to supersede sullivan or the interpretation that courts have subsequently given that case to the contrary the amendments history indicates .....

Ali Vs. Federal Bureau of Prisons

Court: US Supreme Court

..... of federal law providing for the forfeiture of property emphasis added under petitioner s interpretation only law enforcement officers enforcing customs or excise laws were immune under the ..... cadc 1996 detailing history third the practical difference between a limited and a broad interpretation is considerable magnifying the importance of the congressional silence to which justice kennedy points .....

Godfrey Philips India Ltd. Vs. State of M.P. and ors.

Court: Madhya Pradesh

Reported in: (2008)17VST465(MP)

..... them and determining their exact width and scope becomes complex and difficult however in interpreting the provisions of the constitution we must always bear in mind that the relevant ..... such legislation as imposes traffic regulations would require the sanction of the president such an interpretation would in our opinion seriously affect the legislative power of the state legislatures which .....

Employees' State Insurance Corporation Vs. the Birla Jute and Industri ...

Court: Kolkata

Reported in: (2008)3CALLT252(HC),[2008(119)FLR444],(2009)ILLJ785Cal

..... the petitioner corporation and that the said obligation or liability upon the employer has been interpreted by different hon ble courts in different decisions 10 mr sengupta submitted that his client ..... enactment of such liability the learned trial judge exceeded its jurisdiction to give its own interpretation about the applicability of the said decision prospectively this court is not at all sitting .....