Sentence examples for contrary to the statute from inspiring English sources

"What D.O.J. is saying is clearly contrary to the statute in our view," Armold says.

Now, that was advice that was flatly contrary to the statute.

"The regulations are wrong on so many levels, because they are contrary to the statute," said Mr. Merkel, who is also Cantor's executive managing director.

Under the Chevron doctrine, where statutory language is reasonably subject to different interpretations courts have long deferred to agency interpretations that are not "arbitrary, capricious, or manifestly contrary to the statute".

Contrary to the statute's original purpose, many workers put in the "salaried" category do little if any supervisory work.

I got all through it, and he said, 'Well, you know, let's let the judges figure that one out.' " What that told him was that "the legislature really works with the judges — contrary to the suggestion that the statute is a statute all by itself," Stevens said.

But in a decision that was signed last week and became available today, Judge Huvelle rejected that argument, saying it was contrary to the federal Medicare statute.

But that's -- from what you've said so far in a couple cases so far now -- that runs contrary to what the statute says and was passed by Congress and was signed into law by the president.

While she agreed that it made policy sense, she said it was "contrary to the plain meaning of the statute".

"Thus we find the election division's opinion regarding the ability of county canvassing boards to authorize a manual recount is contrary to the plain language of the statute".

It is contrary to the scheme of state statutes that authorize manual recounts and enumerate them as part of the official election returns.