Sentence examples for statutory intent from inspiring English sources

So justifying this decision by statutory intent is difficult, and justifying it by precedent is non-obvious.

In EEOC v. Wyoming, the Court explained that Pennhurst established a rule of statutory construction to be applied where statutory intent is ambiguous.

"Furthermore, we believe that charging, prosecuting and convicting the 15 protesters under the Aviation and Maritime Security Act fails to take sufficient account of the statutory intent of the law, the mischief it was designed to remedy, and the potential for abuse of these statutory provisions in the circumstances of this case," the experts added.

How Congress came to write a law that allows a person caught with 400 grams of powder cocaine, worth some $40,000, to do less than a year in jail, while a person holding the same amount of cocaine in crack form will spend 10 years in prison, is a mystery to people who have tried to research the statutory intent.

"At bottom, if on the record before us it is administratively feasible to replace Senator Torricelli's name on the ballot, the general statutory intent and underlying purpose of the election laws to enable voters to exercise the franchise and to choose from among various candidates is furthered," Justice Poritz wrote.

Such a rule carries out what must have been the statutory intent and would permit a timely and reasonable measure of judicial control over administrative use of the drastic subpoena power, subject to prompt review if the control were abused to the detriment of the agency.

Fifteen months ago, the Supreme Court's conservative majority mowed past statutory language, Congressional intent and decades of precedent to make it much harder for older workers to prove age discrimination.

As the state has moved toward electronic voting, nothing in this evolution has diminished the longstanding case law and statutory law that the intent of the voter is of paramount concern and should always be given effect if the intent can be determined.

It also enables them to avoid another statutory obstacle, the manifested intent of Congress to protect teachers who use copyrighted materials for educational purposes.

In response to Ali's arguments about statutory construction and Congressional intent, the Bureau argues that Congress underscored the breadth of 2680(c) when it passed CAFRA.

The Florida court could have gone ahead on its own to set a specific rule for all ballot counters, instead of using the vague statutory standard of "the intent of the voter".