 | United States. Supreme Court - 1953 - Broj stranica: 874
...doctrine of construction is in accord with the long-heeded admonition of Mr. Chief Justice Marshall that "an act of congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains . . . ." The Charming Betsy, 2 Cranch 64, 118. See The Nereide, 9 Cranch 388, 423; MacLeod v. United... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1806 - Broj stranica: 476
...manifested by express " words or" a very plain and necessary implication. • It has also been observed that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...the law of nations as understood in this country. These principles are believed to be correct, and they ought to be kept in viev* in construing the act... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - Broj stranica: 444
...manifested by express words, or a very plain and necessary implication. It has also been observed that an act of congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of na- Murray tions if any other possible construction remains, and, charming consequently, can never... | |
 | United States - 1846 - Broj stranica: 916
...that opinion. Grant t). Naylor, 4 Cranch, 224 ; 2 Cond. Rep. 95. An act of Congress ought never tobe construed to violate the law of nations, if any other...of nations, as understood in this country. Murray в. The Charming Betsey, 2 Cranch, 64 ; 1 Cond. Rep. 358. When an act of Congress is revived by a subsequent... | |
 | Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd - 1846 - Broj stranica: 708
...Fairf. 118; 9 Greenl. 140; 6 Greenl. 112; 3Greenl.326; 3 Venn. 507; 3 S. & R. 1«9 ; 4 Greenl. 140. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to...'law of nations, if any other possible construction remain. Murray v. The Charming Betsey, 2 Cranch, 64. In construing the statutes of a state, the Supreme... | |
 | United States - 1848 - Broj stranica: 880
...the Supreme Court entirely concurs in that opinion. Grant v. Naylor, 4 Cranch, 224 ; 2 Cond. Rep. 95. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to...of nations, as understood in this country. Murray c. The Charming Betsey, 2 Cranch, 64 ; 1 Cond. Rep. 358. When an act of Congress is revived by a subsequent... | |
 | United States - 1850 - Broj stranica: 906
...Supreme Court entirely concurs 'in that opinion. Grant v. Naylor, 4 Cranch, 224 ; 2 Cond. Rep. 95. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to...remains ; and consequently can never be construed to viotate neutral rights, or to affect neutral commerce, further than is warranted by the law of nations,... | |
 | R. Peters - 1856 - Broj stranica: 896
...that opinion. Grant v. Naylor, 4 Cranch, 224 ; 2 Cond. Rep. 95. An act of Congress ought never tobe construed to violate the law of nations, if any other...commerce, further than is warranted by the law of nations, ae understood in this country. Murray r. The Charming Betsey, 2 Cranch, 64 ; 1 Cond. Rep. 358. When... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims - 1858 - Broj stranica: 1096
...treaty and the public law. In 2 Cranch, p. 64, the Supreme Court of the United States declared that— " An act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains." The same doctrine is laid down, by the same court, in the case of Talbot & Seaman, 1 Cranch, p. 1.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1858 - Broj stranica: 868
...and Murray vs. Schooner Charming Betsy, 2 Cr. R., 118, the Supreme Court lay it down as a rule, that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations ifany other possiWeconstructionremaius. This rule commends itself both by its wisdom and its justice,... | |
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It has also been observed that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations, if any other possible construction remains, and consequently can never be construed to violate neutral rights, or to affect neutral commerce,... 
