...construction. Petitioner's contention that the Court of Appeals misconstrued the Act cannot be entertained. This court is without power to put a different construction...had been specifically expressed in the enactment. Knights of Pythias v. Meyer, 265 US 30, 32. Exclusive authority to enact carries with it final authority...

...statutes, and this Court held that the "meaning of the statute" as fixed by the decision of the state court "must be accepted here as if the meaning had been specifically expressed in the enactment." Id., p. 609. That view led to- the affirmance by this Court of the judgment in the Morehead case, as...

...much the act of the State as the enactment of them by legislature.* A later decision states : * * * This Court is without power to put a different construction...from that adopted by the highest court of the State. * * * The meaning of the statute as fixed by its decision must i United Statet v. Butler (1936), 297...

...much the act of the State as the enactment of them by legislature.3 A later decision states : * * * This Court is without power to put a different construction...enactment from that adopted by the highest court of the 1 United States v. Butler (1936), 297 US 1, 63 ; 56 S. Ct. 312 ; 102 ALR 914. 3 Quong Wing v. Kirkendall...

...statutes and this Court held that the "meaning of the statute" as fixed by the decision of the State court "must be accepted here as if the meaning had been specifically expressed in the enactment." That view led to the affirmance by this Court of the judgment in the Morehead case, as the Court considered...

...that "petitioner's contention that the Court of Appeals misconstrued the Act cannot be entertained. This court is without power to put a different construction...from that adopted by the highest court of the State." 68 Butler's opinion continues with five pages of extended quotations from the Adkins opinion, followed...

...statutes, and this Court held that the "meaning of the statute" as fixed by the decision of the state court "must be accepted here as if the meaning had been specifically expressed in the enactment." [citation omitted]. That view led to the affirmance by this Court of the judgment in the Morehead case,...

...construction. Petitioner's contention that the Court of Appeals misconstrued the act cannot be entertained. This court is without power to put a different construction...had been specifically expressed in the enactment. Exclusive authority to enact carries with it final authority to say what the measure means. The standard...

...statutes and this Court held that the "meaning of the statute" as fixed by the decision of the state court "must be accepted here as if the meaning had been specifically expressed in the enactment." (298 US 587) That view led to the affirmance by this Court of the judgment in the Morehead Case, as...