...have officers who can make the prescribed reports? It is no less a cardinal principle of construction that "a thing may be within the letter of the statute...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers : " Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 459. It is also settled that "a tax law cannot...

...decision in United Steelworkers of America v. Weber, 443 US 193, 201 (1979), quoting an 1892 case, 'that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers'. See also the Supreme Court's other reading of statutes, eg, as with the 1968 federal wiretapping statute...

...to provide meaningful guidance to consumers in *° This Court has frequently relied on the principle that "a thing may be within the letter of the statute...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 459 (1892). See, eg, Steelworkers v. Weber, 443 US...

...judicious application of traditional legal canons of statutory construction may signify that an instrument "may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within the spirit, nor within the intention of its makers."5 1 Marine Bank v. Weaver, 455 US 551, 555, 102...

...seaman claimed unpaid wages did not occur during a voyage and was the result of an oral contract. 1 "It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within...statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the STEVENS, J., dissenting 458 US Qualifying language in 46 USC §596 supports a much narrower construction...

...way when its application would result in an absurd outcome contrary to the clear intent of Congress: It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. ... If a literal construction of the words be absurd, the Act '.,iust be construed to avoid the absurdity.79...

...against the background of its legislative history and historical context. As to the language of the PDA, "[i]t is a 'familiar rule, that a thing may be within...spirit, nor within the intention of its makers.'" Steelworkers v. Weber, 443 US 193,201 (1979) (quoting Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States,...

...absurd result." Yankee Network v. Federal Communications Commission, 107 F. 2d 212, 219 (DC Cir. 1939). "It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within...within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor the intention of its makers," Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457 (1892), and "all laws...

...desired 93 Act of Feb. 26, 1885, ch. 164, § 1, 23 Stat. 332. 394 143 US. at 458. 997 143 US at 459-62. "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers." Id. at 459. For a brief discussion of the "equity of a statute;' see note 280, supra. but that the...

...desired 95 Act of Feb. 26, 1885, ch. 164, § 1, 23 Stat. 332. 396 143 US. at 458. 397 143 US at 459-62. "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet aot within the statute, because not within its spirit nor within the intention of its makers." Id....