Supreme Court of the United States
Flores-Figueroa v. United States
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- Type
- Concurrence
- Filed
- May 4, 2009
- Case
- Flores-Figueroa v. United States
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Alito, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. While I am in general agreement with the opinion of the Court, I write separately because I am concerned that the Court’s opinion may be read by some as adopting an overly rigid rule of statutory construction. The Court says that “[i]n ordinary English, where a transitive verb has an object, listeners in most contexts assume that an adverb (su…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Not attributed | May 4, 2009 |
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | May 4, 2009 |