...dissent would read it. But we do not agree with that premise: "The notion that because the words of a statute are plain, its meaning is also plain, is merely pernicious oversimplification." United States v. Monia, 317 US 424, 431 (1943) (Frankfurter, J., dissenting). Given our view that there...

...everything except the naked words of the Act of June 30, 1906. The notion that because the words of a statute are plain, its meaning is also plain, is merely pernicious oversimplification. It is a wooden English doctrine of rather recent vintage (see Plucknett, A Concise History of the Common...

...it is true, means area. But "area of production" means more. "The notion that because the words of a statute are plain, its meaning is also plain, is merely pernicious oversimplification. It is a wooden English doctrine of rather recent vintage * * * to which lip service has on occasion been...

...further varied by directives, that the Supreme Court has said : "The notion that because the words of a statute are plain, its meaning is also plain, is merely...degrade the Cabinet officers. The bill would place super power "in the judgment of the Director," even unto regimentation by subsidy "SEC. 704. (a) Whenever...

...it is true, means area. But "area of production" means more. "The notion that because the words of a statute are plain, its meaning is also plain, is merely pernicious oversimplification. It is a wooden English doctrine of rather recent vintage ... to which lip service has on occasion been...

...meaning to the utterance of a Supreme Court justice that — The notion that because the words of a statute are plain its meaning is also plain, is merely pernicious oversimplification. Mr. Justice Frankfurter you will remember used those words dissenting in United States v. Monia, 317...

...meaning to the utterance of a Supreme Court justice that — The notion that because the words of a statute are plain Its meaning is also plain, is merely pernicious oversimplification. Mr. Justice Frankfurter you will remember used those words dis- : / seating in United States v. Monia,...

...eyes to everything except the naked words of the Act * * *. The notion that because the words of a statute are plain, its meaning is also plain, is merely pernicious oversimplification. It is a wooden English doctrine of rather recent vintage (see Plucknett, A Concise History of the Common...

...the provision not material for purposes of this discussion. '"The notion that because the words of a statute are plain, its meaning is also plain, is merely pernicious oversimplification. It is a wooden English doctrine of rather recent vintage to which lip service has on occasion been given...

...at least two respects. First, as Justice Frankfurter argued, "The notion that because the words of a statute are plain, its meaning is also plain, is merely pernicious oversimplification."— Justice Frankfurter explained: A statute like other living organisms, derives significance and sustenance...