Chung Fook v. White
Chung Fook v. White, 264 U.S. 443 (1924), was a landmark Supreme Court case. It was significant in that it marked the end of the era of strict plain meaning interpretation of statutes and the beginning of the looser American Rule that the intent of the law was more important than its text.
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Chung Fook v. White
Chung Fook v. White, 264 U.S. 443 (1924), was a landmark Supreme Court case. It was significant in that it marked the end of the era of strict plain meaning interpretation of statutes and the beginning of the looser American Rule that the intent of the law was more important than its text.
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Chung Fook v. White, 264 U.S. ...... ess clearly unconstitutional."
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Chung Fook v. White, 264 U.S. ...... more important than its text.
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Chung Fook v. Edward White, Commissioner of Immigration for thePort of San Francisco
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