Commissioner v. Acker

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1959-11-16

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Mr. Justice Frankfurter, whom Mr. Justice Clark and Mr. Justice-Harlan join, dissenting. • English courts. would decide the case as it is being decided here. They would do so because English courts do not recognize the relevance of legislative explanations of the meaning of a statute made in the course of its enactment. If Parliament desires to put a gloss on the meaning of ordinary language, it must incorporate…

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